"Save Our Schools" Rally- October 18th

“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.”

For more information, visit SaveOurSchoolsKY.org or call 502-565-8397.  

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, 16^th 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.