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San Francisco Education & Student Activism

Teachers 4 Social Justice annual conference

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Date:

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Time:

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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Meeting

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Mission High School • 3750 18th Street, San Francisco, Ca

2009 Conference
9th Annual Conference
"Teaching for Social Justice: Foundations for Change"

Join us for...
WORKSHOPS, RESOURCE FAIRE, KEYNOTE SPEAKER, CLOSING ADDRESS, CHILDCARE • THIS CONFERENCE IS FREE and open to the public!

Saturday, October 10th, 2009 - 9am-5pm

Location: Mission High School • 3750 18th Street, San Francisco, Ca • for directions, click here (http://tinyurl.com/59w2yt)

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Pedro Noguera, New York University

Youth Keynote: Tyree Moore

Register to Table at the 2009 Conference Resource Faire!
Registration for Tabling at the conference is now available! Table space is free, but limited to 4' x 4':

If you have questions regarding the 2009 Conference, email us at teachers4socialjustice [at] yahoo.com.

If you would like to sign up your child(ren) for childcare at the conference, please send the names, ages and any additional info to tararamos [at] yahoo.com. DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

For more information: http://www.t4sj.org/

Added to the calendar on Mon, Sep 28, 2009 2:27PM

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§No Panel On Economic Crisis and Privatization And Destruction Of Public Education?

by Education For Reality

Mon, Sep 28, 2009 2:50PM

It is amazing that on all their workshops at this conference there is not one word or workshop on the major attack on public education through privatization and corporate take-over of the schools. Maybe the organizers agree with this corporate agenda but they at least need to have a debate on the issue.
The failure to have this included either in the workshops and the agenda makes a clear statement that there is a major disconnect in this organization about what is happening today in the schools.

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§Workshop schedule and descriptions

by you're joking, right?

Mon, Sep 28, 2009 3:12PM

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"The failure to have this included either in the workshops and the agenda makes a clear statement that there is a major disconnect in this organization about what is happening today in the schools."

You obviously don't know what you're talking about if you really believe that the organizers of the annual Teachers 4 Social Justice conference are disconnected from what is happening today in the schools.

The keynote this year is by Dr. Pedro Noguera:
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/03/03/18574826.php

Also presenting will be Jeff Duncan-Andrade
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/09/18/18622331.php

For social and economic justice, both inside and outside of schools!

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§Not Joking

by No Workshop On Privatization

Mon, Sep 28, 2009 3:17PM

There is NO workshop on privatization and corporatization of education for example the role of the Broad Foundation and what it is doing in schools throughout California. In fact, the Broad Foundation is not even mentioned in any of the literature at this conference. Are the organizers of this conference aware of who the Broad Foundation is?

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§Broad Foundation

by write about it

Mon, Sep 28, 2009 5:24PM

Comment and complain, as a sideline critic, or take some agency and publish an article on indybay about the Broad Foundation. Don't comment snidely asking if the organizers know about the Broad Foundation, get in contact with them. Be polite. Don't hate the media, become the media. Organize a conference with a workshop on privatization. Just because the workshop or literature does not say the word privatization (I don't know, but I'll take your word for it) does not mean that privatization will not be a topic of discussion throughout the day. Go to the conference and talk to people! See if you can run a workshop there, or be a stand-in for someone that can't make it at the last minute. Please take these suggestions constructively.

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