Occupy Education

Likely you've heard about or may even be following the "occupy" movements across the country. Did you know there is an "occupy education"?

From their website (http://occupyedu.tumblr.com/):

If you would occupy your statehouse to keep your job, pay, and benefits, please also consider occupying your classroom.

• Give your students at least a day a week to follow their passions.
• Get rid of your furniture. Help kids borrow, bring, or build their own.
• Get rid of your textbooks. Or redact them.
• Ask kids to make sense of the world as it happens across media and technologies.
• Build communities instead of reinforcing expectations.

It will be very scary, but not as scary as what others face. It will be very uncomfortable, but not as uncomfortable as remaining silent. It will cost us some, but without making some sacrifice we shouldn’t expect or ask our students to save us or our world.

We are inspired by the “We are the 99%” messages spreading across tumblr and social media sites.

We will collect stories about your classrooms, what you are fighting against and what are you doing to change it.

What do you want for your classroom and your students? What kind of education do you believe in?

Join us here and start transforming education! Reclaiming our Voice in Education!

So I'm wondering, what if you did just that? and what if you shared your stories there with other occupyed educators from around the country?

Really think on these questions; remember why we entered our profession-- to make a difference, to change the world--
What do you want for your classroom and your students? What kind of education do you believe in?