“My hope is that the legacy of the hundreds of students and teachers who died on March 18, 1937, will someday be so embedded in our national consciousness that it is never forgotten and continues to help keep our schools safe for future generations. It is one of the best examples there is of how critical it is that we know and understand history lessons that might help us avoid tragic mistakes of the past.”
May 31, 2013
New London book author to speak at Kilgore College
May 30, 2013
http://www.beyondbenign.org/
Webinar Series
Beyond Benign is leading a series of webinars aimed at high school chemistry teachers. Register here to join us!
May 30, 2013, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST
Introducing Green Chemistry into the High School
May 30, 2013, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST
Introducing Green Chemistry into the High School
June 6, 2013, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST
Connecting Chemistry Concepts to Cutting-Edge Science Innovations
Connecting Chemistry Concepts to Cutting-Edge Science Innovations
June 13, 2013, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm PST
Safer Chemistry: Drop-In Replacement Labs
May 08, 2013
SBI
safetyBUILT-IN is committed to improving safety performance and culture. Our goal is to deliver "best-ever safety-performance years" through our programs. At the same time we recognize that safety performance is simply a barometer of an organization's safety leadership. Our programs develop leaders at all levels and train them how to think and how to lead safety as a core value.
May 05, 2013
Working Together: Parent IAQ Success Stories
... Parents for Safer Schools demonstrate that parents need not be afraid to voice concerns and that parents can be a motivating force in addressing health and safety issues at school...
... Parents for Safer Schools demonstrate that parents need not be afraid to voice concerns and that parents can be a motivating force in addressing health and safety issues at school...
April 11, 2013
IAQ Team Action Kit
Parents, educators
and health professionals owe it to children to eliminate environmental hazards
that are a source of preventable illness and disability.
Parents, educators
and health professionals owe it to children to eliminate environmental hazards
that are a source of preventable illness and disability.
Be
An IAQ Team Player. Give people most directly affected by poor
air quality or unsafe conditions the ability to prevent or resolve a problem
before it becomes a crisis. Include parents, students, administrators, school
nurses, teachers, facility managers, custodians, students, school business
managers, and health department officials.
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April 10, 2013
What does accountability look like?
4/2013 update of What Does Accountability Look Like? (3/2010)
In May 17, 2000, civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit against the State of California because of the terrible conditions in many of its public schools (the Williams v. California case). Students, parents, and teachers argued that the State was failing to provide thousands of public school students, particularly those in low-income communities and communities of color, with the basic necessities required for an education.
After four years, in August 2004, the parties agreed to a settlement. The Williams settlement created new education standards and accountability systems with mandatory timelines. It also provided nearly $1 billion to help the lowest-performing schools correct their problems.
One of the most important accountability tools created by the settlement was a process that gave all students, parents, teachers, and community members the right to file a complaint when students were being denied sufficient textbooks, qualified teachers or decent school facilities.
Prior to the Williams settlement, claims of “discrimination” needed to be based on a child’s ethnicity, special education status or English language fluency. “Now, anyone who sees a hazard can file a complaint about unacceptable conditions in a school.” Says Marc Tafolla. “Most importantly, Williams complaints work.”
Prior to the Williams settlement, claims of “discrimination” needed to be based on a child’s ethnicity, special education status or English language fluency. “Now, anyone who sees a hazard can file a complaint about unacceptable conditions in a school.” Says Marc Tafolla. “Most importantly, Williams complaints work.”
Watch "The Fixer," the New American Media video.
See how the process happened in elementary schools in Oakland and Richmond. Marc Tafolla, of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights (San Francisco) of the Education Opportunity Project (EOP) is helping local individuals and groups fix schools using the landmark Williams v.s. California case that mandates clean and safe facilities, qualified teachers and up-to-date text books in California schools.
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