The reviews are rolling in for the book I had the privileged editing, More Than a Score: The New Uprising Against High Stakes Testing, from the most prestigious book industry trade journals and progressive news outlets, and I am simply overwhelmed by the early critical acclaim—because what starts as a book club discussion, can end …
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Restore Recess: A Movement is Born
Sign the Save Recess Petition today! You have heard about Seattle's fight for a $15 minimum wage, or the teachers who organized a mass boycott of the MAP test. But you might not be aware of the newest movement--organized for one of the most basic human rights--that was recently ignited in the emerald city: The …
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Play Over Test Prep–My op-ed in the Seattle Times
“Do not keep children to their studies by compulsion but by play.” – Plato “Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.” - Mr. Rogers The Seattle Times published my op-ed today on how the …
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“More Than a Score” named in The Nation’s “5 Books to Build a Movement for Education Justice!”
I am thrilled to announce that Kenzo Shibata, writing for the current issue of The Nation magazine, named the forthcoming book I edited, More Than a Score: The New Uprising Against High-Stakes Testing, to the list of “5 Books to Build a Movement for Education Justice.” The book’s forward was written by Diane Ravitch, the …
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Announcing “More Than a Score: The New Uprising Against High-Stakes Testing”
Pre-order available for More Than a Score Edited by Jesse Hagopian, Foreword by Diane Ravitch, Introduction by Alfie Kohn, Afterword by Wayne Au A teacher threatened with having her teaching license revoked for organizing a testing boycott explains how her school defeated the standardized test. A valedictorian shares the speech she delivered to her graduating …
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