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Public education is under attack, from the K-12 system to the university system. On March 4, students, teachers, staff and faculty at public schools and universities took a stand in defense of public education, fighting back against layoffs, massive tuition hikes, and increasing privatization and corporatization of public schools and universities. Live reports from the day of action are here...

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The Democratizing Education Network (DEN) unites youth, undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, campus workers, parents, and concerned community members in common efforts to strengthen public higher education by making it more democratic, accessible, and socially responsible.  If our mission sounds good to you, please contact us.

Latest News:

    SINGSEN: Why we protest education cuts

Date: March 4, 2010

Take Action:

    March 4 National Day of Action to Defend Education

source: California students, staff and faculty

    Education Protests are Worldwide

source: International Student Movement

Publications & 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 Toolkit

The 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 Charter

Adopted at the 2005 Democratizing Education Convention in Madison, Wisconsin.

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