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DESCRIPTION:Public Education, Privatization and The NEA/CTA and AFT/CFT\nWhat Can 
 Education Workers, Students & Parents Do To Defend Public 
 Education?\n\nSaturday January 19, 2013 2:00 PM\n518 Valencia St./16th 
 St.\nSan Francisco, CA\n\nSponsored by United Public Workers For Action 
 UPWA\nwww.upwa.info\n\nInitial Speakers:\nLenni Isenberg, UTLA teacher 
 fighting Against LAUSD Rubber Rooms and Privatization\nJack Garson, Retired 
 Oakland Education Association Teacher And Activist In Public Education 
 Movement\nDanny Weil, Former Teacher and Journalist of Truthout and Daily 
 Censored on Privatization of Education\nMadeline Mueller, Professor City 
 College Of San Francisco\nSF MLK Middle School UESF/SEIU 1021 Teachers and 
 Staff\n\n\nOver the last thirty years there has been a coordinated effort 
 by rightwing ideologues and billionaires such as the Walmart family (Walton 
 Foundation), Eli Broad (Broad Foundation) Bill Gates (Bill & Melinda Gates 
 Foundation) Donald Fisher (Gap Foundation), Pearson Inc. to privatize the 
 trillion dollar public education system in the US\nthrough charters, common 
 core testing, merit pay and legislation like "No Child Left Behind" and 
 "Race To The Top".\nThis forum will address how this attack is taking place 
 and how the NEA and AFT which represented nearly two million teachers have 
 done to responded to these attacks.\nThe NEA and AFT have taken millions of 
 dollars from these same foundations and have accepted the principle of 
 charter schools being introduced into public education.\nHas there been a 
 national campaign against privatization and why not?\nHas there been an 
 effort to challenge the financial conflicts of interests by privatizers in 
 Boards of Education and other governmental entities?\nHave rank and file 
 teachers been provided with a political education and facts and information 
 on how their school/college superintendents, chancellors, regents and 
 managers have implemented privatization tactics including online education 
 and their financial conflicts of interest?\nWhat can education workers, 
 students and all public workers do to defend public education and all 
 public services including fighting the re-segregation of education in the 
 United States.\nThese will be some of the issues addressed at this 
 forum.\n\nSponsored by United Public Workers For Action 
 UPWA\nwww.upwa.info\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/01/04/18729435.php
SUMMARY:Public Education, Privatization and The NEA/CTA and AFT/CFT
LOCATION:518 Valencia St/16th St.\nSan Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/01/04/18729435.php
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