Students and Parents Rally Against Cuomo's Billionaire-Backed Education Scheme

[rhett o rick]

Students, parents, and teachers protest New York governor's plan to tie standardized tests to teacher evaluations
by
Lauren McCauley, staff writer
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/03/28/students-and-parents-rally-against-cuomos-billionaire-backed-education-scheme

Parents, teachers, and students from across the state flooded the streets of Manhattan on Saturday to call out Governor Andrew Cuomo for selling out the public school system.

"Wall Street got a bailout. Public schools were sold out," was the message as protesters rallied, surrounded by NYPD barricades, outside Cuomo's 3rd Avenue office building. The group is calling on the state government to fully fund public schools, limit high-stakes testing, support struggling schools, fairly evaluate teachers, and stop the expansion of charter schools.

It's becoming more and more common to see protests around the country. This is the Populist Movement. It's scattered now and needs organization and a leader. Hopefully 2016 will see a leader emerge.

[daleanime]

1. Organization, yes....

Leader, no. The way the MSM works that only provides a clay target, making it easier to dismiss the movement.

[rhett o rick]

2. As I see it we need a leader to make it a movement. Otherwise it can be dismissed

as individual disgruntled groups that the media essentially ignores, like we've seen for the last few years. A leader could get media time and tell all the individual groups that they share common ground with other groups. I agree a leader would be a focus point to attack, but that will bring attention to the movement.

[daleanime]

3. Oh, they are going to do their best to dismiss us.....

how much attention was paid to that last big march against global warming in New York? Our best weapon against it is simply man-hours. More people, more time. The old longer and stronger. We can't fool ourselves, this is not going to be easy.

[Enthusiast]

4. Kicked and recommended a brazillion times.

Cuomo is a blatant sellout!

[harbinger07]

5. His attacks on public sector unions

Cuomo is indeed a sellout. His attacks on public sector unions come right out of the Scott Walker playbook... which is really the Koch playbook.