Progressive Roundtable - Public Education

"Public Education: The Key to Our Future and Salvaging Our Democracy"

Sat, 11 Feb 2006 19:32:04 -0500

Author:
Leonard Salle

Description:
A brief on the vital importance of public education to our democracy, and what can be done to strengthen it.

Attached Document:
salle-publiceducation.doc (25.5 KB)

Resource Access:
Available to the General Public

"Why Is Corporate America Bashing Our Public Schools?"

Sat, 07 Jan 2006 12:19:58 -0500

Author:
Kathy Emery and Susan Ohanian

Description:
An excerpt from a full-length book that addresses the Business Roundtable's agenda, the use of "ubiquitous ed-bizspeak" with regard to schools, and the excessive emphasis on data without consideration of the needs of real children.

Link to External Document:
books.heinemann.com/shared/onlineresources/E00637/chapter1.pdf

Attached Document:
emery-bashingschools.pdf (91.53 KB)

Resource Access:
Available to the General Public

Document Source and Bibliographical Information:
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann (2004)

"Responding to the Attack on Public Education and Teacher Unions"

Sat, 07 Jan 2006 11:59:34 -0500

Author:
David C. Johnson and Leonard M. Salle

Description:
A ground-breaking report that analyzes the conservative movement’s ongoing attack as a multi-pronged, strategic process aimed at privatizing education. The report also provides a detailed plan for how public education advocates can work with their allies to form a network of organizations and individuals - an infrastructure - that will be able get their messages to the broad public and increase political support for public education.

Link to External Document:
commonwealinstitute.org/reports/Responding_Ed_Report.pdf

Attached Document:
johnson-responding.pdf (923.53 KB)

Resource Access:
Available to the General Public

Document Source and Bibliographical Information:
Menlo Park, CA: The Commonweal Institute (November 2004)