Teachers and Parents "Save Our Schools" National March on Washington on July 30, 2011 !

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Teachers and Parents "Save Our Schools" National March on Washington on July 30, 2011 !

Welcome to the Save Our Schools March & National Call to Action!

July 28-31, 2011 in Washington, D.C. and across the country

We, a collection of people from all walks of life and every corner of this nation, embody a mixture of ideas and opinions regarding how we can improve educational opportunities for all children. We stand united by one belief – it’s time for teachers and parents to organize and reclaim control of our schools.

As concerned citizens, we demand an end to the destructive policies and rhetoric that have eroded confidence in our public schools, demoralized teachers, and reduced the education of too many of our children to nothing more than test preparation.

A well-educated society is essential to the future of the United States of America. Our students must have access to a fully funded, world-class public education system, and it is our responsibility to hold our government accountable for providing the means to achieve it. Please join us!

July 30, 2011 | Save Our Schools March in Washington, D.C.

July 28, 2011 – July 31, 2011 | Save Our Schools Days of Action, with events in D.C. and around the country, including workshops, a  film festival, speakers and educational events

Endorsers

Noted Educators, Education Authors & Policy Experts

Dr. Richard Allington, professor at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Former President of the International Reading Association, and author of books including What Really Matters for Struggling Readers

Dr. Lawrence Baines, Chairman of Instructional Leadership & Academic Curriculum, University of Oklahoma

Lee Barrios, 2004-2005 Louisiana State PTA Educator of Distinction

Vicki Bartolini, Dorothy Reed Williams Faculty Chair in the Social Sciences, Wheaton College

Dr. David Berliner, emeritus professor of education at Arizona State University and author/co-author of books including The Manufactured Crisis, Putting Research to Work, and Collateral Damage

Dr. Emmanuel Bernstein, psychologist and author of The Secret Revolution

Marion Brady, longtime educator, administrator, author, and curriculum expert

Sam Chaltain, educator, author, organizational change consultant and former Director of the Forum for Education & Democracy

Linda Christensen, Bill Bigelow, Bob Peterson, and Stan Karp of Rethinking Schools

James Crawford, author and leader of the Institute for Language Education Policy (ILEP)

Dr. Antonia Darder, professor of education policy and Latino/a studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Todd Farley, standardized testing professional and author of Making the Grades: My Misadventures in the Standardized Testing Industry

Kelly Flynn, teacher and author of Kids, Classrooms, and Capitol Hill: A Peek Inside the Walls of America’s Public Schools

Drs. Kenneth & Yetta Goodman, professors emeritus at the University of Arizona, College of Education, Deparment of Language, Reading, & Culture

Alfie Kohn, human behavior & education expert and author of books including Punished By Rewards and The Schools Our Children Deserve

Dr. Stephen Krashen, linguist and professor emeritus at the University of Southern California

Deborah Meier, acclaimed educator, MacArthur Fellow, and author of books including The Power of Their Ideas and Playing for Keeps

Dr. Ernest Morrell, associate professor and Associate Director for Youth Research at the Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access (IDEA) at the University of California at Los Angeles

Susan Ohanian, longtime educator and author of books including Why is Corporate America Bashing our Public Schools and What Happened to Recess and Why Are Our Children Struggling in Kindergarten?

Dr. Don Perl, President of the Coalition for Better Education and professor of Spanish and Hispanic Studies at the University of Northern Colorado

Dr. Diane Ravitch, education historian and author of books including The Death and Life of the Great American School System

Dr. Joel Shatzky, English professor and author of works including The Thinking Crisis

Dr. Joel Spring, education professor and author of books including Education and the Rise of the Global Economy and The Universal Right to Education: Justification, Definition, and Guidelines

Dr. Yvonne Siu-Runyan, longtime educator and President of the National Council of Teachers of English

Dr. Jesse Turner, Professor of Language Arts at Central Connecticut State University and creator of “Children are More than Test Scores”

Dr. Robert Valiant, longtime educator, administrator, and curriculum, instruction, facility planning, and education management expert

Dr. Joanne Yatvin, longtime K-12 and teacher educator, Former President of the National Council of Teachers of English, member of the National Reading Panel, and author

Dr. Victoria Young, veterinarian, active public school parent and author of Education’s Missing Ingredient: What Parents Can Tell Educators

Dr. Yong Zhao, distinguished education professor and author of books including Catching Up or Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization

Noted Education Bloggers

Kenneth Bernstein, National Board certified government teacher, writer, and advocate

Anthony Cody, National Board certified science teacher, founder of Teachers’ Letters to Obama, and author of the Teacher Magazine blog “Living in Dialogue”

Rachel Levy, public school parent, teacher, author of All Things Education and contributor to So Educated

Sarah Puglisi, parent, elementary school teacher and author of A Day in the Life

Sabrina Stevens Shupe, urban elementary school teacher & creator of the Failing Schools Project

Teachers of the Year

Nancy Flanagan, National Board certified music teacher, 1993 Michigan Teacher of the Year, and author of the Teacher Magazine blog “Teacher in a Strange Land”

Renee Moore, National Board certified English teacher, 2001 Mississippi Teacher of the Year, and author of the Teacher Leaders Network blog, TeachMoore

Bob Williams, math teacher and 2009 Alaska Teacher of the Year

Maryann Woods-Murphy, 2010 New Jersey Teacher of the Year

Educator, Student, & Parent Organizations; Organization Leaders

Dr. Renate Caine, teacher, professor, and Director of Research and Professional Development of the Natural Learning Research Institute.

The Center for Expansion of Language and Thinking (CELT)

Mona David, Founder of the New York Charter Parents Association

Leonie Haimson, Executive Director of Class Size Matters and co-director of the Northeast Region, Parents Across America

Jane Hirschmann, Martha Foote, & Don Freeman of Time Out From Testing

Dr. Martin Krovetz, Director of Leading for Equity and Achievement Design (LEAD), a regional center of the Coalition of Essential Schools

Horace Lucido, Educators and Parents Against Testing Abuse (EPATA)

Deb Mayer, founder of Great Schools for America

Samuel Meisels, President of the Erikson Institute

The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

Dr. Monty Neill, Executive Director of the National Center for Fair and Open Testing

Jenny Nelson, Student Multiethnic Action Research Team (SMART) and D.C. Language Access Coalition

Donna Nevel and Ujju Aggarwal, Center for Immigrant Families

Christopher Nye, Director of The Whole Child Initiative

Richmond Teachers for Social Justice

San Francisco Teachers for Social Justice

Rita Solnet, corporate training and organizational consultant and founding member of Parents Across America

Donna Stern, East Coast/Midwest Coordinator of By Any Means Necessary

Laura Thomas, Antioch Center for School Renewal

Julie Woestehoff, Founder of PURE (Parents United for Responsible Education) and founding member of Parents Across America

Media & Entertainment

Vicki Abeles, Founder of Reel Link Films & Director of Race to Nowhere

Victor Rivas Rivers, anti-domestic violence advocate, actor, and author of A Private Family Matter

Amy Valens, educator and co-director of August to June

Public Officials

Doug Christensen, Former Nebraska Commissioner of Public Education

Scott Folsom, Los Angeles parent leader and elected neighborhood councilmember of the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council in Northeast LA

Anne Geiger, former school board member and author of Public Policy Blogger

Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona State Senator (D-District 15)

State and Local Unions

The North Carolina Association of Educators

For more information visit:

http://www.saveourschoolsmarch.org/