May 5 - Toward a NYC Peoples Board of Education

NYC PEOPLES ASSEMBLY FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION (PAPE) MAY 5, 2012

“Toward a NYC Peoples Board of Education”

Preliminary Morning Schedule

 

8:30 – 9 am …… Registration and Breakfast

 

9:00 – 9:10 am ……. Welcome: Setting the Tone for Building a Movement

 

9:10 – 9:40 am …… Connecting the Dots: A Legacy of NYC Mis-Education

1.     Past: Community Control dissolves into De-centralization

2.     Present: Bloomberg - Mayoral Control / Dictatorship

3.     Future: Peoples Democracy = Peoples Assembly (People Power) —> Peoples Board of Education

 

9:40 – 10:40 am …… Connecting the Dots: “Same Struggle, Same Fight”: How mayoral control, racist practices, “mis-education for the many”, privatization, school closings, the charter school scam, attacks on workers & unions, and the complete disempowering parents & community members are ALL parts of the same problem. Allies who recognize this, organize themselves, and develop a common agenda can win.

[PANEL w/ Audience Participation] Panelists: Parent, Student, Teacher, Education Worker, Concerned Community Member

 

10:40 – 12:00 Noon …… Bringing Sanity to the Madness: How the Peoples Assembly (PAPE) & an interim Peoples Board of Education (iPBoE) can shake things up right NOW, while preparing for a sound, longer term foundation…

 

 [PANEL w/ Audience Participation] Panelists: Parent, Student, Teacher, Education Worker, And Concerned Community Member

1.     PAPE: Initial Principles of Unity

a.     Ending Mayoral Control NOW

b.     Demand Moratorium on School Closings & Turnarounds

c.      Demand Establishment of a “legislated”, people-empowered, human rights-based public education system: Peoples Board of Education (PBoE)

d.     Formation of PAPE & iPBoE NOW

2.     Composition and Structure of PAPE

a.     Composed of Rights holders

b.     General Assembly & several Working Committees

(See: “1:00 -1:45 pm” below)

3.     Establish an interim Peoples Board of Education (iPBoE) NOW

a.     iPBoE is authorized by ‘we the people’ aka: the Peoples Assembly for Public Education (PAPE).

4.     Utilize PAPE & iPBoE to:

a.     Organize a massive, anti racist, democratic, grassroots movement that is based on human rights principles and fights for POWER

 

11:55 – Noon  …… Set Date for Next General PAPE Meeting

 

Noon to 1:00 pm …… Lunch on Your Own 

Preliminary Afternoon Schedule

 

1:00 -1:45 pm  …… Breakout Groups: Peoples Assembly Working Committees Goals

                                       a) May-June 2012 b) Summer 2012 c) Fall 2012

1.     Strategic Planning & Mass Actions

2.     Outreach

3.     Legislative Action & Governance

4.     Media, Public Information

5.     Curriculum & Instruction, Teacher Training & Professional Development

6.     “Rights-holder Caucuses:

a.     Youth Caucus

b.     Parent Caucus

c.      Teacher & Ed Worker Caucus

1:45 – 2:30 pm …… PA Working Groups Report back & Discussion   

 

2:30 - 3:15 pm …… Breakout Groups: interim Peoples Board of Ed (iPBoE)

1.     Size & Composition of iPBoE

2.     Initial Ideas regarding “electing” or “selecting” the interim Board

 

3:15 – 4:00 pm …… Report back & Discussion