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NEA Joins Call for Moratorium on Charter Schools
Jeff Bryant, Educational Opportunity Network
This week, the nation’s largest labor union, the National Education Association, broke from its cautious regard of charter schools to pass a new policy statement that declares charter schools are a “failed experiment” that has led to a “separate and unequal” sector of schools that are not subject to the same “safeguards and standards” of public schools.
To limit the further expansion of these schools, the NEA wants a moratorium on new charters that aren’t subject to democratic governance and aren’t supportive of the common good in local communities.
The NEA’s action echoes a resolution passed earlier this year by the national NAACP calling for a moratorium on the expansion of charters and for stronger oversight of these schools. These declarations also align with a policy statement issued last year by the Movement for Black Lives, a network Black Lives Matter organizers, calling for a moratorium on charter schools.
Now that labor and civil rights groups have come together in a unified call for a moratorium on these unregulated, privately-operated schools, prominent leaders in the Democratic party can champion this issue knowing they have a grassroots constituency that supports them.
Democrats in states where charters have been the most controversial – such as Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and California – should be especially interested in leading on this issue for a number of reasons.
Democrats know that success for their party relies on bringing labor and civil rights advocates together on key issues.
Wednesday, July 05, 2017
Tell No Lies
Defense of our democracy is essential.
On every one of his
first 40 days in office, Trump made false statements in public. They
ranged from assertions that 3 to 5 million people voted illegally, causing him
to lose the popular vote, to claiming that the United States has a $17 billion
trade deficit with Canada. (We had an $8.1 billion dollar trade surplus with
Canada in 2016.)
The New York Times has
compiled a list of his lies and provided fact checking sources.
This is a great service to
the public. I encourage you to read the
list.
I, along with the Moyers
Report think the Times should receive a Pulitzer Prize for this public service.
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