Hello EON/BAMN Friends, Some reports have up to 2,500 teachers, students and community members protested at major intersections on Wadsworth Blvd. , a stretch of over 20 miles during rush hour on Friday October 3rd, from 4-6 PM for the “Boots on the Boulevard II” action/protest. Facebook RSVP to the event was over 2,700. youtube/watch?v=Nb4JcXzrDVc The previous evening over 500 attended an action/march at the Jefferson County school district school board meeting attempted to convince this Koch brother’s inspired body with public comments of two hours to not impose this pro patriotic, sanitized version of American history AP curriculum. Unfortunately the Tea party influenced (isn’t that ironic?) faction prevailed by a vote of 3-2. theguardian/education/2014/oct/03/colorado-school-board-protest-review-history-curriculum-passes For the past 2 weeks student organized and led school protest and walk-outs by AP and other middle and high school students have been fodder for the superintendent and others to blame teachers and their union of organizing. washingtonpost/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/10/03/after-weeks-of-student-protest-colorado-school-board-gives-a-little-ground-on-positive-history-curriculum/ Link to a more credible source of reporting these issues as “The Denver Post”, our largest and unfortunately most influential local newspaper does a generally lousy job on education issues: blogs.westword/latestword/2014/10/jeffco_school_board_okays_history_committee.php Thanks, Paul C. Ps. Hmmmmm… I wonder, if these protest had been people of color, would have there been a different response?!? If Ferguson Missouri is any indication, YES!
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 21:48:42 +0000
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