A beautiful thing happened today. Teachers at Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy voted unanimously to refuse to administer the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT). Since teachers at Garfield High School—and then several other schools in Seattle—voted to boycott the MAP test last year, there has been an explosion of activism against high-stakes, standardized tests. And yet …
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On the one-year anniversary the historic MAP test boycott, teachers launch campaign in the upcoming Seattle Education Association (SEA) union election.
Today, I am excited to announce that I am entering the election to run for president of my union, the Seattle Education Association. It is truly an honor to have been nominated to run for president on the Social Equality Educator's "Respect" slate of candidates--an unparalleled team of educators in Seattle, running for officer and …
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On the Anniversary of the MAP Test Boycott: Our fight has just begun
The successful boycott of the MAP test in Seattle began one year ago today. I am forever in the debt of all of you who wrote letters, sent flowers, ordered us pizza, signed our petition, called the superintendent with the demand, "Suspend the test not the teachers," sent us pictures of your community with "Scrap …
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Happy New Year of Struggle Against Corporate Education Reform: MAP test boycott tops lists of most important struggles of 2013!
2013 was the best year of my life. My younger son was born--on Martin Luther King Jr.'s, birthday, no less--only two days after my colleagues at Garfield High School announced that they were going to defy corporate education reformers by refusing to administer the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) test. Seeing my older son receive …
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The Nation magazine names Seattle Eduction Association “Most Valuable Union” and credits Social Equality Educators for support of MAP test boycott
The Nation magazine released its "Progressive Honor Roll of 2013" where it names "heroes both for their accomplishments of the past year and their determination to do even more in 2014"--and they made some great picks! Most valuable book went to Diane Ravitich for here masterpiece of truth-telling, Reign of Error. "Most Valuable Musical Partnership" …
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