How Did This Happen? Post-Election Thoughts
By Nora Cody. Donald Trump didn’t just win, he won Bigly. Everyone I know is shocked, stunned, and deeply saddened, but in many ways we should have seen this coming. Conditions in this country have...
View ArticleMy Parents, Pat and Fred Cody: An American Story of Resistance and Resilience
By Anthony Cody. This week a Trump surrogate, Carl Higbie, cited the unconstitutional internment of Japanese Americans during World War Two as “precedent” for how potentially disloyal Muslims might be...
View ArticleEducation Activists Craft Viral Videos
By Anthony Cody. Short, punchy films with a message have become one of the most powerful ways the movement to resist high stakes tests has spread the word. You might have seen parents from New York...
View ArticleTeachers at a Crossroads: Time to Heed Dr. King’s Call
By Craig Gordon. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of time....
View ArticleIs California’s Teacher Union Building Movement Power?
By Anthony Cody. Last weekend the Network for Public Education held its fourth annual conference in Oakland, attended by about 450 activists from around the country. The last panel on Saturday...
View ArticleSusan DuFresne Uses Art to Fight Racism in Education
By Anthony Cody. Last July, I joined several hundred people for a Restorative Justice Circle in downtown Seattle, sponsored by the Badass Teachers Association. The event was a somber one, featuring...
View ArticleImmigrant Students in Oklahoma Tell Their Stories
By John Thompson. Diary of Some Webster Kids: Advocacy in Action was written and edited by the students. This is the third year that middle school students have published a book. Some chose to remain...
View ArticleImmigrant Students Tell their Stories, Part 2
By John Thompson. Diary of Some Webster Kids: Advocacy in Action is a powerful anthology written and edited by middle school English Language Learners. The first thing that jumps out of the essays is...
View ArticleWill the Teacher Rebellion Bring Educators from High Poverty Schools to Office?
By John Thompson. An important result of the teacher walkouts in Oklahoma and elsewhere was unexpected, at least by this former inner city teacher. Even though the majority of Oklahoma students are...
View ArticleRescuing Our Schools from the Corporate Goliaths: Lessons from Indianapolis
By John Thompson. The theme of my previous post on the 2018 Network for Public Education conference was: How Was I Wrong? Let Me Count Some Ways. As I explained, the 2014 NPE conference in Austin hit a...
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