This podcast shares reflections of the founding executive director of Teachers Unite, Sally Lee. Teachers Unite is an organization that has been working for 15 years to “transform the public school system into one that is governed by democratic control, and grounded in values of racial and economic justice, restorative practice, and equity.” I interviewed […]
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Beginnings: A Social Justice Caucus in Formation in Boston
By Amrita Dani and Chloe Asselin Amrita Dani is a high school ESL teacher in the Boston Public Schools who as a teacher-activist has been involved with groups within and outside of the union organizing for racial, economic, and social justice. Chloe Asselin is a new Boston resident who was invited to help facilitate the […]
BMORE Caucus wins the Baltimore Teachers Union Election
After a hard-fought battle that was contested by the outgoing leadership, the social justice caucus of the Baltimore Teacher’s Union won their recent election. Diamonte Brown, who was a teacher at Booker T. Washington Middle School, is now the union president along with a slate of her colleagues. The caucus organized around several principles, including: […]
CHARTER SCHOOL EXPANSION IN MASSACHUSETTS AND THE “NO ON 2” CAMPAIGN: THE ROLE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION (MTA) AND EDUCATORS OF A DEMOCRATIC UNION (EDU)
INTRODUCTION In an article published by the National Education Policy Center, (NEPC) Lawrence Blum analyzes what occurred in the November 2016 election in Massachusetts when voters decisively defeated a referendum, funded by corporate backers of charter schools and privatization. The measure would have significantly increased the number of charter schools in the state and was […]
Policy Brief-Developing and Sustaining Mutually Respectful Alliances Between Social Justice Activists in Communities of Color and Transformed Teachers Unions
SUMMARY Currently teachers unions and education activists in communities of color in cities are often at odds about reforms that are enacted in the name of equalizing educational opportunity. Yet, each group has resources the other lacks and they share many common aims. Working together they might achieve considerably more than either can alone, especially […]
