Colorado Opt Out movement expands billboards... Four highway billboards now up as testing season looms
The test resistance in Colorado has expanded the billboards our coalition has put up urging parents to exercise their rights and exempt their children from the fraud of high stakes standardized tests. Our campaign resulted . . .
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'We need to test less but test right...' Colorado Springs superintendent asks for three-year moratorium on testing, challenging Colorado Springs's participation in PARCC
The superintendent of one of the largest school districts in Colorado, Dr. Nicholas Gledich of Colorado Springs, has asked the school board of Colorado Springs to put a three-year moratorium on the PARCC tests and . . .
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OPT OUT: Colorado teachers union joins fight against high-stakes testing
I write to you specifically to inform you of recent action taken at the Colorado Education Association's delegate assembly. This past Tuesday, April 22nd, Pat Kennedy and I met here at my office at UNC . . .
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Colorado resistance continues, as new billboards promote resistance... Veteran Resistance website explains multiple reasons for opting out
Once again as the testing season begins, the Colorado resistance has purchased billboards to promote opt out. The billboards stand high above Colorado highways as the season of testing begins. For nine years, these billboards . . .
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'The Nation' looks at Chicago... A Teacher's perspective after reading Rich Perlstein's recent article in
In the first paragraph of The Nation's July 22nd feature article, Chicago Rising: A Resurgent Protest Culture takes on Rahm Emanuel's Austerity Agenda, journalist Rick Perlstein notes that 54 Chicago Public Schools were on the . . .
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Colorado test resister becomes major news story when Pueblo school district marks the child 'truant' and claims that every public school students in Colorado is required to take the TCAP test
A major news story broke in Pueblo, Colorado, this week, after Supt. Ed Smith of Pueblo school district 70 refused to honor the right of a parent to keep her child out during the TCAP . . .
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