For anyone who missed Diane Ravitch’s powerful talk at Memorial Church in Cambridge on Oct. 24, we are pleased to say that Robert Lamothe’s video is now available online in three parts. Go to Bob’s YouTube page to watch and listen: Diane Ravitch video. → Read More
CPS Presents Pedro Noguera
November 4, 2013 by
Education and Civil Rights
Join us at University of Massachusetts Boston to hear the education scholar and author Pedro Noguera speak on education and civil rights in the 21st Century on Monday, Dec. 2. Education is frequently described as the civil rights issue of the 21st century by politicians calling for policy changes and reform. However, the most important civil rights issue involving education in the 20th century, school segregation, remains largely unresolved, and despite the controversy it once generated, it is rarely mentioned as an important social issue that should be addressed. → Read More
Ravitch rallies hundreds to defend public education
October 25, 2013 by
With a rousing defense of public education and a scathing critique of those who seek to privatize it, Diane Ravitch drew a diverse audience of 800 to Harvard’s Memorial Church on October 24th. Citizens for Public Schools sponsored the event as part of its Mary Ann Hardenbergh annual lecture series.
Ravitch, a historian and former U.S. assistant secretary of education, pulled no punches when explaining what corporate-driven “reform” means for public education: budget cuts, elimination of jobs, harming of children, and turning over schools to hedge fund managers. → Read More
Hear Diane Ravitch, TONIGHT, Oct. 24 in Cambridge
September 30, 2013 by
Citizens for Public Schools is proud to present Diane Ravitch, speaking on her new book, Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools. Reign of Error picks up where Diane left off with her ground-breaking book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System.
When: Thursday, October 24, 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Memorial Church,
Harvard Yard, Cambridge
Tickets: $12
NOTE: ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED, BUT YOU CAN GET TICKETS AT THE DOOR BEGINNING AT 7 P.M. → Read More
Register Today for TOMORROW’s Conference!
October 7, 2011 by
CPS Fall Issues Conference
Joining SOS Call to Action in Solidarity
with the National Occupy Movement
Your Public School Under Attack:
Organizing to Fight Back!
8:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Bayside Expo Center
Click here to register now.
SCHEDULE
Good Morning – Registration, Coffee & Pastries 8:15 a.m.
WELCOME
(9 – 9:30 a.m.)
Richard Stutman
Richard Stutman, President, Boston Teachers Union
Paula Parnagian, CPS President
Ruth Rodriguez, CPS Past President
Panel of Activists for Public Education
Sandra McIntosh
Sharon Guzik
Rep. Carl Sciortino
Rep. Carl Sciortino
Rita Solnet
(9:30 – 10:45 a.m.)
A fascinating, informed discussion of key topics, including MCAS Reform – The Struggle to Preserve Boston Schools – Organizing Parents Across America – Exposing “Astroturf” Education Groups
Moderator: Sharon Guzik (Medford School Committee)
Sandra McIntosh (Coalition for Equal Quality Education)
Rep. Carl Sciortino (Somerville)
Rita Solnet (Parents Across America)
Alain Jehlen (Education Journalist)
Morning Workshops
(11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.)
Organizing in your community for MCAS reform
Pressing issues facing public education
Reforming charter school financing
Worcester & impact of Stand for Children
Networking Time – Lunch Provided
(12:45 to 1:30 p.m.)
