Re: Aug. 28 Kathy Emery of SF Freedom School

[monicalucido@comcast.net]

Hi, Marilyn!
Oh, I am soooo bummed. I love Kathy. She marched in the rain with us in SF and came to Fresno to talk as well. I will see what I can do. It's three hours away for me and I can't leave school until 3:00.

Thanks for the info,

Joseph Lucido
Educators and Parents Against Test Abuse
Educator Roundtable
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From: Marilyn Langlois <langlois-rine@comcast.net>
> To West Contra Costa and other interested education activists--
> 
> On Tuesday, Aug. 28, Kathy Emery will give a talk at the El Cerrito
> Democratic Club on
> 
> No Child Left Behind, Destroying or Transforming our Schools?
> 
> at the El Cerrito United Methodist Church
> 6830 Stockton St., El Cerrito
> 
> Pizza at 6:45, Meeting at 7:30 pm
> 
> Dr. Emery is co-founder of the San Francisco Freedom School
> (http://educationanddemocracy.org), and has taught high school history for
> 16 years.  She received her PhD in educational policy from UC Davis.  Along
> with Susan Ohanian, she co-authored the book "Why Is Corporate America
> Bashing Our Public Schools?".  Dr. Emery wrote the teaching materials for
> the teaching edition of Howard  Zinn's "A People's History of the United
> States."
> 
> If you didn't make it to the April 2007 town hall on NCLB in Richmond with
> Dr. Emery and others, you won't want to miss this opportunity to hear her
> insightful perspective!
> 
> See you there,
> Marilyn
> 
>