Not With Our Kids You Don't! Ten Strategies to Save Our Schools

"Gadfly, expert, button queen...indefatigable kid-supporter...a passionate advocate for public schools and for all the children in them, Juanita is pounding the pavement for all the kids whose lives are threatened by high - stakes testing." So says fellow kid-supporter Susan Ohanian about Juanita Doyon, the "roving room mother of the resistance." Juanita is an activist and a parent who speaks with a parent's voice about the current state of education and what we can do about it. As she sees it, today's push for standards and accountability has transformed our schools into pressure cookers of standardized stew, facilitating nothing but heartburn and heartache. She's never accepted this - and neither should you!

Follow Juanita's lead in this step-by-step guide to becoming an effective, efficient educational activist.

• Master the who/what/when/where/how/& why of fighting for educational change.
• Communicate with everyone - from the local to the national.
• See how a little button can spread your message far and wide.
• Practice patience, honesty, respect, and humor - staples of the parent/school relationship - and watch as they pay off.

Skim this book for quick tips or delve into its all-encompassing plans and schemes. Stick your neck out or quietly support the out-there activism of others. Most of all, do not be a doormat - do as Doyon does and become involved.