This year Seattle's Garfield High School made history by launching a school wide boycott of the MAP test--a struggle ultimately successful at the high school level. People who were inspired by the MAP test Boycott will be interested in the Museum of History and Industry's short video they created last school year on the history …
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OP-ED to the The Seattle Times By Jesse Hagopian and Liza Campbell Please read and share my oped published in the Seattle Times today about our big time victory against the MAP standardized test at the high school level, our unfinished fight at the K-8 level, and what MAP should be replaced with. Liza Campbell, …
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Jesse Hagopian's Lesson Plan for Liberation On February 1, 1968, two Memphis garbage collectors, Echol Cole and Robert Walker, were crushed to death by a malfunctioning garbage truck. Outraged by the city’s response–in what was a long history of neglect and abuse of its Black employees–1,300 African American men from the Memphis Department of Public …
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Jesse Hagopian has been nominated by the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences for secondary teacher of the year. The Bammy Awards is a cross-discipline honor that identifies and acknowledges the extraordinary work being done across the entire education field every day-- from teachers, principals and superintendents, to school nurses, support staff, advocates, researchers, school custodians, early childhood specialists, education journalists and parents. The Bammy …
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Teachers at Seattle's Garfield High School voted unanimously not to administer district-mandated standardized MAP tests, calling it a waste of time and money. We were quickly joined by Orca, Chief Sealth, Center School, and Ballard. Here is video footage of the first rally we had in support of the MAP test boycott. Save Our Schools …
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