No Child Left Behind? What Is the Conservative, Corporate Agenda for Destroying Our Public Schools?
Panel Discussion with Kathy Emery, Jack Gerson, Marsha Feinland and Gretchen Mackler-Lipow.
Throughout the country and here in Alameda, a Federal law entitled "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) requires testing that undermines your child's education. This law is part of a corporate agenda to destry public education in the United States. Additionally, in California cities, including Alameda, redevelopment drains our schools and other public services of much needed tax revenue funding. Hear our panel of speakers explore these issues vital to every person.
Kathy Emery has taught high school history for 16 years, has a Ph.D. in Education from UC Davis, and is currently working with Teachers for Social Justice and the San Francisco Organizing Project. Ms. Emery is co-author with Susan Ohanian of "Why Is Corporate America Bashing Our Schools?" This book has received the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contributions for Honesty in Public Language. Ms. Emery heads the San Francisco Freedom School summer program.
Jack Gerson teaches at Castlemont Leadership Prep High School in Oakland, California, whre he is the lead math teacher and a member of the school district's math curriculum council. He is on the Executive Board of the Oakland Teachers' Union (the Oakland Education Association), and has been an active opponent of the state takeover of Oakland public schools and of the role of the Broad and Gates Foundations in imposing privatization via a "business model" for public schools. He has an M.S. in mathematics (Stanford) and a Ph. D. in biostatistics (Berkeley).
Marsha Feinland and Gretchen Mackler-Lipow are retired activists and teachers.
Throughout the country and here in Alameda, a Federal law entitled "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) requires testing that undermines your child's education. This law is part of a corporate agenda to destry public education in the United States. Additionally, in California cities, including Alameda, redevelopment drains our schools and other public services of much needed tax revenue funding. Hear our panel of speakers explore these issues vital to every person.
Kathy Emery has taught high school history for 16 years, has a Ph.D. in Education from UC Davis, and is currently working with Teachers for Social Justice and the San Francisco Organizing Project. Ms. Emery is co-author with Susan Ohanian of "Why Is Corporate America Bashing Our Schools?" This book has received the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contributions for Honesty in Public Language. Ms. Emery heads the San Francisco Freedom School summer program.
Jack Gerson teaches at Castlemont Leadership Prep High School in Oakland, California, whre he is the lead math teacher and a member of the school district's math curriculum council. He is on the Executive Board of the Oakland Teachers' Union (the Oakland Education Association), and has been an active opponent of the state takeover of Oakland public schools and of the role of the Broad and Gates Foundations in imposing privatization via a "business model" for public schools. He has an M.S. in mathematics (Stanford) and a Ph. D. in biostatistics (Berkeley).
Marsha Feinland and Gretchen Mackler-Lipow are retired activists and teachers.
Posted by Editor at June 16, 2007 
Categories: public schools, bonded indebtedness, federal governmnet, vouchers, California, Education, charter schools, private schools, No Child Left Behind
Tags: Jack Gerson Marsha Feinland public schools charter schools federal governmnet No Child Left Behind CTA vouchers California bonded indebtedness Education Kathy Emery private schools NEA Gretchen Mackler-Lipow
Categories: public schools, bonded indebtedness, federal governmnet, vouchers, California, Education, charter schools, private schools, No Child Left Behind
Tags: Jack Gerson Marsha Feinland public schools charter schools federal governmnet No Child Left Behind CTA vouchers California bonded indebtedness Education Kathy Emery private schools NEA Gretchen Mackler-Lipow
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