Comments on: Student Storm Swirling at Santee? – UPDATED http://witnessla.com/education/2009/admin/student-storm-swirling-at-santee/ street news, views and stories of justice and injustice Wed, 23 May 2012 08:04:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Woody http://witnessla.com/education/2009/admin/student-storm-swirling-at-santee/comment-page-1/#comment-149574 Woody Sat, 23 May 2009 16:32:47 +0000 http://witnessla.com/?p=3905#comment-149574 Expel the protesting students, which will allow even more teacher cuts. Expel the protesting students, which will allow even more teacher cuts.

]]> By: charter school teacher http://witnessla.com/education/2009/admin/student-storm-swirling-at-santee/comment-page-1/#comment-149362 charter school teacher Sat, 23 May 2009 00:18:10 +0000 http://witnessla.com/?p=3905#comment-149362 It's interesting that Marshall Tuck, who helped build the Green Dot organization & momentum, would discourage peaceful student protest regarding the conditions under which they must be educated. I highly recommend he watch the film Walkout about the Chicano student protests in LAUSD 30 years ago & rethink his position! The media makes much of Green Dot's community organizing tactics in staging a parent revolution. I would very much like someone to ask Steve Barr what he would do if students walked out of one of his schools to make a statement about decisions regarding their education. And what if parents chose to support their children in such an act of protest? It's a scary day for education reform when the innovators begin to take on the self-preservation positions enshrined in the failing establishment. It’s interesting that Marshall Tuck, who helped build the Green Dot organization & momentum, would discourage peaceful student protest regarding the conditions under which they must be educated. I highly recommend he watch the film Walkout about the Chicano student protests in LAUSD 30 years ago & rethink his position!

The media makes much of Green Dot’s community organizing tactics in staging a parent revolution. I would very much like someone to ask Steve Barr what he would do if students walked out of one of his schools to make a statement about decisions regarding their education. And what if parents chose to support their children in such an act of protest?

It’s a scary day for education reform when the innovators begin to take on the self-preservation positions enshrined in the failing establishment.

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