Diane Ravitch in Conversation with NEA’s Lily Eskelsen Garcia and AFT’s Randi Weingarten, at the Network for Public Education National Conference in Chicago. Diane Ravitch in Conversation with Lily Eskelsen Garcia and Randi Weingarten from Schoolhouse Live on Vimeo.
At a recent school board meeting, Burbank teachers and parents protested the choice for superintendent, Matt Hill. Hill has never worked at a school, was involved in Los Angeles Unified’s MiSiS and iPad scandals, and is a former employee of charter school proponent Eli Broad. Bloodbath from Schoolhouse Live on Vimeo.
Facing cancer, teacher Nancy Davis sails away from standardized education to discover her inner-pirate. Thanks to filmmaker Lena Jackson (Crenshaw) for this tale of courage.
Getting out of our union meeting, I was reminded how lucky I am to be working in a profession where people can still organize. The last time teachers got a raise in LA Unified was seven years ago. Now negotiations have reached an impasse and tomorrow we are boycotting our weekly staff meeting, which …
A few years ago I freaked out. Rigoberto Ruelas, an LAUSD teacher, jumped off a bridge on the Los Angeles Crest Highway after the LA Times published his unsatisfactory teacher rating. A teacher myself, his death cut to the quick, and I found myself protesting in front of the Times, running with Occupiers, learning …
Parents gathered from many different communities in New Jersey to make a short film to voice their concerns and share their stories about the effects of CCSS and the PARCC tests on their children, teachers, schools and lives. Thanks to filmmaker Michael Elliot for bringing their voices to Living in Dialogue.
NEA President Lily Eskelsen García, before 15,000 teachers at the UTLA rally, 2/26/15 (Watch the awesome sign interpreter try to keep up!)
Teachers and administrators of the second largest school district in the country share one thing: they are at an impasse. Join us for live coverage as union president Alex Caputo-Pearl leads UTLA in a rally for smaller class size, enriched educational opportunity, and competitive pay, at …
One thing that has always struck me about “To Kill a Mockingbird”, the book is absent in “To Kill a Mockingbird”, the movie. In the movie, Atticus Finch states, “In this country our courts are the great levelers, and in our courts all men are created equal. I’m no idealist to believe firmly in …
Filmmaker Michael Elliot stirringly documents special education teacher Jia Lee’s historic testimony on the dangers of standardized tests before Elizabeth Warren, Al Franken and other members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. For more on Ms. Lee click HERE.