Social Equality Educators

Join with Occupy Seattle and local Teachers to:

"Teach CHASE a Lesson":
Occupy Seattle day of action!
Saturday October 29th 12 PM
Meet at Westlake Plaza (on 4th Ave. between Pine and Pike)
Then we’ll go to protest--and support teachers who will deliver a lesson plan for justice--at the CHASE Bank across the street

ALL OUT!!!
Global day of action
with occupy movements around the world
calling for a “Robin Hood Tax” of a 1% on financial transactions & currency trades
http://occupyseattle.org
More info: hagopian.jesse@gmail.com and OccupySeattle@Gmail.com

Occupy Seattle:
“Bailout the Schools, Not the Banks!”

Join Progressive Educators from Across Seattle to protest for economic justice!

What: Join Seattle Teachers at Occupy Seattle!
When: October 15th, 12:00 noon
Where: We will meet up at Seattle's Best Coffee at 400 Pike St, Seattle, WA 98101(right on Westlake Center)
RSVP: Jesse Hagopian: 206-962-1685 or
e-mail jessedhagopian@gmail.com (Let us know if you are coming so we can get a sense of how many teachers will be there)

Achievement Gap or Opportunity Gap?
Fighting Racism in the Public Schools
Please RSVP for this event at: http://www.facebook.com/#%21/event.php?eid=207513382602095

Featuring: James Bible, president of the King Co. NAACP/Wayne Au, editor of Rethinking Schools/Olga Addae
President of the Seattle Education Association/Jesse Hagopian, teacher in SPS

Thursday, May, 19th, 2011—7:00 pm
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
1634 19th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122

RACE TO WHERE?
A forum on
public education in America
with Diane Ravitch
Tuesday, Oct 5
7:00 PM
Pigott Auditorium
At Seattle University

Seattle Times: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2012599474_guest12bailey.html

Seattle Public Schools wrong to tie teacher evaluation to high-stakes tests

The Seattle Public Schools administration is proposing to tie teacher evaluations and employment to student test scores — a bone of contention in current negotiations with the Seattle Education Association. Guest columnists Pat Bailey and Robert Femiano, past union board members, argue that the district's approach is wrong.

By Patricia Bailey and Robert Femiano
[read the complete story at: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2012599474_guest12bailey.html)

Education Week blog

NEA's Delegates Vote 'No Confidence' in Race to the Top
By Stephen Sawchuk on July 4, 2010 12:38 PM | 4 Comments | No TrackBacks

After a protracted debate, delegates to the National Education Association voted on Sunday to take a position of "no confidence" in the U.S. Department of Education's Race to the Top guidelines and in the use of competitive grants as a basis for the reauthorization of ESEA.

The Caucus of Rank and File Educators (CORE) has sent an unmistakable message to the Chicago Public Schools: We are taking education back from the corperations and putting it back in the hands of teachers, parents, and students.
These 3 stories should be viewed by all SEE members who are organizing for similar purposes:

Given Dr. Goodloe-Johnson's "ineffective leadership", as the teachers of Ballard High School put it, Social Equality Educators (SEE) is asking teachers around the Seattle School District to consider a motion of "no-confidence".

The teachers at Ballard HS passed a resolution of no confidence in the Seattle Superintendent of Public Schools--now it's your turn. We've tweaked the wording of the at Ballard High School resolution for teachers to introduce at their SEA building meeting. You do not need to be a rep to bring this up or even to call a quick meeting after a staff meeting to discuss this. Even if this doesn't pass in your building, this would be a real good way to find out what people at your building think about Dr. Goodloe-Johnson's leadership. Even if it can't be discussed and voted on before this Wednesday's school board meeting/protest, it would be good to do before the end of the year.

Read the motion and the story, at the Seattle Education 2010 blog, about the teachers who stood up to the misdirection of Dr. Goodloe-Johnson, superintendent of Seattle Public Schools.

An interview with historian Howard Zinn

http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/24_03/24_03_zinninterview.shtml

In early January, the Zinn Education Project joined with HarperCollins, publisher of Howard Zinn’s classic A People’s History of the United States, to sponsor an “Ask Howard” online radio interview, and invited teachers from around the country to participate. Sixty teachers and students submitted written questions to Professor Zinn. The Jan. 19 interview was conducted by Rethinking Schools Curriculum Editor Bill Bigelow. This turned out to be Howard Zinn’s last broadcast interview. He died in California just eight days later.

We are honored to present these excerpts from that interview, edited for length and clarity. The full audio version can be accessed in the news section at www.zinnedproject.org. — the editors