Monday, July 30, 2012

In Memory: Richard “Dick” Clark 1936-2012

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I was saddened to hear of Dick Clark’s passing on July 6th. I saw Dick just last month at the conference of the National League of Democrati...
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Sunday, June 17, 2012

“Wreaking Havoc in Public Education”-- and Undermining our Democracy

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  Editor:   In our current issue of the Journal of Educational Controversy , Deborah Meier raised some important questions about the educat...
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Saturday, June 9, 2012

Arkansas School Choice Law Found Unconstitutional

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Readers will remember our 2007 journal’s special issue on the U.S. Supreme Court decision, PICS v Seattle School District , when the High Co...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

14th Annual Educational Law and Social Justice Forum -- Think Sheet Responses

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At the beginning of last week’s 14 th Annual Educational Law and Social Justice Forum (panel topic: “The Education and Schools Our Chil...
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Saturday, May 5, 2012

“Finding Your Voice” Parent Institute and “Train the Trainers” Workshops to be Held in Bellingham, Washington on May 17th, 18th, and 19th

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The Educational Institute for Democratic Renewal that houses the Journal of Educational Controversy is joining other community groups to br...
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Friday, April 27, 2012

Journal’s Authors to Speak at our 14th Annual Educational Law and Social Justice Forum on May 2nd

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Our 14th Annual Educational Law and Social Justice Forum this year will feature authors from our current issue of the journal on the theme,...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Claiming our Education: In Memory of Adrienne Rich

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Editor: Below is a post in memory of Adrienne Rich who died on March 27th. The author, Lee Karlovic, is a former faculty member at Western W...
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Saturday, April 21, 2012

Beth Reis and the Safe Schools Coalition Provide Recommendations for Viewing the Film “Bully” and a Few Cautions

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Editor: The film, Bully, has been in the news lately over its rating. Now that the issue has been resolved, many young people are likely to ...
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Thursday, April 19, 2012

RENOWNED CHICANA AUTHOR ANA CASTILLO TO READ FROM HER BANNED BOOKS IN TUCSON ON MAY 4TH

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Editor: More news coming out of Tucson, Arizona. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RENOWNED CHICANA AUTHOR ANA CASTILLO ...
Saturday, April 14, 2012

"Arizona Teacher Sean Arce Fired in Latest Crackdown on Acclaimed Mexican American Studies Program" -- An Interview from Democracy Now

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Editor: After posting the press release yesterday by the Tucson high school students who were fighting for their teacher, we just learned th...
Friday, April 13, 2012

High School Students Defend their Teacher and Director of the Mexican American Studies Program in Arizona’s Tucson Unified School District

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Editor: Tucson High School students and members of the Tucson High School M.E.Ch.A. have put out a press release about their support for a T...
Saturday, April 7, 2012

"Precious Knowledge" Film Screening with filmmaker Eren Isabel McGinnis to be Shown at Western Washington University

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Precious Knowledge is a film about the Mexican American Studies Program in Tucson, Arizona that was banned by the Arizona State Legislature....