Jesse Hagopian’s Testimony On Testing: Educators provide first-hand account to the Congressional Black Caucus of how destructive ed reforms hurt students

On September 25, 2013 By I AM AN EDUCATORIn Garfield High School, MAP test boycott, School Closings, School-to-prison-pipeline, Standardized TestingLeave a comment

Source: Education Votes/edvotes.org Photo: Seattle educator Jesse Hagopian at CBC Foundation 43rd Annual Legislative Conference Sign up to follow Jesse's blog at: http://www.IAmAnEducator.com & Follow Jesse on twitter at: https://twitter.com/JessedHagopian Educators provide first-hand account of how destructive ed reforms hurt students by Brian Washington Jesse Hagopian spent the first three years of his teaching career …

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Jesse Hagopian’s Fall and Winter Tour

On September 20, 2013September 26, 2013 By I AM AN EDUCATORIn Uncategorized1 Comment

The momentum of the national movement for authentic assessment shows no signs of abating. Already this year, teachers in St. Paul, MN have attempted to buck state law in defense of quality assessment by attempting to bargain a contract that does not include standardized testing as part of evaluations. Teachers in California just helped get …

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Mr. Hagopian Goes To Washington–To testify to the U.S. Congress on testing!

On September 19, 2013 By I AM AN EDUCATORIn MAP test boycott, School-to-prison-pipeline, Standardized Testing5 Comments

I have been invited to Washington, D.C. to testify before the Congressional Black Caucus of the United States Congress about how the high-stakes standardized testing craze is eroding public education, fueling the school-to-prison-pipeline, and being used to label schools as failures and close them down--particularly schools that serve African American students. In addition to my …

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