techbookonline.com 10.26.11 Correspondent Dr. James Peterson, Flood the Drummer & Professionals for Progress to Occupy Philadelphia… Read the official Press Release @ techbookonline.com 7.23.11: Phila, Pa: **MEDIA ADVISORY** Professionals for Progress calls for a “Civil Unrest” in the US beginning in Philadelphia. Join Flood the Drummer and Professionals for Progress as they storm 1515 Arch st and demand an answer from the City Solicitor. Will the City Solicitor sue Gov Corbett or will P2 take matters in their own hand? Come Tuesday and find out… THE MOVEMENT WILL NOT BE TELEVISED! For more information call 215.906.8331 : #SOSPhilly 7.18.11: Professionals for Progress, a Philadelphia based organization under the National Coalition of African-American Organization, will rally at City Hall on Thursday July 21st, 2011 @ 11am, demanding that they represent City Council in a lawsuit against Gov Corbett for fair and adequate funding for Philadelphia Schools. For more information call 215.913.6635 or email info@sosphilly.com: To learn more about P2 visit sosphilly.com 6.21.11 Philadelphia, Pa — Advocate Emmanuel Bussie, one of the Philly Professionals for Progress who’ve developed a plan to pump $500 Million into Philadelphia Schools, calls out Gov Corbett for his bias allocation of taxpayers dollars. JOIN THE MOVEMENT @ techbookonline.com
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Philadelphia Education Reform: Emmanuel Bussie calls out Gov. Corbett! #SportsEdutainment
Thursday, November 10th, 2011Governor Christie on Urban Education Reform: These Fights are Big Fights
Sunday, November 6th, 2011
Failed Education Reform in Chile Prompts Protests – Democracy NOW!
Friday, October 28th, 2011
Democracy NOW! DN! – In Chile, tens of thousands of students have been protesting across the country for the last several weeks demanding comprehensive educational reforms. Students have expressed frustration at President Sebastián Piñera’s failure to respond to their demands. Last week, high school students in the port city of Antofagasta joined a hunger strike by students called earlier in the capital, Santiago. They are demanding an end to privatized education in Chile, which has left generations of students deep in debt. We speak with Chilean political scientist Patricio Navia in Santiago. He teaches at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University and at the Universidad Diego Portales in Santiago. He writes regularly for the Chilean newspaper, La Tercera.Published with written permission from democracynow.org. www.democracynow.org Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license. Democracy NOW!, an independent non-profit user funded news media, recognized and broadcast world wide.
Education Reform Perspectives at the Iowa Education Summit
Monday, October 24th, 2011
Iowa has moved from being a national leader in education to being among the average over the past two decades. In response to this downward trend in Iowa’s standing, Governor Terry Branstad called for an education summit to discuss ideas with business and education leaders and teachers on what can be done to make Iowa an educational leader again. On July 25 and 26, in Des Moines, various speakers, including New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Asia Society Senior Advisor, Vivien Stewart, spoke at the Iowa Education Summit to share their ideas for education reform. View more video from Iowa Public Television at our website: www.iptv.org
Tens of thousands demand Chile education reform
Thursday, October 20th, 2011
Tens of thousands of protesters in Chile have demonstrated in the capital Santiago demanding education reforms and more equality. A small number started fires and threw rocks at police, who responded with tear gas and water cannon. Police said more than 270 protesters were detained and 23 officers injured. A traditional Latin American protest involving the banging of pots and pans – “un cacerolazo” – underlined rising anger over poverty. Top of the list of demands is education which protesters say is the privilege of the few. … www.euronews.net
Cradle to Career Networks: Pathway to Education Reform
Sunday, October 16th, 2011
On Tuesday, September 6, 2011, the State University of New York partnered with the US Department of Education to launch the nationwide bus tour of US Undersecretary of Education Martha Kanter – her first stop being right here in our backyard at Monroe Community College. With both the undersecretary and SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher as keynote speakers, the Rochester area learned about the Strive National Network for education reform, and immediately got to work on determining how the framework might best fit their city.
Education Reform: Teacher Quality
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Mitch Daniels addresses an audience at AEI titled “Creating First-Rate Education in Indiana”. In this clip, Daniels highlights the necessity of good teachers. Watch the full event here: www.aei.org
Michelle Rhee on Education Reform
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
On June 15, 2011, Michelle Rhee, Founder and CEO of Students First, spoke at Roosevelt House on education reform and creating schools of excellence. Michelle Rhee began her career as a Teach for America (TFA) corps member in a Harlem Park Community School in Baltimore City. Through her own trial and error in the classroom, she gained a tremendous respect for the hard work that teachers do every day. She also learned the lesson that would drive her mission for years to come: teachers are the most powerful driving force behind student achievement in our schools. In 1997 Ms. Rhee founded The New Teacher Project (TNTP) to bring more excellent teachers to classrooms across the country. Under her leadership TNTP became a leading organization in understanding and developing innovative solutions to the challenges of new teacher hiring. As Chief Executive Officer and President, Ms. Rhee partnered with school districts, state education agencies; non-profit organizations and unions to transform the way schools and other organizations recruit, select and train 23000 highly qualified teachers in difficult-to-staff schools. On June 12, 2007, Mayor Adrian Fenty appointed Chancellor Rhee to lead the District of Columbia Public Schools. Under her leadership, the worst performing school district in the country became the only major city system to see double-digit growth in both their state reading and state math scores in seventh, eighth and tenth grades over three years. In 2010, she left …
Planking for Higher Education Reform
Friday, October 7th, 2011
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Chile students protest for education reform – no comment
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011Student protests continued late into Tuesday (August 9) night in Santiago with clashes flaring up in some sectors and multitudes pouring onto the streets to bang pots and pans…. No Comment | euronews: watch the international news without commentary | www.euronews.net
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