video: Public Education Nation panel on charter schools

At Public Education Nation, hosted by the Network for Public Education, North Carolina journalist Jeff Bryant hosts a panel discussion on charter schools, with New Orleans parent activist Karran Harper Royal, New York teacher and blogger Gary Rubinstein, and Connecticut attorney and activist Wendy Lecker.

Charter Schools from Schoolhouse Live on Vimeo.

video of Public Education Nation panel: Support our Schools, Don't Close Them!

The second panel at Public Education Nation last Saturday featured Chicago teacher and Network for Public Education board member Xian Barrett moderating a panel featuring the dynamic speakers Yohuru Williams, Professor of History at Fairfield University and Tanaisa Brown of the Newark Student Union.  Please watch!

Support Our Schools, Don't Close Them from Schoolhouse Live on Vimeo.

Videos up from Public Education Nation!

Last Saturday at the Brooklyn New School, the Network for Public Education held a terrific forum.  Here are two videos, Diane Ravitch and Jitu Brown, who wrapped up the day.  Diane needs no introduction; Jitu is aneducation organizer for the Kenwood Oakland Community Organization (KOCO) in Chicago, and the national director of the Journey for Justice campaign. He also teaches African-American history at St. Leonard’s Adult High School, the only accredited high school in that nation that exclusively serves people who have been formerly incarcerated.

Diane Ravitch and Jitu Brown from Schoolhouse Live on Vimeo.

See also the wonderful panel of Carol Burris, Takiema Bunche-Smith, Rosa Rivera-McCutchen and Alan Aja, speaking about testing and the common Core.

Testing and the Common Core from Schoolhouse Live on Vimeo.