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One cannot attempt to stay abreast of current issues without colliding with the most recent field report from a public park or city square.  The Occupy movement has become a significant part of the American discourse.  Its constituents proffer a barrage of valid observations on a breadth of inequities in American society, but a cogent set of grievances or demands have yet to be articulated. 

Douglas Rushkoff of CNN tries to assuage a bit of the angst many experience with regard to a lack of consensus within the movement by explaining, “We are witnessing America’s first true Internet-era movement, which doesn’t take its cue from a charismatic leader, express itself in bumper-sticker length goals, and understand itself as having a particular endpoint…This is not a movement with a traditional narrative arc.  As a product of the decentralized networked-era culture, it is less about victory than sustainability.  It is not about one-pointedness, but inclusion and groping toward consensus.  It is not a book; it is like the internet.”  Though there might not be a central message, a few recurring themes seem consistent with regard to education.

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