Dr. Howard Fuller is a civil rights icon, education reform advocate, and an academic. He is the former superintendant of Milwaulkee Public Schools and a co-founder of the Malcolm X Liberation University. In this episode, Dr. Fuller explains what it looks like to stop talking and take action. He talks about the time he visited the guerilla freedom fighters in Mozambique, the lack of support for charter schools from both the Democrats and the Republicans, and why teachers’ unions are currently at cross-purposes with students. [spp-player url=http://traffic.libsyn.com/voices4ed/35_-_Education_Post_-_Talk_Less.mp3] [spp-tweet tweet=u0022“You have to fight, even when victory may not be in sight. Because not to fight is to cosign on the injustice.” – Dr. Howard Fulleru0022] u003ch1u003eEpisode Details:u003c/h1u003e u003culu003e u003cliu003eHow spending a month with guerilla fighters in Mozambique changed Dr. Fuller’s lifeu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eThe goals of the Powerful Parent Network and the Freedom Coalition for Charter Schoolsu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eThe impact that the war on charter schools has on black familiesu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eWhy charter schools are essential for low-income familiesu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eHow The Powerful Parent Network has been putting pressure on Democratic presidential candidatesu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eHow u0022states’ rightsu0022 arguments have been used historically to undermine civil rightsu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eWhy teachers’ unions are at cross-purposes with studentsu003c/liu003e u003c/ulu003e u003ch1u003eLinks Mentioned:u003c/h1u003e u003culu003e u003cliu003eu003ca href=u0022https://www.freedomcoalitionforcharterschools.comu0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noopener noreferreru0022u003eThe Freedom Coalition for Charter Schoolsu003c/au003eu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eu003ca href=u0022https://twitter.com/howardlfulleru0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noopener noreferreru0022u003e@HowardLFulleru003c/au003eu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eu003ca href=u0022https://twitter.com/WeArePPNu0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noopener noreferreru0022u003e@WeArePPNu003c/au003eu003c/liu003e u003c/ulu003e [spp-tweet tweet=u0022“Unfortunately, those of us who are out here fighting for the education of our children and for our families to have the right to choose, we’re being attacked from the right and the left.” – Dr. Howard Fulleru0022]
Episode 35: Talk Less (ft. Howard Fuller)
