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   Below is another great public education organization this one in Philadelphia.  It is the activism of Teacher's unions, parents, and students that are making these neo-liberal education privatizers back off and re-brand their message.  DON'T BE FULLED BY DIFFERENT PACKAGING!!!! THESE POLS ARE IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL AND CITIZENS NEED TO BE TOO.  

Baltimore is so captured that it does not have even the most basic of activism.  With what would be the leadership in activism co-opted and silent, none of the activism widespread in America is heard in Baltimore.  Teachers would be shouting if the communities and families were but because of school choice and Teach for America------Johns Hopkins and Baltimore Development use the fear and desperation to silence dissent.  Through these 'lottery' systems families are selected and coached to other schools in order to gentrify and separate by a chance for opportunity.  IT IS BIZARRE!!!!  If communities do not rise up and organize in Baltimore as is happening all across the country---we will see the third world stratification as is in China or the Middle East.  THIS IS HOW AUTOCRATIC DICTATORS GAIN HOLD OF COUNTRIES AND WE HAVE THE 1% POISED TO DO JUST THAT!

PLEASE CHECK THESE BLOGS FROM NYC, CHICAGO, AND PHILADELPHIA TO SEE HOW TO ORGANIZE AND WHAT THE 1% HAVE AS A GOAL!

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   Philadelphia Public School Notebook
   thenotebook.org  
   

The Philadelphia Public School Notebook

The Philadelphia Public School Notebook is an independent, nonprofit, free news service that serves the parents, students, teachers, school leaders, and other community members involved in Philadelphia public schools. It was created to provide a critical, progressive, and accurate source of information about the Philadelphia public school system so that community members could use that information to empower themselves as advocates for public schools.[1]

The Notebook has two components: its print newspaper, which is published six times a year, and its news website, where it posts daily stories as well as electronic versions of its print editions.

The Notebook has been praised by The New York Times, who described its articles as “notably well written” and its current editor director, Paul Socolar, as the “journalist of the future.”[2] Philadelphia City Paper has also recognized The Notebook as “the go-to source for major education news” in Philadelphia.[3] Herbert Kohl, a nationally acclaimed author and educator, called the Notebook “one of the leading progressive education journals in the country.”[4]

Other local, education-focused newspapers like the Notebook include: Catalyst Chicago, Education News Colorado and Gotham Schools.