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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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 …
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" …
Video: 10 Racial Justice Wins For 2013 ColorLines magazine just released their list of “10 Racial Justice Wins for 2013”—and it is impressive. In a year when George Zimmerman was permitted to legally lynch Trayvon Martin, it can be all too easy to overlook the hard work of racial justice activists around the nation who …
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What Valerie Strauss' "Best and worst education news of 2013" means for the state of education: Valerie Strauss, who runs the Washington Post blog, "The Answer sheet", has complied an insightful list of the "Best and worst education news of 2013." Strauss' list is a must read to understand the current political moment in the …
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