U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is hosting an International Summit on the Teaching Profession in New York City on March 16-17. It is by "invitation only" and timed to take place right before the "Celebration of Teaching and Learning" at the NYC Hilton.
Duncan will be using this international platform to push the school privatization and market-based education policies he has been trying to impose on school districts across the nation. NEA and AFT national leaders, who have, despite their members' opposition, endorsed much of of the Duncan ideology and rhetoric, will also be in attendance.
This event, which is sure to receive a great deal of publicity, provides us with a great opportunity to publicly demonstrate the opposition of students, teachers, parents and education advocates to Duncan's K-12 policies, as well as to the massive budget cuts that are triggering tuition hikes across the country, undermining access to higher education.
BAMN is organizing a picket of the event. Would you or your organization be interested in participating? We haven't yet worked out all the details, and we are flexible about choosing a time that would make it possible for the most people to attend.
If you are interested, please respond to this email with your contact information, and I will organize a conference call to work out the details.
Sincerely,
Donna Stern
BAMN National Coordinator
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