From Brian Jones website:
SOLIDARITY STATEMENT WITH STRIKING SEATTLE EDUCATORS
We, the undersigned stand in solidarity with 5,000 striking members of Seattle Education Association (SEA). These brave educators are taking this action in the face of growing privatization, increased standardized testing, and persistent inequality in public schooling. The educators’ demands would improve public schooling for everyone. They are demanding competitive pay, fair evaluations, less standardized testing, and end to systematic racial discrimination in student disciplinary actions. The union also represents school counselors and psychologists, and demands that their caseloads be capped, so that they can give students the individual attention they deserve. SEA is bargaining for quality education for their students, but in more than 20 meetings with the district prior to the strike vote, all of these demands were rejected.
The members of SEA are fighting for the schools Seattle’s children deserve. In doing so, they are standing up for the kind of schooling all of our children deserve. We, the undersigned, urge the Seattle Public Schools administration to grant the union’s demands immediately.
Signed*
Julia Aguirre
University of Washington, Tacoma
Lauren Anderson
Connecticut College
Sam Anderson
Coalition for Public Education, New York City
Subini Annamma
University of Kansas
John C. Antush
Movement of Rank and File Educators / United Federation of Teachers
Michael Apple
University of Wisconsin
Chloe Asselin
Graduate Center, The City University of New York
Wayne Au
University of Washington, Bothell
Rethinking Schools
Naomi Baden
Racine Education Association
Racine Educational Assistants Association
Lauren Baker
Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association
Megan Bang
University of Washington, Seattle
Johanna Barnhart
Graduate Center, The City University of New York
Megan Behrent
New York City College of Technology, The City University of New York
Tithi Bhattacharya
Purdue University
Dan Berger
University of Washington, Bothell
Bill Bigelow
Rethinking Schools
Dana Blanchard
Berkeley Federation of Teachers
Michele Bollinger
Washington Teachers Union
Joyce Bos
Wisconsin Education Association Council
Stephen Brier
Graduate Center, The City University of New York
Sunshine Campbell
Evergreen State College
Anthony Cappetta
Chicago Teachers Union
Nancy Carlsson-Paige
Lesley University
S. Charusheela
University of Washington, Bothell
Jondou Chase Chen
University of Washington, Seattle
Laura Chrisman
University of Washington, Seattle
Anthony Cody
Network for Public Education
Dafney Blanca Dabach
University of Washington, Seattle
Lars Dahlström
Umea University, Sweden
Karam Dana
University of Washington, Bothell
Thomas S. Davis
Ohio State University
Josh Diem
University of Miami
Beth Dimino
Port Jefferson Station Teachers Association
Michael J. Dumas
University of California, Berkeley
Alyssa Hadley Dunn
Michigan State University
Gretchen Dziadosz
Michigan Education Association
Jennifer Engleman
St. Joseph, MI
Sarah Erickson
National Board Certified Teacher
Michelle Fine
Graduate Center, The City University of New York
Montclair Cares About Schools
Tommy Flanigan
San Diego Unified School District
John Gallagher
Fremont Unified Teachers Association
Lily Eskelsen Garcia
National Education Association
Ofelia Garcia
Graduate Center, The City University of New York
Benjamin Gardner
University of Washington, Bothell
Kim Golding
Parents and Friends for Tacoma Public Schools
Kiersten Greene
State University of New York,New Paltz
Craig Greer
Australian Education Union
Rico Gutstein
University of Illinois at Chicago
Teachers for Social Justice
Helen Gym
Parents United for Public Education
Leonie Haimson
Class Size Matters
Nini Hayes
Marist College
Julian Vasquez Heilig
California State University, Sacramento
Sarah Hesson
Rhode Island College
Jim Horn
Cambridge College
Barbara Hubert
Graduate Center, The City University of New York
Carly Huelsenbeck
Graduate Center, The City University of New York
Laura Humpf
Seattle, WA
Arlene Inouye
United Teachers of Los Angeles
Pranav Jani
Ohio State University
Brian Jones
Graduate Center, The City University of New York
Stan Karp
Rethinking Schools
Joyce E. King
Georgia State University
Chris Knaus
University of Washington, Tacoma
Herb Kohl
Milwaukee, WI
Ron Krabill
University of Washington, Bothell
Larry Kuehn
British Columbia Teachers’ Federation
Deepa Kumar
Rutgers American Association of University Professors
Rutgers University
Kevin Kumashiro
University of San Francisco
Scott Kurashige
University of Washington, Bothell
Jia Lee
Movement of Rank and File Educators / United Federation of Teachers
Change the Stakes, New York City
Kari Lerum
University of Washington, Bothell
Diane Levin
Wheelock College
Defending the Early Years
Karen GJ Lewis
National Board Certified Teacher
Tom Lewis
University of Iowa
Pauline Lipman
University of Illinois at Chicago
Kathleen Lyons
National Education Association
Elliott Magers
Racine Education Association
Racine Educational Assistants Association
Bogdana Manole
University of Washington, Bothell
John A. Matthews
Madison Teachers Inc.
Morna McDermott McNulty
Towson University
Allison McSurely
National Education Association
Nicholas Michelli
Graduate Center, The City University of New York
Amy Mizialko
Milwaukee Teachers Education Association
Megan Moskop
Movement of Rank and File Educators / United Federation of Teachers
Michael Moss
Central Consolidated Education Association, New Mexico
Suhanthie Motha
University of Washington, Seattle
Bill V. Mullen
Purdue University
Jed Murr
University of Washington, Bothell
Mark Naison
Fordham University
Jason Naranjo
University of Washington, Bothell
Jeff Nichols
Queens College
Graduate Center, The City University of New York
Sonia Nieto
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Kathleen M. Nolan
Princeton University
Walter Parker
University of Washington, Seattle
Bob Peterson
Rethinking Schools
Milwaukee Teachers Education Association
Anthony G. Picciano
Graduate Center, The City University of New York
Bree Picower
Montclair State University
Nagesh Rao
Colgate University
Diane Ravitch
New York University
Victoria Restler
Graduate Center, The City University of New York
Kirstin Roberts
Chicago Teachers Union
Onnie Rogers
University of Washington, Seattle
Theresa Ronquillo
University of Washington Seattle
David Russitano
United Educators of San Francisco
Adam Sanchez
Zinn Education Project
Rethinking Schools
Nancy Schniedewind
State University of New York, New Paltz
Fred Seiden
Half Hollow Hills Active Retired Teachers
George Sheridan
National Education Association
Mira Shimabukuro
University of Washington, Bothell
Janelle Silva
University of Washington, Bothell
Ruth Powers Silverberg
College of Staten Island, The City University of New York
Alan Singer
Hofstra University
Christine Sleeter
California State University, Monterey Bay
David Stovall
University of Illinois, Chicago
Jessica Stubbs
University of Southern Mississippi
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Princeton University
Amoshaun Toft
University of Washington, Bothell
Carrie Tzou
University of Washington, Bothell
Angela Valenzuela
Department of Educational Administration, Education Policy and Planning, University of Texas at Austin
Jon Van Camp
Prince George’s County Educators’ Association
Jane VanGalen
University of Washington, Bothell
Manka Varghese
University of Washington, Seattle
José Luis Vilson
New York, NY
Andrew Waity
Madison Teachers Inc.
Camille Walsh
University of Washington, Bothell
Matthew Weinstein
University of Washington, Tacoma
Nancy Welch
University of Vermont
Elizabeth West
University of Washington, Seattle
Earl H. Wiman
National Education Association
Ken Zeichner
University of Washington, Seattle
*Affiliations listed for identification purposes only.
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Updated 09/14/2015 10:13pm EST.
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