Here is a short video produced by Maggie at League of Education Voters to introduce viewers to the collaborative LEV/OAG Schools 2 Prisons research project. An OAG zine based on the research is forthcoming, while LEV moves forward strongly with the campaign to Stop School Pushout. Enjoy!
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Turning Stories 2 Solutions: Stop the School 2 Prison Pipeline. League of Education Voters
Event Title & Host Turning Stories 2 Solutions: Stop the School 2 Prison Pipeline. Our American Generation & the League of Education Voters Registration – Reserve your seat http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/5892/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=33225 When? Oct. 18, 2011 6:30-8:30 Where? Kent Senior Center 600 East Smith Street Kent, WA 98030 Why? School discipline is an equity issue. Description A student [...]
Students FEAR
The newest youth campaign in Seattle is entirely created by public school students participating in a Summer enrichment program through Upward Bound. I am lucky enough to be one of their two guides through this process, simultaneously teaching about digital media skills and local education issues. Combining these two aspects, the students developed an education [...]
Schools 2 Prisons Podcast Series – Episode 3
OAG & the League of Education Voters present: The Cost of Inequity Listen now with the media player below! Download the Schools 2 Prisons series on iTunes! You can also download the full transcript here: SCHOOLS 2 PRISONS-FROM PUPIL TO PRISONER (PDF) Summary: The last segment explored the economic, social and cultural cost of educational inequity. [...]
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Schools 2 Prisons Podcast Series: Episode 2
OAG & the League of Education Voters present: The Cost of Inequity Listen now with the media player below! Download the podcast on iTunes! You can also download the full transcript here: Schools 2 Prisons 2: The Cost of Inequity (PDF) Summary: In this second podcast of the three-part series, we’ll be taking a closer look [...]
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Schools 2 Prisons Podcast Series – Episode 1
OAG & the League of Education Voters present: The Opportunity Gap & the School to Prison Pipeline Listen now with the media player below! Download the podcast series on iTunes! You can also download the full transcript here: Schools 2 Prisons 1 The Opportunity Gap (PDF) Summary: In this first podcast of the three-part series, we’ll introduce [...]
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The University of Washington or the University of Regents?
This year, while massively cutting higher education funding, Washington State legislators passed the “Higher Education Opportunity Act.” The bill allows unelected regents at Washington State’s public colleges to set tuition, instead of the state legislature. For their first act utilizing the bill, the University of Washington Regents propose hiking in-state tuition 20%, for a [...]
Your School’s Best Teachers: The Next Budget Cut?
We have all been hearing that Washington has some budget problems we have to resolve. With a 4+ billion dollar deficit, statewide funding for public schools is going to decrease, again. What do these budget cuts actually look like for our local high schools? A school district might choose to offsets cuts to their operating [...]
Precious Knowledge -> Save Ethnic Studies
Many citizens of Arizona are currently struggling against xenophobia from segments of the white American population, a reaction to persistent illegal immigration and unemployment. These circumstances are coupled unfairly, leading to a backlash against anyone that does not fit a certain mold of American. One specific assault is on diversity studies programs- these “unamerican” courses [...]
