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Democratizing Education Network
Latest News:MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER: 2000 collegians march for more higher ed fundingDate: March 5, 2010SAN DIEGO NEWS NETWORK: Students march to defend public educationDate: March 5, 2010DEMOCRACY NOW: Hundreds of Thousands Take Part in National Day of Action to Defend Public EducationDate: March 5, 2010SINGSEN: Why we protest education cutsDate: March 4, 2010SCHAUER: An Opportunity to Defend Public EducationDate: March 3, 2010Take Action:March 4 National Day of Action to Defend Educationsource: California students, staff and facultyEducation Protests are Worldwidesource: International Student MovementPublications & Talks:EDUCATION FOR ALL COALITION: Resources for March 4 Day of Action to Defend Public Education(February 21, 2010)The Education for All Coalition has developed resources for local organizers in preparation for the March 4 National Day of Action to Defend Public Education. PRICE: Milwaukeeans vs. the Privatization Pandemic(December 6, 2009)"Yet here it is, that same message: “educate to outcompete the rest of the world, or die,” emblazoned on the flag being carried by the Obama administration as it wages a zero tolerance war on America’s public schools at the same time as it plays Santa Claus to the banking industry, the industries that profit from defense manufacture and war, and the private health insurance industry." Events:U.S. Social Forum II(June 22, 2009 - June 26, 2010)Another World is Possible! Another U.S.A. is necessary! Rethinking the University: Labor, Knowledge, Value(April 11, 2010 - April 12, 2010)Conference at University of Minnesota on questions of neoliberalization and corporatization of higher education and the casualization of academic labor. Organizing Resources:CCFS: Free Speech Organizing ToolkitThe Free Speech Organizing Toolkit is designed to provide campus leaders and free speech supporters with the tools to work with higher education leaders to remove impediments to a marketplace of ideas on their campus. Democratizing Education CharterAdopted at the 2005 Democratizing Education Convention in Madison, Wisconsin. |