When is it our turn to speak?: public hearing gone awry

Posted on August 17, 2010 by kwilder

(excerpt from) NY Times As Parents Protest, Chancellor and Panel Leave by Karen Zraick Published: August 16, 2010 Angry parents protested a falloff in test scores at a meeting of a citywide education panel on Monday night, prompting its members and the schools chancellor to walk out. Forty-five minutes into the hearing, as a crowd […]

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