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Teachers March on Washington

People march to the White House during the "Save Our Schools" rally in Washington, D.C., on July 30. Marchers chanted and carried signs expressing their demands after hearing speeches nearby.
People march to the White House during the "Save Our Schools" rally in Washington, D.C., on July 30. Marchers chanted and carried signs expressing their demands after hearing speeches nearby.
Nicole Frugé/Education Week
Teaching Profession Education Policy Critics Take Heated Message to White House Door
Thousands of teachers and others critical of standards- and test-based accountability bring their complaints to the Obama administration's front door.
Nirvi Shah, August 9, 2011
4 min read
People march to the White House during the "Save Our Schools" rally in Washington, D.C., on July 30. Marchers chanted and carried signs expressing their demands after hearing speeches nearby.
People march to the White House during the "Save Our Schools" rally in Washington, D.C., on July 30. Marchers chanted and carried signs expressing their demands after hearing speeches nearby.
Nicole Frugé/Education Week
Teaching Profession Education Policy Critics March on White House
At the "Save Our Schools" rally, teachers and others critical of standards- and test-based accountability bring their complaints to the Obama administration's front door.
Nirvi Shah, July 30, 2011
9 min read
Education Teachers March on Washington: A Look at the Issues
Educators frustrated with federal policies and feeling increasingly under siege by their states will be converging on Washington, D.C., the last week of July 2011 for a rally, conference, and march to the White House. The organizers and endorsers—an array of teachers, advocates, researchers, and bloggers—have several issues that they're pressing with the Save Our Schools rally. The chart below takes a look at the pro and con positions on seven of those issues.
July 27, 2011
Says Kaye Thompson Peters, an English teacher from St. Paul, Minn., "I think it's time someone said the emperor has no clothes. You need to stand up and you need to fight back, and that's where we are right now."
Says Kaye Thompson Peters, an English teacher from St. Paul, Minn., "I think it's time someone said the emperor has no clothes. You need to stand up and you need to fight back, and that's where we are right now."
Genevieve Ross for Education Week
Federal Frustrated Educators Aim to Build Grassroots Movement
Organizers of the Washington march say U.S. policymakers are moving in the wrong direction to bring about school improvement.
June 14, 2011
12 min read