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Rooted & Radical Youth Poetry Festival (formerly named Louder Than a Bomb) is an annual youth poetry slam in Chicago every spring. Founded in 2001 by Kevin Coval and Anna West of the nonprofit organization Young Chicago Authors. [1] It is now the largest youth slam in the world with over 1,000 teams competing in 2014. [2]
National Poetry Month was inspired by the success of Black History Month, held each February, and Women's History Month, held in March.In 1995, the Academy of American Poets convened a group of publishers, booksellers, librarians, literary organizations, poets, and teachers to discuss the need and usefulness of a similar monthlong holiday to celebrate poetry. [3]
A Meeting of the School Trustees by Robert Harris. A board of education, school committee or school board is the board of directors or board of trustees of a school, local school district or an equivalent institution. [1] [2] [3] The elected council determines the educational policy in a small regional area, such as a city, county, state, or ...
The UK has had a long history of student voice, from Robert Owen's school in New Lanark (allowing the children to direct their learning through questioning, 1816) to Neillie Dick's [26] anarchist school in Whitechapel (set-up by her in 1908 aged 13); A. S. Neill's Summerhill School and Alexander Bloom's [27] St Georges-in-the-East (1945–55 ...
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For decades up to 1971, the mayor appointed school board members, who were then confirmed by voters in the next election. In November 1971, voters approved Proposition S, which made Board of Education members elected directly by voters. The push came as backlash against the school board's efforts to use busing desegregate schools. [7] [8]
The city's Board of Education and the Ocean Hill–Brownsville board both announced on the same day that the schools would close. [46] From May 22–24, 350 UFT members stayed out of school in protest. [47] [48] On June 20, these 350 strikers were also dismissed by the governing board. [49]