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Covid-19 pandemic have only made public education more vulnerable. It
is no exaggeration to say that the future of public education itself
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DEMANDING END TO 'FAILED BILLIONAIRE-BACKED' POLICIES, 200+ TEACHERS
AND ACTIVISTS URGE BIDEN TO GO BOLD ON PUBLIC EDUCATION  
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Jake Johnson
May 26, 2020
Common Dreams
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_ "The public health and economic emergencies resulting from the
Covid-19 pandemic have only made public education more vulnerable. It
is no exaggeration to say that the future of public education itself
is at stake." _

Vice President Joe Biden holds a virtual campaign event on March 13,
2020 in Chicago, Illinois., (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

 

A group of more than 200 teachers, academics, and activists on Tuesday
published an open letter calling on presumptive 2020 Democratic
presidential nominee Joe Biden to commit to a bold education platform
that puts the needs of students first and breaks decisively from the
decades-long bipartisan record
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attacks on public schools.

"You have the power to fight for the public schools and colleges and
universities that our students deserve," reads the letter
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which was signed by New York University professor Diane Ravitch,
Princeton University emeritus professor Cornel West, author and
activist Jonathan Kozol, and 212 others. (See the full letter and list
of signatories below.)

"Over the past decade, politicians on both sides of the aisle have
made devastating cuts to public education, while privatizing public
schools, scapegoating educators, and providing massive tax breaks to
corporations and the rich," the letter continues. "These attacks have
resulted in a national teacher shortage and reduced educational
opportunities for many of our students—especially students of color,
those from low-income households, LGBTQ students, and students with
disabilities."

The letter demands that Biden include in his platform a number of
policies that have long been at the center of progressives' education
agenda, including:

* Complete cancellation of all outstanding student loan debt and a
cap on student loan interest rates in the future;
* Tuition-free public colleges, universities, and trade schools;
* A moratorium on public funds for charter school expansion until
the completion of an audit "to determine the impact of charter growth
in each state";
* A ban on for-profit charter schools and for-profit colleges and
universities;
* Free and universal school meals; and
* A starting salary of no less than $60,000 per year for teachers
and expansion of collective bargaining rights.

The educators and activists also urged Biden to back an emergency
program to prevent cuts to public education during the coronavirus
pandemic, which has strained state and local budgets and placed
school funding on the chopping block
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Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sparked backlash
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month when he vowed to work with billionaires like Microsoft founder
Bill Gates to "reimagine" the state's education system after the
Covid-19 crisis subsides.

"The public health and economic emergencies resulting from the
Covid-19 pandemic have only made public education more vulnerable,"
the letter states. "It is no exaggeration to say that the future of
public education itself is at stake. To reverse this offensive against
public education, we call on you to pledge to appoint a Secretary of
Education publicly committed to reversing this failed
billionaire-backed 'education reform' agenda."

Ravitch, an education historian and opponent of school
privatization, wrote in a blog post
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that the purpose of the letter is to pressure Biden to "reject the
stale and failed policies of the past 20 years" in favor of a "fresh
vision for American education."

_Washington Post_ education reporter Valerie Strauss wrote
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that "public education advocates have had a difficult time in the past
few decades as both Republican and Democratic administrations have
pursued policies that they believe harm public schools."

"President George W. Bush ushered in the No Child Left Behind period,
signing the K-12 legislation into law in early 2002 and ushering in
the era of the high-stakes standardized test," wrote Strauss. "Then
came President Barack Obama, who public education advocates hoped
would stop the country’s obsession with standardized tests and
address inequity baked into the funding system. Instead his
administration heightened the importance of the test scores by pushing
states to evaluate teachers by them."

Strauss reported
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June that "by all appearances... Biden was an enthusiastic supporter
of Obama's agenda," which promoted the expansion of charter schools
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Biden has since been critical of for-profit charter schools, saying
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May that they siphon money from public schools "which are already in
enough trouble." The education platform
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not mention charter schools.

To address the crisis of student loan debt, Biden unveiled
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plan last month that would forgive "all undergraduate tuition-related
federal student debt from two- and four-year public colleges and
universities for debt-holders earning up to $125,000" per year—a
proposal that falls short of activists' demands and Sen. Bernie
Sanders' (I-Vt.) plan to cancel all
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student loan debt.

Read the full letter from educators and activists:

_Dear Vice President Biden:_

_As the Democratic Party presumptive nominee, you have the power to
fight for the public schools and colleges and universities that our
students deserve. We are concerned educators, public education
advocates, union members, parents, and students, writing to request
that you demonstrate your commitment to that agenda._

_Over the past decade, politicians on both sides of the aisle have
made devastating cuts to public education, while privatizing public
schools, scapegoating educators, and providing massive tax breaks to
corporations and the rich. These attacks have resulted in a national
teacher shortage and reduced educational opportunities for many of our
students—especially students of color, those from low-income
households, LGBTQ students, and students with disabilities._

_The public health and economic emergencies resulting from the
Covid-19 pandemic have only made public education more vulnerable. It
is no exaggeration to say that the future of public education itself
is at stake._

_To reverse this offensive against public education, we call on you to
pledge to appoint a Secretary of Education publicly committed to
reversing this failed billionaire-backed "education reform" agenda and
we call on your campaign to immediately adopt the following policy
planks:_

_* Implement a Federal Emergency Education Program that would:_

_Provide direct federal aid to ensure that school districts and public
higher education institutions are able to prevent budget cuts and
maintain pre-crisis staffing levels._

_Empower educators to determine how best to utilize remote learning
education technology when it is deemed necessary for health and safety
reasons and how best to teach those students for whom remote learning
is not feasible or appropriate._

_Suspend all federal requirements relating to the use of high-stakes
testing for the duration of the emergency._

_* Triple Title I funding to ensure that at-risk schools get the
funding and resources they need and invest in broadband so that
students have access to critical resources._

_* Repeal high-stakes testing mandates that force educators to "teach
to the test."_

_* Address the school-to-prison pipeline by investing in public
schools and calling for the elimination of zero tolerance policies and
over-policing._

_* Ban for-profit charter schools and for-profit colleges and
universities._

_* Support the NAACP's moratorium on public funds for charter school
expansion until a national audit has been completed to determine the
impact of charter growth in each state._

_* Eliminate the $440 million annual federal subsidy for new charter
schools, which have a failure rate of 40 percent and currently
subsidizes billionaire-funded corporate charter schools._

_* Give teachers a much-deserved raise by setting a starting salary
for them at no less than $60,000 (pegged to the cost of living),
expanding collective bargaining rights and teacher tenure, and funding
out-of-pocket expenses for classroom materials._

_* Strengthen the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
by ensuring that the federal government provides at least 50 percent
of the funding for special education._

_* Provide year-round, free universal school meals, increase funding
for Community Schools and after-school programs, and implement
universal child-centered pre-kindergarten for all children beginning
at the age of 3._

_* Guarantee tuition-free public colleges, universities, HBCUs,
Minority Serving Institutions, and trade-schools to all, not just
those who qualify through means-testing._

_* Cancel all student loan debt and place a cap on student loan
interest rates moving forward._

_Signed_

_    1. Diane Ravitch, education historian and activist_
_    2. Jonathan Kozol, National Book Award-winning author and
advocate for children_
_    3. Danny Glover, Actor, Social Justice Advocate_
_    4. Michael Moore, Academy Award-winning director_
_    5. Alex Caputo-Pearl, President, United Teachers Los Angeles_
_    6. Cecily Myart-Cruz, Vice President, United Teachers Los
Angeles, NEA_
_    7. Cornel West, Professor of the practice of public philosophy
at Harvard University and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University_
_    8. Senator Nina Turner, campaign co-chair, Bernie 2020 and
former Ohio State Senator_
_    9. Shaun King, CEO, The North Star_
_    10. Debby Pope, Chicago Teachers Union, Delegate and Executive
Board_
_    11. Arlene Inouye, United Teachers Los Angeles Secretary_
_    12. Carol Burris, 2013 NYS High School Principal of the Year,
Executive Director of the Network for Public Education_
_    13. Angelina Cruz, President of Racine Education Association_
_    14. Demetrio Gonzalez, President of United Teachers of
Richmond, CTA/NEA_
_    15. Jesse Hagopian, Teacher; Editor, Rethinking Schools;
Co-Editor, Teaching for Black Lives_
_    16. Juan Ramirez, UTLA/AFT Vice President_
_    17. Julie Van Winkle, UTLA Secondary Vice President-elect_
_    18. Ari Bloomekatz, managing editor of Rethinking Schools_
_    19. RoseAnn DeMoro, Former Executive Director of National
Nurses United_
_    20. Steven Thrasher, Professor, Northwestern University_
_    21. Larry Cohen, Board Chair of Our Revolution and past
president of the Communications Workers of America_
_    22. Frank Holmquist, Professor of Politics, Emeritus,
Hampshire College_
_    23. Jane F. McAlevey, Organizer, Educator, Author_
_    24. Cynthia Liu, K12 News Network_
_    25. Eric Blanc, author Red State Revolt_
_    26. Adolph Reed, Jr., Professor Emeritus, University of
Pennsylvania_
_    27. Nikhil Goyal, former adjunct professor at New York
University and PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge_
_    28. Charles Palermo, Professor of Art History, William & Mary_
_    29. Bob Peterson, Rethinking Schools editor and Member,
Milwaukee Board of School Directors_
_    30. Eleanor J. Bader, English teacher and freelance writer_
_    31. Kilynn Lunsford, National Organizer, Labor for Bernie_
_    32. Annelise Orleck, Professor of History, Dartmouth College_
_    33. Gordon Lafer, Professor, University of Oregon and Member,
Eugene, OR Board of Education_
_    34. Corey Robin, Professor, Brooklyn College, CUNY_
_    35. Michael Lighty, Leading Advocate for Medicare for All_
_    36. Joanna Wuest, Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer, Princeton
University_
_    37. Jennifer Ashton, Associate Professor, University of
Illinois at Chicago_
_    38. Penny Lewis, Associate Professor, CUNY School of Labor and
Urban Studies_
_    39. Stephanie Luce, Professor, CUNY School of Labor and Urban
Studies_
_    40. Steve London, Professor, CUNY School of Labor and Urban
Studies_
_    41. Douglas A. Medina, Instructor, CUNY, Guttman Community
College_
_    42. Thomas J Adams, Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney (US
Citizen)_
_    43. Cedric Johnson, University of Illinois at Chicago_
_    44. Samir Sonti, Assistant Professor, CUNY School of Labor and
Urban Studies_
_    45. Steve Striffler, Professor, UMass Boston_
_    46. Allen Cholger, Sub District Director, USW (retired) and
former Executive Assistant to the President, APWU, (retired)_
_    47. William Mello, Associate Professor of Labor Studies,
Indiana University_
_    48. Nomiki Konst, Director, Matriarch_
_    49. Nancy Fraser, Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of
Philosophy and Politics, New School for Social Research_
_    50. Liza Featherstone, Adjunct Professor, New York University
and Columbia University_
_    51. Bruno Gulli, Associate Professor of Philosophy,
Kingsborough Community College, CUNY_
_    52. Christian Parenti, Associate Professor of Economics, John
Jay College CUNY_
_    53. Rebecca Tarlau, Pennsylvania State University_
_    54. Glenn Kaplan, filmmaker, Member IATSE Local 600_
_    55. Rick Armstrong, Associate Professor Department of English,
Kingsborough Community College, CUNY_
_    56. Heather Lee Compton, Studio Zahiya_
_    57. Meg Kallman Feeley, Adjunct Lecturer English, Kingsborough
Community College, CUNY_
_    58. Merlin Chowkwanyun, Donald Gemson Assistant Professor of
Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia
University_
_    59. Jim Zogby, Founder of the Arab American Institute_
_    60. Daniel Moak, Assistant Professor, Ohio University_
_    61. Wamiq Chowdhury, Attorney, Member NC Piedmont Democratic
Socialists of America_
_    62. Sarah Cate, Assistant Professor, Saint Louis University_
_    63. Rebecca Garelli, Lead Organizer, Arizona Educators United_
_    64. Marquita Walker, Interim Chair and Associate Professor of
Labor Studies, Indiana University_
_    65. Rogers M. Smith, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished
Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania_
_    66. James Counts Early, Board Member, Institute for Policy
Studies_
_    67. Steve Presence, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies,
University of the West of England_
_    68. Colleen Mihal, Professor, College of Marin_
_    69. Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Department of
Media, Journalism and Film and Department of Global and Intercultural
Studies, Miami University-Ohio_
_    70. Christopher R. Martin, Professor of Digital Journalism,
University of Northern Iowa_
_    71. Karyn Hollis, Villanova University_
_    72. Adam Safer, Graduate Student, Stony Brook University_
_    73. Bryan Wagner, Associate Professor, University of
California, Berkeley_
_    74. Janice Peck, Professor, Media Studies Department,
University of Colorado at Boulder_
_    75. Paul Prescod, Political Liaison in Philadelphia Federation
of Teachers_
_    76. Kevin Howley, Professor of Media Studies, DePauw
University_
_    77. Eric Cheyfitz, Ernest I. White Professor of American
Studies and Humane Letters, Professor of American Indian and
Indigenous Studies_
_    78. Carlos Figueroa, Ithaca College_
_    79. Gino Canella, Assistant Professor and filmmaker, Emerson
College_
_    80. Daniel Brenner, Teacher, Eastern Suffolk BOCES (retired)_
_    81. Michelle Strater Gunderson, First Grade Teacher, Chicago
Public Schools, Trustee, Chicago Teachers Union_
_    82. Robert Vitalis, University of Pennsylvania_
_    83. Max Page, University of Massachusetts Amherst_
_    84. Nathan Godfried, Adelaide & Alan Bird Professor,
University of Maine_
_    85. Inger Stole, University of Illinois_
_    86. Philip Fiermonte, Former Burlington City Councilor_
_    87. Joel Jordan, former Director of Special Projects, United
Teachers Los Angeles_
_    88. Rich Potter, Assistant Professor, American Jewish
University_
_    89. Kevin Gotkin, Visiting Assistant Professor, New York
University_
_    90. Lee Artz, Purdue University Northwest_
_    91. Dr. Eileen R. Meehan, Professor Emerita, Department of
Radio, Television and New Media, College of Communications, Southern
Illinois University at Carbondale, Illinois_
_    92. Jay O’Neal, West Virginia teacher and strike leader_
_    93. Emily Schnee, Professor of English, Kingsborough Community
College, City University of New York_
_    94. David Duhalde, Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
Fund_
_    95. Roxana Marachi, Associate Professor of Education, San
José State University_
_    96. Jeffrey A. Winters, Professor of Political Science and
Director of the Equality Development and Globalization Studies
Program, Northwestern University_
_    97. Rod Metts, Associate Professor of Communication Studies,
California State University, San Bernardino_
_    98. Nino Gulli, Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland
Global Campus, UMGC_
_    99. William Riordan, History Instructor at the University of
Colorado_
_    100. Nicole McCormick, President, Mercer County Education
Association_
_    101. Mary Summers, Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania_
_    102. Doug Henwood, Journalist_
_    103. Herbert G. Reid, Professor Emeritus, University of
Kentucky, Department of Political Science_
_    104. Christina Dunbar-Hester, 2019-2020 Berggruen Fellow,
Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism_
_    105. Hadrian Predock, Associate Professor of Practice,
University of Southern California School of Architecture_
_    106. Robert M. Saltzman, Emeritus Professor of Lawyering
Skills, USC Gould School of Law_
_    107. Howard A. Rodman, Professor, University of Southern
California, Past President, Writers Guild of America West 108. Larry
Gross, Professor, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism,
University of Southern California_
_    109. Mark Jonathan Harris, Distinguished Professor, School of
Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California_
_    110. Kathy Smith, Professor, School of Cinematic Arts,
University of Southern California_
_    111. Miki Turner, Assistant Professor, University of Southern
California 112. Sean T. Mitchell, Associate Professor of Anthropology,
Rutgers University, Newark_
_    113. Rebecca C. Glasscock, Professor Emerita, Geography and
Peace Studies, Bluegrass Community and Technical College_
_    114. Priya Kapoor, Professor, Portland State University_
_    115. Carlin Meyer, Prof. Emerita, New York Law School_
_    116. Rianne Subijanto, Assistant Professor, Baruch College,
CUNY_
_    117. Janet Poppendieck, author, Free for All: Fixing School
Food in America_
_    118. Tulia Falleti, Class of 1965 Endowed Term Professor of
Political Science, Director of Latin American and Latino Studies
Program, University of Pennsylvania_
_    119. Marisa Chappell, Associate Professor of History, Oregon
State University_
_    120. Micaela di Leonardo, Professor, Northwestern University_
_    121. Judith E. Smith, Professor Emerita of American Studies,
University of Massachusetts Boston_
_    122. Julie Van Winkle, Secondary Vice President-elect of
United Teachers Los Angeles_
_    123. Lawrence Blum, Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts
and Education, Emeritus, University of Massachusetts Boston_
_    124. Michael Schwartz, Distinguished Teaching Professor,
Emeritus, Founding Director, College of Global Studies_
_    125. Richard Lachmann, Professor of Sociology, University at
Albany SUNY_
_    126. Keith Brooks, retired educator, NYC alternative high
school division_
_    127. Richard Strier, Sulzberger Distinguished Service
Professor Emeritus, Department of English, University of Chicago_
_    128. Laura Anker, Distinguished Service Professor, American
Studies, SUNY Old Westbury_
_    129. Alan Gilbert, Distinguished University Professor, Korbel
School of International Studies, University of Denver_
_    130. Susan Jhirad, retired Professor of English from North
Shore Community College_
_    131. Bill Bigelow, Curriculum Editor, Rethinking Schools_
_    132. Kathy Hall, Associate Professor, University of
Pennsylvania_
_    133. Jane Kauer, Consulting Scholar, Physical Anthropology
Section, University of Pennsylvania Museum_
_    134. Ilana Gershon, Ruth N. Hall professor of anthropology,
Indiana University_
_    135. Karen Koran, retired educator, School District of
Philadelphia_
_    136. Ana Croegaert, Assistant Professor, Anthropology +
Sociology, University of New Orleans_
_    137. Amy Stornaiuolo, Associate Professor, University of
Pennsylvania_
_    138. Brenda Beaudette-Kaim, French Department, University of
Vermont_
_    139. Kathryn Moeller, Assistant Professor, University of
Wisconsin-Madison_
_    140. Bonnie Urciuoli, Professor Emerita, Anthropology,
Hamilton College_
_    141. Christy Schuetze, Associate Professor of Anthropology,
Swarthmore College_
_    142. Fran Ansley, Professor of Law Emeritus, University of
Tennessee College of Law_
_    143. Frederick Erickson, Professor Emeritus, University of
California, Los Angeles_
_    144. Arléne Amarante, Assistant Professor of Law at Lincoln
Memorial University’s Duncan School of Law_
_    145. Karen Weinstein, Peralta Community College District_
_    146. Alessandra Visconti, assistant professor of instruction,
Northwestern University_
_    147. Polly Murphy - Retired teacher TN School for the Deaf_
_    148. Alan Spector, Professor of Sociology, Purdue University
Northwest_
_    149. Maria Catalfio, retired member, OPEIU Local 494_
_    150. Ann Jefferson, University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Lecturer, retired_
_    151. Piotr Axer, PhD Candidate in Slavic Studies at Brown
University_
_    152. Bonnie Blustein, Professor of Mathematics, West Los
Angeles College_
_    153. Frances Maher, Professor Emerita, Wheaton College_
_    154. Matt Witt, Editor, World Wide Work_
_    155. John C. Berg, Professor Emeritus, Suffolk University_
_    156. Ana Celia Zentella, Professor Emerita, UCSD Department of
Ethnic Studies_
_    157. Arleen Llanes, Middle School School Teacher, Bay Area_
_    158. Daniel Merin, Climate and Culture Coach, Office of School
Climate and Safety, School District of Philadelphia_
_    159. Sylvia Lester, Child Psychologist, NYU Postdoctoral
Program for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy_
_    160. Julia A. McWilliams, Lecturer, Center for Programs in
Contemporary Writing, University of Pennsylvania_
_    161. Monica Emerich, Instructional Designer/Project Manager,
CSU Global Campus_
_    162. Judy Norsigian, Co-founder and board chair, Our Bodies
Ourselves_
_    163. Rachel Rubin, Professor and Chair, University of
Massachusetts Boston_
_    164. Danya Lagos, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Texas
at Austin_
_    165. Elizabeth Manley, Kellogg Endowed Professor, Associate
Professor of History, Xavier University of Louisiana_
_    166. Gianmarco Savio, Assistant Professor, County College of
Morris_
_    167. Andrea Reyna, public middle school teacher; California
Democratic Party Executive Board, San Mateo County Democratic Central
Committee_
_    168. Maia Cucchiara, Associate Professor, Urban Education,
Temple University_
_    169. Jeffrey Melnick, Professor of American Studies, UMass
Boston_
_    170. Sherene Seikaly, Associate Professor of History,
University of California Santa Barbara_
_    171. Nelson Lichtenstein, Distinguished Professor of History,
University of California Santa Barbara_
_    172. Alice O’Connor, Professor of History and Director of
Blum Center on Poverty, Inequality, and Democracy, University of
California Santa Barbara_
_    173. Eileen Boris, Hull Professor and Distinguished Professor
of Feminist Studies, University of California Santa Barbara_
_    174. Linda Burrows, Public School Teacher_
_    175. Laurie Katz, Professor of Early Childhood Education, Ohio
State University_
_    176. Wayne Au, Professor, University of Washington Bothell_
_    177. Susan Fountain, Adjunct Professor, CUNY School of
Professional Studies_
_    178. Robert Farrell, Associate Professor and Chair PSC-CUNY
Chapter at Lehman College, CUNY_
_    179. Elizabeth Hovey, John Jay College, CUNY_
_    180. Glenn Kissack, Retired Mathematics Teacher, Hunter
College High School_
_    181. Leo Parascondola, Adjunct Lecturer, William Paterson
University_
_    182. Michael Spear, Assistant Professor of History,
Kingsborough Community College, CUNY_
_    183. Jonathan Buchsbaum, Media Studies, Queens College, CUNY_
_    184. Sigmund Shen, Associate Professor, LaGuardia Community
College, CUNY_
_    185. Dwight Billings, Professor Emeritus, University of
Kentucky_
_    186. Richard Maxwell, Professor, Queens College, CUNY_
_    187. Stan Karp, Editor, Rethinking Schools_
_    188. Lori Rothstein, CUNY Graduate Center_
_    189. Carol Stabile, Professor, University of Oregon_
_    190. Eileen Moran, Queens College, CUNY_
_    191. Phaedra Pezzullo, Associate Professor, Dept. of
Communication, University of Colorado Boulder_
_    192. Philip Barnett, Professor, City College and Graduate
Center, CUNY_
_    193. Priya Kapoor, Professor, Portland State University_
_    194. Rachel Youens, Adjunct Assistant Professor, LaGuardia
Community College, CUNY_
_    195. Vincent DiGirolamo, Assistant Professor and PSC Chapter
Chair, Baruch College, CUNY_
_    196. Ryan Bruckenethal, New York City Special Education
Teacher, United Federation of Teachers_
_    197. Gabriel Winant, Assistant Professor, University of
Chicago_
_    198. Ruth Wangerin, Department of Anthropology, Lehman
College, CUNY_
_    199. Kathleen Offenholley, Professor of Mathematics, Borough
of Manhattan Community College, CUNY_
_    200. Olga Steinberg, Professor, Hostos Community College,
CUNY_
_    201. David Gerwin, Professor, Dept. of Secondary Education and
PSC Chapter Chair, Queens College, CUNY_
_    202. Eric Freas, Associate Professor of History, Borough of
Manhattan Community College, CUNY_
_    203. Jocelyn Wills, Tow Professor of History and Affiliated
Faculty Member, American Studies & Women’s and Gender Studies,
Brooklyn College, CUNY_
_    204. Marc Kagan, Graduate Assistant, CUNY Graduate Center_
_    205. Ruth Milkman, Professor of Sociology, CUNY_
_    206. Nelly Tournaki, Professor of Special Education, College
of Staten Island, CUNY_
_    207. Adam Sanchez, Teacher; Editor, Rethinking Schools; Zinn
Education Project_
_    208. Blanca Vazquez, Adjunct Associate Professor (Retired),
Film and Media Studies, Hunter College, CUNY_
_    209. Lisa Rivera, Associate Professor, University of
Massachusetts, Boston_
_    210. Josh Staub, Director of Restorative Programming, School
District of Philadelphia_
_    211. Rachel Buff, Professor of History, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee_
_    212. Christopher Zurn, Professor of Philosophy, University of
Massachusetts, Boston_
_    213. Eric Fishman, Elementary School Teacher, Boston Public
Schools_
_    214. Susan Kang, Associate Professor of Political Science,
John Jay University, CUNY_
_    215. Sarah Soanirina Ohmer, Assistant Professor, Department of
Latin American and Africana Studies, Lehman College, CUNY_

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