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Divestment Calls Grow: 'Take Our Planet, and We'll Take Your Money' | Common Dreams

Divestment Calls Grow: 'Take Our Planet, and We'll Take Your Money' | Common Dreams
"This is the warning 10 cities across the U.S. are issuing the fossil fuel industry as the campaign to divest from the industry wreaking havoc on the planet gains steam."

An Open Challenge to Michelle Rhee and the Corporate Education Zombies | Common Dreams

An Open Challenge to Michelle Rhee and the Corporate Education Zombies | Common Dreams
"Rhee, the prominent corporate education reform advocate, former D.C. Public Schools Chancellor, and CEO of the ironically-named “Students First” organization, now has Seattle in her crosshairs. In her March 5thop-ed for the Seattle Times, Rhee berated teachers at Garfield and other Seattle schools for their boycott of the district required MAP test."

In a Major Privacy Victory, Seattle Mayor Orders Police to Dismantle Its Drone Program After Protests | Common Dreams

In a Major Privacy Victory, Seattle Mayor Orders Police to Dismantle Its Drone Program After Protests | Common Dreams
"In an amazing victory for privacy advocates and drone activists, yesterday, Seattle’s mayorordered the city's police agency to cease trying use surveillance drones and dismantle its drone program. The police will return the two drones they previously purchased with a Department of Homeland Security grant to the manufacturer."

Seattle Teachers Spark Rebuke of School Standardization and Privatization | Common Dreams

Seattle Teachers Spark Rebuke of School Standardization and Privatization | Common Dreams
"Teachers, parents, students and other supporters cross-country declared "enough is enough" Wednesday as they joined in the National Day of Action and the growing tide of support for the Seattle teachers' standardized test boycott."

Seattle Teachers Lead Day of Action Against Standardized Tests | Common Dreams

Seattle Teachers Lead Day of Action Against Standardized Tests | Common Dreams
"The Seattle teachers' boycott of a district required standardized exam continues to gain traction as Wednesday's nation-wide day of protest rallies educators and supporters across the country in a call of action to 'Scrap the MAP.'"

Seattle Coffee Chain Charging 'Sick Leave Surcharge' Of 1.5%

Seattle Coffee Chain Charging 'Sick Leave Surcharge' Of 1.5%
"this shameful little tale of passive-aggressive douchebaggery: A coffee chain owner whoannounces a "surcharge" to cover the city's new mandatory sick pay law -- instead of quietly raising his prices:"

Seattle Joins Campuses in Nationwide Effort to Divest from Fossil Fuel | Common Dreams

Seattle Joins Campuses in Nationwide Effort to Divest from Fossil Fuel | Common Dreams
"Citing the damage caused by climate change, the city of Seattle's public employees may sell off their pension fund's holdings in some of the world's largest fossil fuel companies as part of a national campaign to divest from the dirty energy sector."

Teacher Boycott of Standardized Test in Seattle Continues to Spread | Common Dreams

Teacher Boycott of Standardized Test in Seattle Continues to Spread | Common Dreams
"A boycott of Washington state’s mandated standardized test by teachers at a Seattle school is spreading to other schools and winning support across the country, including from the two largest teachers’ unions, parents, students, researchers and educators."

Why We Support Seattle Teachers' Standardized Test Boycott | Common Dreams

Why We Support Seattle Teachers' Standardized Test Boycott | Common Dreams
"In the public statement below, more than 130 educators, researchers and childhood advocates, including some of the most well-respected figures in the field of education, pledged support for the boycott of the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) test initiated by the teachers at Garfield High School in Seattle, calling the action a “blow against the overuse and misuse of standardized tests"."

As Teachers Revolt in Seattle, Proud To Be a Garfield Bulldog | Common Dreams

As Teachers Revolt in Seattle, Proud To Be a Garfield Bulldog | Common Dreams
"On the afternoon of Thursday, January 10^th, a group of about 15 teachers stood together in the front of room 206 at Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington. News cameras and audio recorders from local media outlets crowded the podium as reporters, students, colleagues, and supporters listened closely. The teachers at Garfield High School were announcing that they had agreed, nearly unanimously, to resist giving the district-mandated computer test known as the Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) to their students."

Boycott of Standardized Tests Spreads as Seattle Teachers Revolt | Common Dreams

Boycott of Standardized Tests Spreads as Seattle Teachers Revolt | Common Dreams
"Opponents of the nation's relentless push for standardized testing in public schools have new champions in Seattle this week as teachers at one high school and now another have refused to issue such exams to their students, calling them a waste of "time and money" amid "dwindling school resources"."