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By John Tarleton From the March 12, 2010 issue | Posted in John Tarleton, Local A student speaks out during a March 4 rally in defense of public education. The rally, held outside Gov. David Paterson’s office at 41st Street and Third Avenue in Manhattan, drew more than 600 college and public school students and supporters. read more »
By John Tarleton From the February 19, 2010 issue | Posted in John Tarleton, Local Under the MTA’s plan, students would be charged half-fares starting in September of this year and full fares beginning in September 2011. read more »
By John Tarleton From the February 19, 2010 issue | Posted in International, John Tarleton Four months after U.N. climate talks dominated by the world’s leading polluters broke down, the indigenous-led government of Bolivia will host a people’s conference on climate change. read more »
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From the January 29, 2010 issue | Posted in John Tarleton, Local As soon as New York City Department of Education Chancellor Joel Klein leaned into his microphone and started to speak, the jeering began. When he proclaimed the DOE had to shut down 19 schools because “my first obligation is to our children,” the crowd of two thousand public school supporters roared in disbelief. read more »
By John Tarleton From the January 29, 2010 issue | Posted in John Tarleton, Local Led by a band of billionaires, the school-reform movement has gained increasing momentum during the past decade, spreading its reach into urban communities across the country. But instead of truly transforming public schools, private funders want to restructure them. They insist running schools like a business is the solution. At stake is not only control over hundreds of billions of dollars in local, state and federal funding, but also the future of the next generation of schoolchildren. read more »
By John Tarleton From the January 29, 2010 issue | Posted in John Tarleton, Local There is a method to his madness. Bloomberg and his Chancellor Joel Klein have initiated shut down or initiated the closing of more than 100 public schools, many of which have deep roots in their communities. read more »
By John Tarleton From the January 8, 2010 issue | Posted in John Tarleton, Local Parents, educators and community activists are mobilizing to save 21 public schools, including 16 high schools, that the New York City Department of Education (DOE ) has announced it will begin to phase out in 2010. read more »
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From the December 31, 1969 issue | Posted in John Tarleton, Local Parents, educators and community members rallied in the freezing cold outside Tweed Courthouse late Monday afternoon to protest the Department of Education’s (DOE) recently announced plan to close 21 more public schools in 2010 including 15 high schools.
“They dropped a bomb on the schools without any notice,” said William McDonald a Queens parent and a [...] read more »
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