Month: November 2014

• Latino Teachers: Seek Overthrow of the U.S. Government or to Improve Academic Achievement?

  4–6 minutes

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  November 7, 2014

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  Latina/os

  Our education is under attack, what do we do? Fight back! On April 26, 2011, nine students in the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) took over the school board meeting to protest the potential dismantling of the Mexican American Studies (MAS) program. The dramatic images of students chaining themselves to school board members’ chairs made…

  

• Is a Billionaire or Millionaire looking to buy your election Nov 4? (Please Vote Ted in Austin)

  6–9 minutes

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  November 4, 2014

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  Wisdom

  Is a Billionaire or Millionaire looking to buy your election? In a sudden burst of altruism, billionaires like Michael Bloomberg have donated lots o’ cash to the school board race, via the Minneapolis *Progressive* Education Fund. Now it does seem a little odd for little old Minneapolis to be getting so much attention from very…