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Democratizing Education A democratic form of government, a democratic way of life, presupposes free public education over a long period; it presupposes also an education for personal responsibility that too often is neglected. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
~ Justice William Douglas
The Democratizing Education Program works to unite student associations, labor unions, faculty organizations, and grassroots student, parent, and community groups in a national movement against the corporatization of education, and for the democratization of schools, colleges, and universities. This program raises up student, staff, faculty, and community unionism and industrial action, including industrial strikes, as essential parts of effective education organizing. Organizing ResourcesCCFS: Free Speech Organizing ToolkitThe Free Speech Organizing Toolkit is designed to provide campus leaders and free speech supporters with the tools to work with higher education leaders to remove impediments to a marketplace of ideas on their campus. Democratizing Education CharterAdopted at the 2005 Democratizing Education Convention in Madison, Wisconsin. CENTER for CAMPUS FREE SPEECH: Guide to Student Activity FeesThe Center for Campus Free Speech releases there Guide to Student Activity Fees - a primer on the legal issues involved in creating and managing a student activity fee system. Download a copy today: http://campusspeech.org/student_fees NewsOccupy California: 2nd UCSC Protest on NowDate: October 16, 2009MN DAILY: Students interrupt ConvocationDate: September 9, 2009Take ActionEducation Protests are Worldwidesource: International Student MovementSign the Declaration: UNITED FOR EDUCATION!source: International Student MovementCalifornia statewide mobilizing conference against the privatization of public educationsource: Organizers of March 4 actions to defend public educationEventsGLOBAL ACTION: Education is not for Sale! ~ November, 2009(November 5, 2009 - November 19, 2009)Students, teachers, workers and parents around the world ask themselves: Is the public education system still serving the interests of the public, or is the focus shifting to implement education systems that primarily serve private and business interests? Tuition fees are – once introduced – sky-rocketing, universities and schools are turned into businesses, student debt keeps increasing and education budgets cut. NOVEMBER: Global Week of Action - Reloaded!(November 1, 2009)Public education systems, from kindergarten to university, must prioritize emancipating aspects, be free and accessible to all. A democracy only exists, if society consists of emancipated and self-determined individuals, that are able to critically reflect their society, developments and power structures. Any system that doesn’t fulfill these criteria is not a democracy. Democratizing Education Convention IIIStay tuned . . . the Democratizing Education Convention is coming back! Publications & TalksBACON: A constitutional right to an education(November 29, 2009)Is there a “constitutional right to education”? Legal scholar and civil rights advocate Erwin Chemerinsky says there is. “There has to be a right to education in the Constitution,” he declares, “and equal protection is a Constitutional imperative.” RECOMMENDED: The Ottawa RetreatA report by Mishy Leiblum and Jed Murr on the Campus Organizing Retreat in Ottawa, Ontario. |
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