RIGHT TO QUALITY EDUCATION

Topic Introducer: Jan Resseger, Public Education Advocate and Former Teacher

“I would leave for school at 5:30 a.m. or 6:00 a.m. depending on the choice of riding the RTA or the school bus. Either situation pitted me against an early morning obstacle. I had to wait for my bus around the drug dealers, prostitutes, and addicts while standing at the corner. “
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“In high school the focus was on passing the OGT test, we barely learned any life skills. I believe CMSD teachers were not prepared or well trained on how to deal with the issues that the students were facing coming into school.”
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“Each week I document the educational atrocities committed against our children in the name of profit and competition.”
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