“Save Our Schools” Rally- Thursday October 18th
Come hear from national education activists and organizers
Diane Ravitch, Jitu Brown and Sue Legg about the threats facing urban and rural
public schools across the country and in right here in our own back yard.
Central High School
1130 W Chestnut St
Louisville, KY 40203
The Free part of the event begins at 3:30 in the Courtyard of Central High School.
Enjoy food trucks, entertainment, vendors, sponsor tables,
candidates, spoken word artists, open mic and more. (Hannah Drake, emcee).
Gather at Central High Schools Courtyard and Practice Field and connect with
family and friends, grab a bite to eat, and learn about the ways various
organizations, candidates and vendors support public education before heading
into the auditorium to hear these amazing speakers.
To attend the rally and hear the main speakers
Make sure you grab your tickets here
About the Featured Guest Speakers
“Diane Ravitch is the former assistant secretary of
education under Lamar Alexander (1991-1993) and was a staunch proponent of
today’s most popular ideas for restructuring schools, including privatization,
standardized testing, punitive accountability, and the feckless multiplication
of charter schools. In a stunning about-face in 2010, she published The
Death and Life of the Great American School System - How Testing and Choice Are
Undermining Education, followed by Reign of Error - The Hoax of the
Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools in 2013.
That same year, she co-founded Network for Public Education, which fights to
save our public schools.
Jitu Brown is a Chicago native, former public school
teacher, and community organizer who serves as national director of the Journey
for Justice, an alliance of grassroots groups fighting against privatization
and for sustainable community schools in 30 cities. Brown has been an education
activist for the past 26 years. In 2015, he led a successful 34-day hunger
strike to prevent the closing of Dyett High School in Chicago’s south side.
Sue Legg is the former education chair for the League of Women Voters in
Florida. She writes the education blog for the League of Women Voters of
Florida, which is followed by members of other Leagues and non-members, as
well. A one-time public school teacher, Dr. Legg later directed the Office of
Instructional Resources at the University of Florida. While there, she managed
several statewide K-12 and college assessment programs for Florida’s Department
of Education. Dr. Legg served two terms as chair of the College Board National
Advisory Committee. She also directed the Partnership in Global Learning, a
consortium of universities in Brazil, Mexico and Florida to collaborate on
instructional design for online learning.”
Event Sponsored by Dear JCPS, Digital Promotions, Save Our Schools KY, Jefferson County Teachers Association (JCTA), and Network for Public Education-NPE. And co-sponsored by Indivisible KY, League of Women Voters of Louisville, Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America Louisville, 16th District PTA- Lexington, KY, 15thDistrict PTA, Alliance to Reclaim our Schools, Badass Teachers Association, Indivisible NKY District 4, Forward Radio, Pastors for Kentucky Children, Heine Bros Digital Promotion and others.