Month: March 2014

These Seattle Teachers Boycotted Standardized Testing—and Sparked a Nationwide Movement

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[This article was written for Education Uprising, the Spring 2014 issue of YES! Magazine.  To support many of the MAP test boycott leaders who are now running for office in their union, visit http://socialequalityeducators.org/ ] Parents, students, and teachers all over the country have joined the revolt to liberate our kids from a test-obsessed education system. …

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Support Jesse Hagopian for Union President: Educators Deserve RESPECT

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We need your help in the struggle to defend public education. To endorse or donate to the RESPECT union campaign for leadership of the Seattle Education Association, click on the links. Also, spread the word by following us on facebook, twitter (@RespectSeattle), and our website. ---- Dear Friends, Elections for leadership of the Seattle Education Association (SEA) are coming right up and …

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Twitter Storm: Call for Congressional Hearings on Abuses of High-Stakes Testing

On By I AM AN EDUCATORIn Diane Ravitch, NPE, Standardized Testing, Tiwtter StormLeave a comment

I recently had the honor of presenting at the Network for Public Education's first national conference in Austin, Texas, which brought together many of the people who inspire me most in the struggle to defend public education. During Diane Ravitch's keynote address, she made an appeal for lawmakers to thoroughly investigate the abuses of standardized …

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EDUCATORS STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH CHICAGO TEST REFUSERS

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In a public petition released today, more than fifty educators and researchers, including some of the most well-respected figures in the field of education, pledged support for the boycott of the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) by teachers at two elementary schools in Chicago, Saucedo Scholastic Academy and Drummond Elementary School and called on Chicago’s …

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The Test Boycott Is On!

On By I AM AN EDUCATORIn Garfield High School, Saucedo6 Comments

The testing boycott is official! Today, teachers at Maria Saucedo Elementary Scholastic Academy and Thomas Drummond Elementary School are refusing to distribute the Illinois Standards Achievement Tests (ISAT), even though Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett has said they could lose their state certification if they boycott the test. Why would dedicated teachers--from Seattle to …

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