Sabrina Stevens: Sending Teacher Bashing Out of Style

The power of a boycott:

Sabrina Stevens: Sending Teacher Bashing Out of Style: "But we're fighting back. Combining old-school organizing with our newfound ability to articulate and share (Tweet, and 'Like') our ideas, we're starting to rediscover our voices, and our power to create the kinds of changes that will actually improve our schools. I'm thrilled to have spent the past two years watching and participating in the beginnings of this transformation, and I'm even more thrilled to join the American Federation of Teachers to take this movement to the next level. It's long past time for actual public school stakeholders -- parents, students and community members, not just teachers -- to reclaim our place at the center of the education policy conversation, sharing our vision for our schools and communities, and pushing back against the powerful outside interests who have tried to separate and silence us for far too long.

In just two short days, we proved that when we unite, we can make things happen. I look forward to seeing what else we can accomplish together in the days, weeks, months and years ahead."

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