This is a letter published by an Ad Hoc Coalition of Concerned Citizens. It is addressed to all School Board Members and high ranking administrators of the West Contra Costa Unified School District. After a strong push back from neighborhood groups and other groups the WCCUSD will finally reach a decision this evening. We will see which way the wind blows. In favor of real public education or in favor of the corporate edu-speculators.
I consider it important, indeed urgently necessary, for intellectual workers to get together, both to protect their own economic status and, also generally speaking, to secure their influence in the political field. —- Albert Einstein School Politics and Society is a blog that examines the interrelationship among these three constants of modern life. What are… Read More »
June 29, 2016 PRESS RELEASE On Wednesday, June 15, 2016, the West Contra Costa Unified School District Board of Education, in closed door session, approved a three year contract with Matthew Duffy to become its ninth permanent superintendent. Mr. Duffy will officially begin on July 6. We want to reiterate two requests made before the… Read More »
We are asking you to join our struggle to stop the latest attempt by the charter school industry to privatize/corporatize public education in West Contra Costa. {Video Courtesy of Labor Video Project} <[email protected]>