rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/ticketed_event/save-our-schools-with-diane-ravitch-and-jitu-brown?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-ticketed_event-area-save-our-schools-with-diane-ravitch-and-jitu-brown' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Save Our Schools KY https://actionnetwork.org/groups/save-our-schools-ky https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg Come hear from National Education Activists and Organizers Diane Ravitch, Jitu Brown, Sue Legg and others! Learn about the threats facing urban and rural public schools across the country and in our OWN BACK YARDS! Festivities Begin at 4:00 PM (Courtyard Gates open at 3:30 PM) ------------------ FREE --------------------- Food trucks, entertainment, vendors, sponsor tables, candidates, spoken word artists, open mic and more. (Hannah Drake, emcee). Gather at Central High Schools Courtyard and Practice Field and connect with family and friends, grab a bite to eat, and learn about the ways various organizations, candidates and vendors support public education before heading into the auditorium to hear these amazing speakers. Featured Speakers Begin at 5:30 PM (in Auditorium - doors open at 4:45)* ---------------Tickets are required ------ You can get tickets two ways: *A limited number of premium reserved seats are available below. We have Premium Balcony Seating for as low as $5 donation per ticket all the way up to donations of $35 will receive VIP tickets (with a Backstage pass). Your donation helps us cover the production and promotion costs of the event. These tickets guarantee the bearer reserved seats in the section indicated. In the event of a "sell-out crowd," unclaimed premium reserved seats may be surrendered after 6:00 PM to allow entry to general admission ticket holders. * Approximately 700 FREE "general admission" tickets to the auditorium event will be made available from co-sponsoring organizations or at WILL CALL on the day of the event. Bearers of these tickets will be seated on a first-come, first-served basis and seats are not guaranteed entry to the auditorium, should we reach maximum capacity. More information about how to obtain general admission tickets will be posted on our website. About the Featured Speakers: Diane Ravitch is the former assistant secretary of education under Lamar Alexander (1991-1993) and was a staunch proponent of today’s most popular ideas for restructuring schools, including privatization, standardized testing, punitive accountability, and the feckless multiplication of charter schools. In a stunning about-face in 2010, she published The Death and Life of the Great American School System - How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education, followed by Reign of Error - The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools in 2013. That same year, she co-founded Network for Public Education, which fights to save our public schools. Jitu Brown is a Chicago native, former public school teacher, and community organizer who serves as national director of the Journey for Justice, an alliance of grassroots groups fighting against privatization and for sustainable community schools in 30 cities. Brown has been an education activist for the past 26 years. In 2015, he led a successful 34-day hunger strike to prevent the closing of Dyett High School in Chicago’s south side. Sue Legg is the former education chair for the League of Women Voters in Florida. She writes the education blog for the League of Women Voters of Florida, which is followed by members of other Leagues and non-members, as well. A one-time public school teacher, Dr. Legg later directed the Office of Instructional Resources at the University of Florida. While there, she managed several statewide K-12 and college assessment programs for Florida’s Department of Education. Dr. Legg served two terms as chair of the College Board National Advisory Committee. She also directed the Partnership in Global Learning, a consortium of universities in Brazil, Mexico and Florida to collaborate on instructional design for online learning.   Visit SaveOurSchoolsKY.org or call 502-565-8397 for more info. https://actionnetwork.org/ticketed_events/save-our-schools-with-diane-ravitch-and-jitu-brown