Notes from the Field
Submitted by Frank Murphy, March 3, 2011
The rally organized by the Teacher Action Group at the Philadelphia School District headquarters on Friday February 25, 2011, demonstrated that there are many people who are dissatisfied with the direction of school reform in our district. Questionable turn around strategies that dismantle schools, contribute to community disempowerment and turn public funds over to private enterprise, all represent a course of action that many citizens do not support.
The TAG protesters see schooling as an essential public service not as a consumer product. They want school reform to strengthen and support our existing school communities not to replace them as part of an entrepreneurial experiment. In our city, there are many supporters of public education. Read the rest of this entry »