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The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman: Now Online!

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Today, on the first anniversary of the premiere, GEM and Real Reform Studios are making the film available online at https://vimeo.com/41994760. We invite everyone to hold screenings, download and burn copies of the movie. Please consider donating to our film so that we can continue promoting and sharing the film around the country. The Grassroots … Continue reading »

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Inform, Support, Inspire: Promoting Policies for a Fully Funded and Effective Public School System

GEM NYC focuses on the equality and quality of public educational services as well as the rights of teachers and school workers.

Too many current corporate and government policies seek to underfund, undermine and privatize our public school system. As the attacks on public education and teachers grow more vicious, the collective organization of those who directly face these attacks at the grassroots level becomes all the more essential, and in fact constitutes the most effective potential resistance.

GEM advocates for a positive vision of education reform by building alliances with other activist groups and organizing and helping coordinate the struggle at the grassroots school and community level, with a focus on school-level organizing.

CHANGE THE STAKES CAMPAIGN: PARENTS OPT OUT OF HIGH STAKES TESTING

Follow the work of the Change the Stakes Campaign - a campaign to develop a non punitive process for parents to opt their children out the current high stakes testing regime in place in the NYS school system.

Visit the Change the Stakes Campaign Website

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