Educators use Occupy Movement to Empower Students, Defend Public Education

FSRN: An unequal financial system that contributes to poverty and joblessness is an ongoing focus of the Occupy movement but little attention has been paid to educators

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• Public Education
• Occupy
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[chocomalk]

As much as our finance system is unequal so is our public "education" system.

Our education system boils down to "repeat after me"...if I wanted military indoctrination I would join the services, I have learned more on my own using the internet and Libraries than in public school.

We need to start over from scratch with Public education.

[ginesdepasamonte]

The corporate model is a lousy model for intelligencia, in general, and academia, in particular.

[doit420sdf]

Slash education, pay more for police security. Its a racket.

[4LibertyANDfreedom]

I see all of the comments yet you are all missing the point. "Its not that Occupy Wall street is all of the issue, its the opportunity for people to speak out about all of the issues within the movement." "The movement isn't a movement until the YOUNG PEOPLE ARE PRESENT." We are the next generation and WE must voice our opinion before its too late. DONT BE SCARED WE ARE IN IT TOGETHER.

[maosef]

Why would any educator encourage kids to listen to rap, if people get into rap because of them then they are going to encounter that absolutely abhorrent and vulgar views that the majority of the music in that genre encourages.

[ginesdepasamonte]

@TheTitsillator I have no idea what you are trying to point out with that comment, save that it certainly does sound negative, not particularly helpful...

[tepstolog]

Only the FDR Glass-Steagall principle will separate commercial from speculative banking, thus freeing the nation from obligations to Wall St. and the City of London, and re-establishing a credit system for rebuilding the nation.

H.R. 1489, Return to Prudent Banking Act of 2011, is before the House of Representatives, which aims to revive the separation between commercial banking and the securities business, in the manner provided in the Banking Act of 1933, the so called 'Glass-Steagall Act

[Ahlywog]

@MrVic1954 Absolutely.

[MrVic1954]

The north won the civil war because of schools. Read history. School has been a mind f#k for our children for a long time. And bthw. The war had nothing to do with freeing slaves.

[Benwoodruff]

Gates is actually bringing in ideas that work but will hurt the union so according to the union it is "bad for students". As long as unions control the schools, schools will get worse.