About a week ago, Chicago Public Schools announced that they would be closing more than 50 public schools in the area. Most of these schools are in poorer neighborhoods where there is a high minority enrollment. This country would look a great deal different if funds were invested in increasing technology and developing skills and trade support in these neighborhoods. Our prisons wouldn't be as crowded and we'd have a safer, better educated, and happier world. At the current time, Charter schools have taken funds and students from the public sector and yet don't have to be accountable for the funds they take. That has opened the door to mass corporate abuses and scandals with public tax dollars across the US. In Chicago, UNO Charter school was behind the most recent scandal. The money received from tax dollars is not being spent on education but instead on cronyism. Corporate greed has been allowed to corrupt our nation's best and brightest and they will continue to try to get more tax dollars as time goes on.
If you live in Chicago, call your Alderman and say you support public not charter schools. Pressure your alderman to advocate for a publicly elected vs. privately elected board of education that consists of actual parents and educators vs. millionaires. If you want to know more from a pro-education Chicago perspective, you can read some great articles by Kenzo Shibata:
www.huffingtonpost.com/kenzo-shibata/
If you don't live in Chicago but live in America, be aware that there are similar scandals happening in other major cities and look into your local news about education. Call or email your legislators. Diane Ravitch covers and speaks about a great deal of these issues affecting the US:
dianeravitch.net/
If you don't live in the US, the school closings news was actually covered by The Guardian today here:
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/27/chicago-teac...
Last, if you or a loved one are in any of these photos and you would like them removed or made private OR you would like a copy of one of these high res photos you are in for free, send me an email at kirstiecat@gmail.com
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About a week ago, Chicago Public Schools announced that they would be closing more than 50 public schools in the area. Most of these schools are in poorer neighborhoods where there is a high minority enrollment. This country would look a great deal different if funds were invested in increasing technology and developing skills and trade support in these neighborhoods. Our prisons wouldn't be as crowded and we'd have a safer, better educated, and happier world. At the current time, Charter schools have taken funds and students from the public sector and yet don't have to be accountable for the funds they take. That has opened the door to mass corporate abuses and scandals with public tax dollars across the US. In Chicago, UNO Charter school was behind the most recent scandal. The money received from tax dollars is not being spent on education but instead on cronyism. Corporate greed has been allowed to corrupt our nation's best and brightest and they will continue to try to get more tax dollars as time goes on.
If you live in Chicago, call your Alderman and say you support public not charter schools. Pressure your alderman to advocate for a publicly elected vs. privately elected board of education that consists of actual parents and educators vs. millionaires. If you want to know more from a pro-education Chicago perspective, you can read some great articles by Kenzo Shibata:
www.huffingtonpost.com/kenzo-shibata/
If you don't live in Chicago but live in America, be aware that there are similar scandals happening in other major cities and look into your local news about education. Call or email your legislators. Diane Ravitch covers and speaks about a great deal of these issues affecting the US:
dianeravitch.net/
If you don't live in the US, the school closings news was actually covered by The Guardian today here:
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/27/chicago-teac...
Last, if you or a loved one are in any of these photos and you would like them removed or made private OR you would like a copy of one of these high res photos you are in for free, send me an email at kirstiecat@gmail.com
**All photos are copyrighted. Please don't use without permission**
Tags: protest School closings Chicago Chicago Teachers Union teachers students parents education public education Charter schools democracy peaceful
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About a week ago, Chicago Public Schools announced that they would be closing more than 50 public schools in the area. Most of these schools are in poorer neighborhoods where there is a high minority enrollment. This country would look a great deal different if funds were invested in increasing technology and developing skills and trade support in these neighborhoods. Our prisons wouldn't be as crowded and we'd have a safer, better educated, and happier world. At the current time, Charter schools have taken funds and students from the public sector and yet don't have to be accountable for the funds they take. That has opened the door to mass corporate abuses and scandals with public tax dollars across the US. In Chicago, UNO Charter school was behind the most recent scandal. The money received from tax dollars is not being spent on education but instead on cronyism. Corporate greed has been allowed to corrupt our nation's best and brightest and they will continue to try to get more tax dollars as time goes on.
If you live in Chicago, call your Alderman and say you support public not charter schools. Pressure your alderman to advocate for a publicly elected vs. privately elected board of education that consists of actual parents and educators vs. millionaires. If you want to know more from a pro-education Chicago perspective, you can read some great articles by Kenzo Shibata:
www.huffingtonpost.com/kenzo-shibata/
If you don't live in Chicago but live in America, be aware that there are similar scandals happening in other major cities and look into your local news about education. Call or email your legislators. Diane Ravitch covers and speaks about a great deal of these issues affecting the US:
dianeravitch.net/
If you don't live in the US, the school closings news was actually covered by The Guardian today here:
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/27/chicago-teac...
Last, if you or a loved one are in any of these photos and you would like them removed or made private OR you would like a copy of one of these high res photos you are in for free, send me an email at kirstiecat@gmail.com
**All photos are copyrighted. Please don't use without permission**
Tags: protest School closings Chicago Chicago Teachers Union teachers students parents education public education Charter schools democracy peaceful
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About a week ago, Chicago Public Schools announced that they would be closing more than 50 public schools in the area. Most of these schools are in poorer neighborhoods where there is a high minority enrollment. This country would look a great deal different if funds were invested in increasing technology and developing skills and trade support in these neighborhoods. Our prisons wouldn't be as crowded and we'd have a safer, better educated, and happier world. At the current time, Charter schools have taken funds and students from the public sector and yet don't have to be accountable for the funds they take. That has opened the door to mass corporate abuses and scandals with public tax dollars across the US. In Chicago, UNO Charter school was behind the most recent scandal. The money received from tax dollars is not being spent on education but instead on cronyism. Corporate greed has been allowed to corrupt our nation's best and brightest and they will continue to try to get more tax dollars as time goes on.
If you live in Chicago, call your Alderman and say you support public not charter schools. Pressure your alderman to advocate for a publicly elected vs. privately elected board of education that consists of actual parents and educators vs. millionaires. If you want to know more from a pro-education Chicago perspective, you can read some great articles by Kenzo Shibata:
www.huffingtonpost.com/kenzo-shibata/
If you don't live in Chicago but live in America, be aware that there are similar scandals happening in other major cities and look into your local news about education. Call or email your legislators. Diane Ravitch covers and speaks about a great deal of these issues affecting the US:
dianeravitch.net/
If you don't live in the US, the school closings news was actually covered by The Guardian today here:
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/27/chicago-teac...
Last, if you or a loved one are in any of these photos and you would like them removed or made private OR you would like a copy of one of these high res photos you are in for free, send me an email at kirstiecat@gmail.com
**All photos are copyrighted. Please don't use without permission**
Tags: protest School closings Chicago Chicago Teachers Union teachers students parents education public education Charter schools democracy peaceful
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About a week ago, Chicago Public Schools announced that they would be closing more than 50 public schools in the area. Most of these schools are in poorer neighborhoods where there is a high minority enrollment. This country would look a great deal different if funds were invested in increasing technology and developing skills and trade support in these neighborhoods. Our prisons wouldn't be as crowded and we'd have a safer, better educated, and happier world. At the current time, Charter schools have taken funds and students from the public sector and yet don't have to be accountable for the funds they take. That has opened the door to mass corporate abuses and scandals with public tax dollars across the US. In Chicago, UNO Charter school was behind the most recent scandal. The money received from tax dollars is not being spent on education but instead on cronyism. Corporate greed has been allowed to corrupt our nation's best and brightest and they will continue to try to get more tax dollars as time goes on.
If you live in Chicago, call your Alderman and say you support public not charter schools. Pressure your alderman to advocate for a publicly elected vs. privately elected board of education that consists of actual parents and educators vs. millionaires. If you want to know more from a pro-education Chicago perspective, you can read some great articles by Kenzo Shibata:
www.huffingtonpost.com/kenzo-shibata/
If you don't live in Chicago but live in America, be aware that there are similar scandals happening in other major cities and look into your local news about education. Call or email your legislators. Diane Ravitch covers and speaks about a great deal of these issues affecting the US:
dianeravitch.net/
If you don't live in the US, the school closings news was actually covered by The Guardian today here:
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/27/chicago-teac...
Last, if you or a loved one are in any of these photos and you would like them removed or made private OR you would like a copy of one of these high res photos you are in for free, send me an email at kirstiecat@gmail.com
**All photos are copyrighted. Please don't use without permission**
Tags: protest School closings Chicago Chicago Teachers Union teachers students parents education public education Charter schools democracy peaceful
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