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Education Policy Q&A with teachers in Las Vegas (and @BernieSanders)

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig One comment

I was recently honored to discuss Teach For America, Vouchers, Charters at a Leading Educators Activating a Difference (LEAD) caucus convening in Nevada. I enjoyed joining the educators in Las Vegas to engage in powerful discussions led by teacher leaders, and, most importantly, work collaboratively to apply this knowledge to inform their work plans to improve learning conditions and student performance. Who

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Black and Brown: Allies or Foes? #AERA15 #AERAPres

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Leave a comment

Let me start by telling you a story about Black and Brown collaboration in Texas. When I first moved to Texas in 1999, I was heavily involved in grassroots politics with the Tejano Democrats. I also volunteered in the local district office of Congressman Sheila Jackson Lee and had worked on redistricting maps. When the Democratic convention came around it, was

Who’s right on unions?: #CesarChavez or @Campbell_Brown and @MichelleRhee

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig 6 comments

Who’s right on unions?: César Chávez or Campbell Brown and Michelle Rhee? The critics of teachers and their organizations come and go. For a while Michelle Rhee was the darling of the anti-union forces. In Michelle Rhee’s greatest hits, she was quoted as saying, “People often say to me the teachers unions are here to stay, that they are big players, that

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Happy Birthday!: A Conversation About Education With César E. Chávez

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig 8 comments

Happy Birthday César Chávez! Often education “reformers” toss around civil rights as a justification for their “reforms.” See for example Reframing the Refrain: Choice as a Civil Rights Issue. If he were still alive today, how would César Chávez have weighed in on the school “reform” movement? I pose several questions about hot topics in education reform— then I have responded with well-known César Chávez quotes.

¡Viva La Causa!: Happy Birthday César Chávez

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig 7 comments

What do you think César Chávez would have to say about “Right to Work”? Chicago school closings? Parent Trigger? Vouchers? Do you think he would be a member of Democrats for Education Reform?… César Chávez was a union leader…he fought the neoliberals every day of his life. ¡Sí, se puede! ¡El pueblo unido, jamás será vencido! The only answer, the only hope, is in organizing. The Union is