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The Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools Newsletter
October 2, 2015
Dyett Hunger Strike Ends!
Inspiring strike is a game changer in education organizing.
After 34 days, the hunger strike for Dyett High School has officially ended. The brave parents, teachers and community leaders who put their bodies on the line successfully pushed Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to reopen Dyett as an open-enrollment public school. This is a victory for all who care about public education!
Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools Director Keron Blair published a powerful op-ed in the Chicago Tribune this week, highlighting the ongoing struggle to win a sustainable community school in Chicago. In his op-ed, Keron offers a meaningful description of community schools and asks, "Are they worth dying for?" Keron suggests that the fight for Dyett is a call to action for all who care about education justice.
By Erin Kramer, One Pittsburgh
At Great Public Schools Pittsburgh we have worked hard over the last three years to elect education justice-minded candidates to the City School Board. The most important qualification was an understanding of the power of the School Board to own the governance of our schools as an extension of the voters who put them in office.