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Class Action: Jacobin Activist Teacher's Handbook. So you want to Run for Office? Christopher Crotty Is there a local issue that has you hopping mad? Think you can do a better job than the people who represent you? Dont just sit there - help fix the problem by running for office. Whether youre seeking a seat on the local school board or a term as U.S. President, running for office is a challenging endeavor. Being successful requires careful attention to detail, a rigorous schedule, and a lot of volunteers who believe in you. 1) Choose the office you want to run for. While the idea of being President may be tempting, its always best to start on a local or state level. 2) Check the qualifications for the office. 3) File the required papers to get yourself on the ballot.
Research the office you want to hold. Share with your family all the information youve gathered, and decide if running for office is right for you. 1) Are you already involved in your community? 2) Do you volunteer for causes like the PTA or the neighborhood watch? Exploratory Committee Meeting Scheduler. Home. In our self-governing society Who should we call on to fix broken government? We can blame politicians, the media, or special interests Till we're red or blue in the face But sometimes you just have to turn the mirror around. Want to become more effective as a citizen? Want to help shape public policy rather than be shaped by it? Want to make your voice heard loudly -- without screaming?
"Song Of A Citizen" is a resource to help you do all that and more. And to help you inspire others to do the same. So read on -- and check out our videos -- and prepare to transform yourself from a frustrated civic spectator into a powerful political problem-solver. Note: This site is a temporary placeholder until the official site goes live. The Edinburgh Companion to the History of Democracy | Benjamin Isakhan. Municipal codes of DC, free for all -- liberated without permission. BuildThatBill. Literate Programming. The citizen's handbook. Teaching Against Idiocy W Parker. The Public Intellectual. Within the last few decades, the emergence of public intellectuals as important cultural and social critics has raised fundamental questions not only about the social function of academics, but also about the connection between higher education and public life, between academic work and the major issues shaping the broader society.
Truthout's Public Intellectual Project will provide progressive academics with an opportunity to address a number of important social issues in a language that is both rigorous and accessible. All too often, academics produce work that is either too abstract for a generally informed public, or they separate their scholarship from the myriad of issues and contemporary problems that shape everyday life in the United States and abroad. Articles by Henry A. Giroux Articles by (or About) Other Authors in the Public Intellectual Project Seth Adler Ian Angus Stanley Aronowitz Salvatore Babones Zygmunt Bauman Carol Becker Dr.
Megan Boler Noam Chomsky David L. Simon Dawes. Watching the Government. Watching the Media. Sources Experts Media Contacts Spokespersons News Sources Directory. Politifact. Investigative journalism links... The Freecycle Network. Seventeen Techniques for Truth Suppression. Originally Thirteen Techniques for Truth Suppression by David Martin Strong, credible allegations of high-level criminal activity can bring down a government. When the government lacks an effective, fact-based defense, other techniques must be employed. The success of these techniques depends heavily upon a cooperative, compliant press and a mere token opposition party. Dummy up. If it's not reported, if it's not news, it didn't happen.
Why We Protest. CCA Actions Exhibition | CCA Actions. Center on Congress | The Center On Congress at Indiana University. Open States: discover politics in your state - Open States. Curriculum: Understanding YouTube & Digital Citizenship – Google in Education.
Overview We have devised an interactive curriculum aimed to support teachers of secondary students (approximately ages 13-17). The curriculum helps educate students on topics like: YouTube’s policies How to report content on YouTube How to protect their privacy online How to be responsible YouTube community members How to be responsible digital citizens We hope that students and educators gain useful skills and a holistic understanding about responsible digital citizenship, not only on YouTube, but in all online activity. Lessons in English Below is a list of lessons, and the recommended flow for delivery. Or you can download the Full Teacher's Guide or the Full Set of Slides in PDF. Lessons in Additional Languages Below is a list of lessons and resources in additional languages beyond English: Learn more To learn more visit the Classroom videos page of this website, where you can find links to information on:
Digital citizenship. Electronic Frontier Foundation | Defending Freedom in the Digita. UPDATE: List of 2012 Student Protests Regarding Education in the U.S. Originally Posted June 23, 2012 “When students awaken, the national conversation will change.” - Diane Ravitch, “When Students Awaken“ After a week of googling, and searching around Facebook, I think I’ve finally got most them. I have found that over 150 student protests have been held in the United States thus far in 2012.
For some reason, I thought this would take me only a couple hours. But why do this? It is also interesting to see the different issues that students are protesting for. Now, I am interested in how we can bring all these students together into one huge movement. Don’t forget to check out my most recent post: List of 2012 Student Protests Analyzed Timeline 6\23\12 Originally found 150 Protests 8\23\12 201 Protests 11\23\12 242 Protests – Kansas & Hawaii finally on the list! Currently still working on it, will be periodically updating throughout week Please e-mail me at srrivera92@gmail.com if you know of any I’ve missed! Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Delaware. List of U.S. Student Protests Analyzed. As I was preparing to speak at my recent (and first!)
Webinar this past Wednesday, “Elevating Student Voices,” I started reviewing some of the information I found that I wanted to discuss that night. With my List of 2012 U.S. Student Protests Regarding Education receiving 790 views, I wanted to go further in depth of those findings. Here is what I’ve found: The students aren’t stopping. When I published the list (June 23), I found about 155 protests, that has increased into 178.The most common reason for student protests is in support of teachers and staff.Reasons for Protesting (Highest to Lowest)Support of Teachers\Staff (50)Budget Cuts (42)Tuition Hikes (24)Against School Closures (14)Debt (9)Tests (does not include opt-out) (8)Policy (6) Other – (25) Heat in building, things to be published in year book, quality of education, against suspensions, safety of school, support of undocumented students, school mergers.
Chicago Students Boycott the NAEP to Demand Safety - Living in Dialogue. Hello my name is Leslie Leon. I am an 18 year old senior at Gage Park High School on Chicago Southwest side. I was born in Chicago, Illinois but raised in Imlay city, Michigan. My parents only wanted the best for my family, therefore we moved to Michigan for a safer life. My parents decided to move back to my hometown in 2010. My life took a whole "U" turn. It wasn't until this year that I began to feel alarmed being inside the school. On this Tuesday, March 5, dozens of other Gage Park seniors and I were sitting in a test room forced to stay there for a voluntary test most of us refused to take.
This year at Gage, it feels like a total afterthought. Most recently, it's been almost impossible to learn these past two weeks in Gage Park as we sit in a culture of fear. Every student deserves to know critical information about their own safety and no one should be denied support after being attacked in a ploy to cover up the attack. So we acted. A Boycott Is Happening in Chicago—And This Time It Isn’t Teachers. Students in Chicago have had enough with their school system. A group called Chicago Students Organizing to Save Our Schools boycotted the state-mandated test, PSAE, on Wednesday and protested citywide. Like many people against standardized testing, the students, which numbered in the hundreds, have had enough with test taking.
But their objections, however, go further. They are also fed up with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the public school system’s leaders in their attempts to shutter 54 school programs and 61 school buildings, mostly in underprivileged and minority neighborhoods. Brian Sturgis, a senior at Chicago’s Paul Robeson High School and an organizer of the boycott, wrote in an Education Week blog, “Mayor Emanuel and the Chicago Board of Education are supposed to make the CPS system work for all of us.
But instead they are putting too much pressure on standardized testing and threatening to close schools that don't have high test scores. Related Stories on TakePart: MIT Center for Civic Media | Innovating civic media tools and practices together with communities. Our Space: Being a Responsible Citizen of the Digital World | The GoodWork Project. E. B. White on 'The Meaning of Democracy' Civil Rights Data Collection.
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