Over the past few months I have traveled around the country to speak to audiences about the lessons of the historic victory of the Seattle MAP test boycott. Since spring break, I have spoken at the AERA academic conference in San Fransisco, at a high school in Portland with test resisters, to the teacher's union …
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Garfield reading teacher Mallory Clarke, Garfield PTSA president Phil Sherburne, and myself are all featured in Seattle Magazine's August issue in their examination of the MAP test boycott victory. As Phil said, “When we identify the kids who are not performing, we need to figure out the optimum way to use our resources to help …
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Owen Davis has a new piece in Truth-Out.org today about Teach for America. He interviews TFA alumni about their experience, including me. Yes, I must admit, I was a TFA corps member. The interviews that Davis conducted with these former corps members truly reveal TFA as part of the corporate education reform agenda to impose …
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