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September 21, 2012

Video: Teachers held a rally in Washington DC‎

By  Colin Campbell / Press TV


Hundreds demonstrated outside of the Department of Education on Capitol Hill. Youth and parents [including members of Make the Road New York] representing 18 cities from across the country called for education reforms starting with a march and ending with a rally.

Across the country, hundreds of schools have been closed, virtually all of them in communities of color. The closures have devastated neighborhoods and disproportionately impacted Black and Latino students. Zakiyah Ansari, a New York mother of eight says the nationwide education system needs repair.

Teachers also say they’re facing frustration in evaluations systems that determine teachers’ and schools’ performances.

Many here feel that standardized testing has led to the unnecessary firing of teachers and deficits in quality learning.

Students say they have trouble keeping up in school, which leaves them unable to be competitive globally and professionally.

The US government’s education policy has followed years of reforms from the “No Child Left Behind Act” created under George W. Bush. These protesters say there are thousands of children not only left behind but are falling through the cracks under President Obama.

To view the video, click here.


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Victory for Immigrant Families: Preventing Unjust Deportations in NYC

On March 18, 2013, Mayor Bloomberg signed new legislation to stop federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from using NYC’s criminal justice system to deport thousands of New Yorkers.

Building on legislation we helped to win just over a year ago, Local Laws 21 and 22 prohibit not only the Department of Correction but now also the NYPD from spending millions of city taxpayer dollars to hold individuals on behalf of ICE agents for detention and deportation. Each year, thousands of New York families will stay together who would otherwise have been torn apart by overly aggressive, indiscriminate immigration enforcement.

At a moment when the country is debating immigration reform, with these laws, New York City sends a clear message to Washington that tearing apart thousands of immigrant families is bad policy.

With your support, we look forward to winning national reform that keeps families together. We thank our partners at the Center for Popular Democracy, the Cardozo Immigration Justice Clinic and the bills’ sponsors, NYC Council Speaker Quinn and Council Member Mark-Viverito, for their courageous leadership.


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