The video is entitled: Educators use Occupy Movement to Empower Students, Defend Public Education.
Questions:
- What do you think of this video and the actions of the teachers?
- Do these protests empower students?
- Do we have a public system of education that needs an overhaul or should Americans be happy with the taxes paid for the education delivered in the present system?
- Are all the problems experienced in public education due to the 1%?
- Where do the unions' influence in the 1% lie?
- How much of this frustration shown have to do with policies set by the Department of Education vs private influence?
- How much influence does a school board have any longer in setting school policies? Have school boards become ineffective since they can no longer set standards and assessments?
