Environmental Justice Series
Jul 24 2021 @ 5pm PT
Part I: History
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Co-sponsored with Sunrise Bay Area
Join us for a discussion about the history of public education and the history of the privatization movement:
Anthony Cody
Anthony worked for 24 years in the Oakland schools, 18 of them as a science teacher at a high-needs middle school. A National Board Certified Teacher, he now leads workshops with teachers on Project Based Learning. He is the co-founder of the Network for Public Education.
Dr. Jack Schneider
Jack Schneider is an Assistant Professor of Education at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where he leads the Beyond Test Scores Project. An award-winning scholar, his work broadly explores the influence of history, culture, and rhetoric in education policy. The author of four books, including co-author of Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door, Dr. Schneider writes frequently about education in outlets like the Atlantic, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. He is the co-founder of the Massachusetts Consortium for Innovative Education Assessment, co-host of the education policy podcast “Have You Heard,” and co-editor of History of Education Quarterly. He lives in Somerville, Massachusetts, where his daughter is enrolled in the public schools.
Dr. Jennifer Berkshire
Jennifer Berkshire writes about education and politics for the Nation, the New Republic, the Baffler, the New York Times, and other publications. As the creator and co-host of the education policy podcast “Have You Heard,” she teaches aspiring podcasters in the journalism program at Boston College and the Labor Studies program at UMass Amherst. Berkshire discovered her passion for storytelling while covering a series of bitter labor battles that wracked her native Midwest in the early 1990’s. She is the author of More Worlds to Negotiate: John Dunlop and the Art of Problem Solving and co-author of Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door. A licensed public school teacher, Berkshire lives in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Mike Hutchinson
Mike Hutchinson is an Oakland School Board Director representing District 5 in the Oakland Unified School District. He assumed office on December 11, 2020 and his current term will end on December 13, 2024.
Hutchinson has spent more than 20 years working and volunteering in Oakland's schools with our youth and co-founded the Oakland Public Education Network, (OPEN). He is also a founding member of the Journey for Justice National Alliance.
Anthony worked for 24 years in the Oakland schools, 18 of them as a science teacher at a high-needs middle school. A National Board Certified Teacher, he now leads workshops with teachers on Project Based Learning. He is the co-founder of the Network for Public Education.
Dr. Jack Schneider
Jack Schneider is an Assistant Professor of Education at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where he leads the Beyond Test Scores Project. An award-winning scholar, his work broadly explores the influence of history, culture, and rhetoric in education policy. The author of four books, including co-author of Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door, Dr. Schneider writes frequently about education in outlets like the Atlantic, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. He is the co-founder of the Massachusetts Consortium for Innovative Education Assessment, co-host of the education policy podcast “Have You Heard,” and co-editor of History of Education Quarterly. He lives in Somerville, Massachusetts, where his daughter is enrolled in the public schools.
Dr. Jennifer Berkshire
Jennifer Berkshire writes about education and politics for the Nation, the New Republic, the Baffler, the New York Times, and other publications. As the creator and co-host of the education policy podcast “Have You Heard,” she teaches aspiring podcasters in the journalism program at Boston College and the Labor Studies program at UMass Amherst. Berkshire discovered her passion for storytelling while covering a series of bitter labor battles that wracked her native Midwest in the early 1990’s. She is the author of More Worlds to Negotiate: John Dunlop and the Art of Problem Solving and co-author of Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door. A licensed public school teacher, Berkshire lives in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Mike Hutchinson
Mike Hutchinson is an Oakland School Board Director representing District 5 in the Oakland Unified School District. He assumed office on December 11, 2020 and his current term will end on December 13, 2024.
Hutchinson has spent more than 20 years working and volunteering in Oakland's schools with our youth and co-founded the Oakland Public Education Network, (OPEN). He is also a founding member of the Journey for Justice National Alliance.