FLASHPOINTS

Flashpoints examines the past, present & future of public education through a social justice lens.  Broadcasts every Wednesday for 15 weeks, which began March 18, 2015.

This series is produced and hosted by Ken Yale

Episode 14 (Aired June 17th 2015)

Connections

Surveys some of the blossoming organizations, networks and movements around the country organizing for a more socially just U.S. public education system.  This program features the Chicago Teachers Union’s battle against the neoliberal policies of Mayor Rahm Emanuel.  Leaders are interviewed from Facing History & Ourselves, Teachers For Social Justice and the Education For Liberation Network.

Guests:

Milton Reynolds: Senior Program Associate, Facing History and Ourselves.  Teacher, counselor, facilitator.

Jeremiah Jeffries: First grade teacher at Redding Elementary, San Francisco. Leader in Teachers For Social Justice.  Adjunct professor at University of San Francisco

Jesse Sharkey: Vice President, Chicago Teachers Union, 3rd largest local in the country

Patrick Camangian: Organizer for the Education For Liberation Network, Associate Professor in the Teacher Education Department at the University of San Francisco

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Education Series – Episode 14

Today On Flashpoints: The Walmart Web. We discuss how the world’s biggest corporation secretly uses tax havens to dodge taxes. Haitians prepare for more fraudulent elections. And part 14 of our multi-part series on the Battle for Public Education in the 21st Century with Ken Yale

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