CNN’s iReport has turned its focus towards getting real-life accounts of the conditions of US education, from the mouths of parents, teachers, students and administrators all over the country. Currently, the site entries number 23 pages of content, reports from Americans on the conditions of their schools, their children’s education and what they feel the future holds for our kids if things keep going as they are.
Listed amongst the entries are:
• Budget cut protests
• Stories of teachers being fired unjustly
• Education Rights Campaigns
• Conditions of school restrooms and building maintenance
CNN is giving Americans the medium they need to show the country and the world what’s really going on here. People are encouraged to enter their own videos and stories, as noted on the home page:
“Almost half the schools in a Kansas City, Missouri, school district are facing closure. Schools in at least 17 states are considering four-day weeks. Recently, students and workers around the country protested of budget cuts, layoffs, furloughs and tuition increases at public colleges and universities, and increased privatization of K-12 schools.
U.S. schools have been having an especially tough year. Are schools in your area facing these problems? What do you think the solution is to our country’s education woes?
CNN wants to know your thoughts on school closings, budget cuts and issues public schools are having around the country. Share your photos, video and stories.”
So, what can be done with all the news that is being posted by everyday people about the downward spiral of our education system? These videos, and new snippets are powerful tools that give a frightening perspective of those on the front lines of the fight to save our education system from its current condition.
Like any disease, awareness of its existence and its causes are a first step towards finding a cure. When it comes to the sickness of substandard education, it is up to everyone involved with a student or school to take the part of an activist to help prevent further spread of the disease and to come together to find a cure.
We need to stand together against the sickness that has made our schools, out teachers, our administrators, parents and our students apathetic towards the effects of substandard education. We need to rally to fight the disease of high school dropout rates that is killing the hope of our children’s future.
We march for a cure for cancer. We march for equal rights. We march to stop MS. Now it is time for us to stand together and to march for a cure to poor education in the United States. It may not be a disease that can kill the body, but it is one that kills the mind, the spirit and the hope of our future.
Join the Providence Effect Movement to Save American Education and help us stamp out this disease once and for all.
Posted By: Paul Adams
Thursday, March 18th 2010 at 1:51PM
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