[xmca] Fwd: IMPORTANT-- HELP Public Education Change! Sign this petition now!

HI,

I am forwarding this request as very important for education.
Ana
_____________________________
Ana Marjanovic-Shane
anamshane@speakeasy.net

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Rachel Schwartzman <rayschwartzman@yahoo.com>
> Date: November 11, 2008 9:26:32 PM EST
>
>
> Hi Folks (sorry for this kind of email, but SO important),
>
> PLEASE take one minute to sign this petition that could
> significantly alter the direction of education under the Obama
> office... There is a big range in people on his short list to
> appoint to education secretary, including the nightmarish NYC
> chancellor of ed Joel Klien (eek!). My school and countless other
> progressive teachers are urging people to sign a petition for the
> appointment of Linda Darling Hammond. Below is lots of information
> about her if you want to know the specifics...
>
> Or, just sign the petition at:
> http://www.PetitionOnline.com/DHammond/petition.html
>
>
> Hopefully,
> Rachel
>
>
>> Hello Friends and Family,
>>
>> I am writing to ask you to sign a very quick and easy
>> petition that will be sent to Barack Obama's transition team. As he
>> goes through the process of choosing his cabinet, we are asking
>> that he
>> appoint Dr.
>> Linda Darling-Hammond as his education secretary. She is
>> on his short
>> list for the job, and she is BY FAR the most qualified and
>> progressive
>> candidate on his list. Dr. Darling-Hammond has taken
>> strong stances
>> against the privatization of public education and against
>> tying
>> high-stakes testing to the funding of public schools.
>> Having her as
>> secretary of education could substantially alter the course
>> of public
>> education in the U.S.!
>>
>> Here is where you can sign the petition:
> http://www.PetitionOnline.com/DHammond/petition.html
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello BCS Team,
>> When I was a teacher, and Linda Darling Hammond was at
>> NCREST
>> (National Center for Reform of Education, Schools, and
>> Teaching @
>> Columbia Teachers College, I had the honor and privilege
>> of I
>> working with her on a project that documented conversation
>> and
>> community in classrooms - and how this affected learning.
>> For a
>> year, one of her graduate interns recorded and transcribed
>> conversations I had with students and those they had with
>> each other.
>> Linda Darling Hammond then moved to Stanford University and
>> I've
>> followed her work from afar. She is an expert on how
>> children learn
>> and how race and class issues impact schools , teaching,
>> and learning.
>>
>> Most recently Linda Darling Hammond has served as an
>> education
>> adviser to Barack Obama and now it is reported that
>> she's a candidate
>> for Secretary of Education. Wouldn't it be amazing to
>> have an
>> educator, a true education scholar, serving in this role?
>> We know by
>> now where the business model has gotten our businesses -
>> and our
>> schools. And we now how schools and students and teachers
>> struggle
>> when people who know little to nothing about human
>> development or
>> learning are empowered to make education policy decisions.
>> Her
>> leadership offers the potential for substantive educational
>> reform on
>> a national level. Below is some information about how to
>> sign a
>> petition supporting Linda Darling Hammond's appointment
>> as US
>> Secretary of Education. Take some time to read about her -
>> it's easy
>> to find information about her. And if she seems like the
>> kind of
>> educational leader you are hoping for - then please take
>> time to
>> recommend her.
>> Alyce
>>
>>
> here is the correct link for the petition:
> http://www.petitiononline.com/DHammond/petition.html
>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>>
>> If you are feeling especially adventurous, feel free to
>> send a letter
>> to Obama's transition team at
>> http://www.change.gov/page/s/yourvision
>> Below I've pasted the wording of the letter I sent
>> (which you are
>> welcome to copy if you'd like).
>>
>> As always, if you don't want to receive these kinds of
>> political
>> e-mails from me, just let me know and I will take you off
>> my list.
>> The next e-mail will likely be an essay I wrote on where we
>> go from
>> here now that Obama is our President-Elect.
>>
>> Best,
>> Sonia
>>
>> ________________________________
>> My letter to Obama:
>>
>>
>> Dear President-Elect Obama,
>>
>> I am writing to urge you to appoint Dr. Linda
>> Darling-Hammond as
>> Secretary of Education. Dr. Darling-Hammond has played a
>> pivotal role
>> in shaping the field of education for decades now, and her
>> work has
>> been marked by a longstanding commitment to social justice
>> and equity.
>> You evoked these sentiments so many times during your
>> campaign, and I
>> hope you will live up to your stated intentions to protect
>> the
>> educational rights of all children by appointing someone to
>> this post
>> who has demonstrated a nuanced understanding of what it
>> takes to
>> achieve educational equity.
>>
>> Dr. Darling-Hammond's career has been characterized by
>> attention to
>> the effects of systemic and institutionalized oppressions
>> such as
>> racism, classism, sexism, and homophobia, and she has
>> opposed efforts
>> to privatize public education and to impose high-stakes
>> standardized
>> testing as a means of assessing schools' progress and
>> determining the
>> allocation of funds. In this very difficult and
>> contentious time, we
>> desperately need someone like Dr. Darling-Hammond to help
>> guide
>> federal educational policy with an expertise that is rooted
>> in a
>> commitment to the educational rights of everyone,
>> especially those who
>> live in marginalized communities. If you want to make real
>> change as
>> President of the United States, this is one area where your
>> cabinet
>> appointment can have a profound effect on all of us.
>>
>> You owe this not only to us voters, but also to all the
>> young people
>> in this country who will become the future electorate.
>> Please don't
>> forget them, President-Elect Obama.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Sonia M. Rosen
>> University of Pennsylvania
>> Graduate School of Education
>>
>>
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