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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=fsl>Dear Friends, Fellow
Activists, and Community Leaders,</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class="text_exposed_root text_exposed">First, please consider reading this
excellent interview with Dr. Diane Ravitch about the privatization of education,
a $500 billion market - <A
href="http://teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com/2014/03/public-schools-for-sale-interview-with.html">http://teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com/2014/03/public-schools-for-sale-interview-with.html</A></DIV>
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<DIV class="text_exposed_root text_exposed">Secondly... Finland has the #1
education system in the world. American school board members,
superintendents, teachers, parents, and other elected officials should be asking
ourselves, "what are they doing right, and what is America doing wrong?"</DIV>
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<DIV class="text_exposed_root text_exposed">Please consider coming to the April
26th event with Finland's Director of Education - details below.</DIV>
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<DIV class="text_exposed_root text_exposed">Respectfully,</DIV>
<DIV class="text_exposed_root text_exposed">John Laesch</DIV>
<DIV class="text_exposed_root text_exposed">C: 630.878.7454</DIV>
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<DIV class="text_exposed_root text_exposed">Join us for an inspiring talk with
global education leader Dr. Pasi Sahlberg.<BR><BR>When: Sat. April 26,
2014<BR>Time:10:00 a.m.-Noon<BR>Where:The Chopin Theatre<SPAN
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Division St. (Division Blue Line Stop)<BR>Register: <A href=""
rel="nofollow nofollow" target=_blank>www.ilraiseyourhand.org</A><BR><BR>Please
attend and Raise Your Hand for high-quality education.<BR><BR>Dr. Pasi
Sahlbergis author of the best-seller, "Finnish Lessons: What can the world learn
from educational change in Finland?" (Teachers College Press, 2011). <BR><BR>In
addition to Sahlberg’s experience in the classroom as a teacher, he has also
served as a teacher educator and a policy advisor in Finland. Sahlberg compares
education systems and reforms around the world. He now advises education policy
makers and is a Professor of Practice at Harvard University’s Graduate School of
Education.<BR><BR>For more information, email
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