Video: Eat the Rich- An Animated Fairy Tale from the California Federation of Teachers
Video: Study Links High Stakes Testing to Higher Incarceration Rates
Published July 19 2013 by The Real News Network
Democracy Now – Seattle’s Teacher Uprising: High School Faculty Faces Censure for Boycotting Standardized MAP Tests
Published on 29 Jan 2013 by DemocracyNow.org
Democracy Now on Historic Strike by Chigaco Teachers
Published September 10, 2012 by Democracynow.org
Chicago Public Teachers Stage Historic Strike in Clash With the Mayor on Education Reforms
10 Must-See Videos Documenting the Quebec Student Strike
By Robert Green
If you’re a political junkie like me you’ve probably spent the last few months discussing the issues surrounding the Quebec student strike: tuition hikes, police brutality, special laws, the challenges of movement building, etc. As an open and vocal supporter of the student strike one inevitably encounters echos of the English media’s characterization of the students as entitled and violent. Fortunately, there have been a number of excellent videos produced that have been of great use in countering such perceptions. This post is my attempt to assemble 10 of the best such videos in one location so they can be easily shared.
Overview of the movement:
Red Square Revolt
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Teachers, parents push back against high stakes testing
Posted April 23, 2012 at The Real News Network
Profs Against Tuition Hikes – The Series
Profs contre la hausse 1 (AMVoisard)
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Animated Video on Francois Legault’s Plan for Teachers
François Légo – La CAQ attaque
A great video mocking Francois Legault’s plans to improve public education by using performance indicators to more closely monitor teachers …the very strategy at the heart of George Bush’s ‘No Child left Behing’ that has failed so miserably to improve public education in the US.
