Who should decide how textbooks are written?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about changes in school textbooks. The California State Senate recently passed a bill to add LGBT History to textbooks while the Texas State Board of Education voted to make major changes to the civil rights movement, slavery and hundreds of other historical events. So who should ultimately decide what children learn? Join us at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How would you decide what to include in textbooks? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Professor Salvucci, associate professor of history at Trinity University. She presently serves as Vice-Chair of the National Council for History Education and as a member of the Board of Governors of The Historical Society; she is a contributing editor to Historically Speaking.

Margaret C. Jacob, professor of History at UCLA.

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Are we on our way to healthy food for kids?

On the next Your Call we'll talk about school food. In a unanimous vote, the Senate approved $4.5 billion to increase the number of free meals and improve the quality of food served in schools nationwide. How significant a victory is this for the campaign to improve school food programs? What's next on that movement's agenda? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Have you seen menu changes in a school near you? It's Your Call, with Hana Baba and you.

Guests:
Janet Poppendieck, author of Free For All: Fixing School Food in America

Zenobia Barlow, cofounder and executive director of The Center for Ecoliteracy

Jennifer LeBarre, nutrition services director for Oakland Unified School District

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How Do You Deal with a Failing School?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about President Obama's Race to the Top Education reform plan, which has given school districts a tough set of options to deal with low performing schools. Shut them down, fire the principals or teachers, or turn them into charter schools. Are these the best options for under-performing schools?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Are we getting it right about which schools aren't working? And how are schools responding? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Arun Ramanathan is executive director of The Education Trust-West, which was established in 1990 in Washington D.C. by the American Association for Higher Education as a special project to encourage colleges and universities to support K-12 reform efforts.

Murry Schekman, principal of Watsonville Valley High School, one of the schools identified as "persistently lowest achieving" in the State.

Roma Grove, principal of Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School in Oakland, one of the schools on the list of "persistently lowest achieving" schools in the state.

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Who can Save California's Public Schools?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the statewide day of action to protest the cuts in education. Where is the power to halt the decline of California's schools and colleges? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's the strategy to bring together the coalition to defend what was the country's best system of public education? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
José Luis Santos, assistant professor of Higher Education and Organizational Change at UCLA

Mark Lisip, an organizer with against cuts campaign, and English and philosophy instructor at Berkeley City College

Dr. Robert Ovetz, adjunct professor of Sociology and Political Science at Cañada College

Craig Gordon, high school teacher at Robeson High in Oakland

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How will You Respond to the School Budget Crisis?

California cut an estimated $17 billion from the state's public schools and colleges in the last two years, according to the California School Boards Association. And more devastating cuts are forecasted for the coming school year. Meanwhile, parents are getting the picture -- and getting organized. On the next Your Call, we'll look at just how parents are responding to cuts in their children's education.

Whether you're a parent, teacher, student or school administrator, if you're affected by this crisis, join us live at 11 am or e-mail at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Suzanne Morikawa, communications manager for Parents for Public Schools and an elementary school parent.

Rachel Lederman & Alexsis Beach, parents of 4th and 7th graders at SF Community, a SFUSD K-8 school.

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