I hope you will make plans to join me and many other advocates of real reform when the Network for Public Education holds its annual meeting in Oakland in 2017. The dates are October 14 and 15, 2017.
Become a member of the resistance!
NPE meetings are always exciting. We have wonderful and inspiring speakers; great panels; and a spirit of camaraderie that you are not likely to find anywhere else. You will meet the parent leaders and bloggers that you have read about. And you will make new friends, while finding out about how to keep public education alive during these next four years–and beyond.
Previous conferences have been held in Austin; Chicago; and Raleigh. It is time for a West Coast gathering.
Save the date. And watch the website of the Network for Public Education for updates.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Wonderful –a West Coast conference! October is the best time to be in Northern California –no fog, no rain, warm sun… Oakland is an exciting place these days with amazing restaurants, beer gardens, Women’s Marches. Stay an extra day to go hiking on Mt. Tam.
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I watch morning joe each day on msnbc. It is a good show. But 1 hour, 1 minute into the show today, they began talking about education. I already knew how clueless Joe was, but there were five people on the panel, and it was the most disgraceful so-called discussion of education I have ever seen on a non propaganda network television show. It is indescribable, and must be viewed to be believed. (it lasts only 4 or 5 minutes). Harold Ford of the University of Michigan wound it up praising the heroism of Arne Duncan. He has someone on the faculty at U.M. capable whose style would not be to slice his head off and present it on a plate—-lucky for him. I hope you watch it, and present it. I will continue to watch Morning Joe…..I have learned to live with the reality of how stupid Joe is regarding public education , a subject they seldom discuss. Good production decision.
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