About
SaveOurSchools/SaveOurSociety (SOS-squared) is a Political Action Committee founded by Sara Tirschwell. It is designed to achieve paradigmatic P-12 educational reform by educating, uniting and supporting education-friendly state legislators, candidates and staffers.
Although its services will be available to all, SOS-squared is primarily directed at young and rising women legislators, candidates and staffers - the "Legi-Femi" - many of whom are mothers themselves. These are the change agents who have the most natural empathy for the suffering of children, parents, teachers, grandparents and principals in today's schools.
SOS-squared is non-partisan and invites participation regardless of party, ideology, ethnicity or educational philosophy. Our goal is to raise awareness of the utter failure of current educational policies and to promote open-ended conversations about how to undo their damage and bound forward.
The fact is: students, teachers, parents and principals are highly discouraged. We need to unleash their power. We must end blaming "failing" teachers, principals and schools. SOS-squared contends the fault actually lies with national education policy which, when measured by NAEP scores, has not shown demonstrable progress over the course of six presidencies. Policy-makers at the state and local levels as well as academics and media folk have been complicit and keep promoting ideas that are doomed to failure.
SOS-squared will begin its efforts in three states: New York, Florida and Texas. The ultimate goal is to promote substantive and paradigmatic change at the national level.
Although its services will be available to all, SOS-squared is primarily directed at young and rising women legislators, candidates and staffers - the "Legi-Femi" - many of whom are mothers themselves. These are the change agents who have the most natural empathy for the suffering of children, parents, teachers, grandparents and principals in today's schools.
SOS-squared is non-partisan and invites participation regardless of party, ideology, ethnicity or educational philosophy. Our goal is to raise awareness of the utter failure of current educational policies and to promote open-ended conversations about how to undo their damage and bound forward.
The fact is: students, teachers, parents and principals are highly discouraged. We need to unleash their power. We must end blaming "failing" teachers, principals and schools. SOS-squared contends the fault actually lies with national education policy which, when measured by NAEP scores, has not shown demonstrable progress over the course of six presidencies. Policy-makers at the state and local levels as well as academics and media folk have been complicit and keep promoting ideas that are doomed to failure.
SOS-squared will begin its efforts in three states: New York, Florida and Texas. The ultimate goal is to promote substantive and paradigmatic change at the national level.