KEY COMPONENTS OF SUCCESSFUL SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

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"For me, the most important lesson
[of the Freedom Movement] is that by respecting the fact that fellow activists could passionately disagree over strategy and tactics—yet remain allies—they strengthened SNCC and the Movement as a whole."
From Bruce Hartford's article in Urban Habitat.
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MY WEBSITE: educationanddemocracy.org

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Power Structure Analysis

One of the seven units of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom School Curriculum was called Introducing the Power Structure.

Duane Campbell's analysis, following his posting of the Sac Bee article about new teachers, is an excellent description of how the state legislature is operating - using education policy as a case study.

Thursday, September 06, 2007
The California Legislature usually gets it wrong on public education