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Protest to be Held Tomorrow at Gates Foundation in Seattle- By Diane Ravitch

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PROTEST The Gates Foundation When: June 26th 5PM Where: Rally at Westlake Park (401 Pine St, Seattle) March to Gates Foundation (440 5th Ave N, Seattle) Our schools are under attack from the mega rich who seek to reduce education to standardized test scores while busting unions & denying at-risk youth a rich and holistic school experiences. To broaden and deepen public awareness about this, the BadAss Teachers (BATs) of Washington & allies are protesting The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The Gates Foundation is a symbolic site because many of their experimental 'reforms' have done untold damage to our school system. Over-testing, charter schools, replacing teachers with computers, competitive grants, Teach for America, new standards profiting publishing companies instead of funding basic education; these will continue until we rise up & say NO. Educators should lead education...
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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have additional Master' Degrees in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side Middle School, which (more...)
 

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