Month: May 2014

The Garfield High School Assessment Committee VS the Testocracy: We know how to run the schools better than billionaires

On By I AM AN EDUCATORIn Authentic Assessment, Garfield High School, MAP test boycott, Standardized Testing2 Comments

On Thursday of last week I attended a meeting of the Garfield High School Assessment Committee. A report on one of many after school meetings may seem mundane.  A committee of educators tasked with discussing assessment might appear innocuous.  Yet that gathering of fifteen or so educators sharing their experience, expertise, and asking questions about …

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RESPECT is on the Rise: I lost my bid for SEA union president by 45 votes, but the Social Equality Educators have never been stronger!

On By I AM AN EDUCATORIn Seattle Eduction Association, Social Equality Educators, Social Justice Pedagogy5 Comments

Thanks to everyone for your support for the Social Equality Educator’s (SEE) RESPECT campaign in the recent Seattle Education Association (SEA) union election!  Our campaign generated more excitement than ever before--both inside the union and among social justice and education thought leaders who supported my run for president of the union. In the end, I came …

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Front Page Seattle Times Article on SEA election: “Politics plays role in teachers union vote for president”

On By I AM AN EDUCATORIn RESPECT, Seattle Eduction Association, Social Equality Educators2 Comments

The Seattle Times ran an important front page article today on the current election in the Seattle Education Association (SEA), "Politics plays role in teachers union vote for president". I am running for President of SEA on the RESPECT ticket, a slate of social justice educators.  The main criticism of our campaign cited in the …

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The New Conscientious Test Objectors at International High School in NYC!

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A couple of days ago a New York area code popped up on my cell phone. I didn’t recognize the number—but when a teacher on the other end of line said that she was organizing a testing boycott at her high school, I certainly recognized the situation. Emily Giles, a teacher at International High School …

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