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Parents Are Not Helpless
Laurie H. Rogers yesterday wrote a piece entitled “The Myth of the Helpless Parent,” she discussed how schools impress upon students “I can” statements, but that parents need to vocalize “we can”...
View ArticleLee County Schools in Florida Votes to Opt-Out of State Mandated Testing
The Lee County School Board voted last night 3-2 to opt their students out of state-mandated testing. Lee County is in SW Florida and includes the city of Fort Myers. They are the first school...
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Illinois House Passes Parental Opt-Out Bill
The Chicago Sun Times reports that the Illinois House of Representatives on Tuesday voted 64 to 47 in favor of a bill that give parents a “formal way” to opt-out their students out of assessments – in...
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Maine Students Warned Assessment Opt-Out May Cost Graduation
A.P. Dillion pointed out this disturbing article out of Maine. The Bangor Daily News reports that the Maine Education Commissioner says students who opt-out of Smarter Balanced that they may not...
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U.S. Senate Votes Down Parental Opt-Outs
Photo credit: Rob Crawley (CC-By-2.0) U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) offered an amendment to S.1177, the Every Child Achieves Act, that would require schools in states receiving Title I funds to notify...
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Survey: Where Does Your U.S. Representative Stand on Education?
Photo credit: Rob Crawley (CC-By-2.0) We would like you to gather some information for us. We would like to know where your U.S. Representative stands on education policy. If you don’t know please...
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Opt-Outs Threaten Schools’“Blue Ribbon” Status
Newsday reports that assessment opt-outs threaten several schools “Blue Ribbon” status in New York. The actual awards, however, normally would be based largely on results from the latest round of...
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ESEA Reauthorization Conference Report Advances to Final Vote in the Senate
Photo credit: Rob Crawley (CC-By-2.0) The ESEA reauthorization conference report, S.1177, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) advanced in the U.S. Senate on a 84 to 12 cloture vote. The vote took...
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Data Privacy & Opt-Out Bills Before Arizona Senate
A Stop Common Core activist in Arizona sent an email about two different bills being heard in the Arizona Legislature. HB 2088 passed the Arizona House 24 to 2 on March 1st, and will be heard in the...
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Buffalo Schools Punishing Students for Opting Out
Hutch Technical High School in Buffalo, NY Carol Burris, former New York high school principle and executive director for the Network for Public Education, in a guest post on The Washington Post’s...
View ArticleNew York Teachers Perform Parody Targeting Common Core & Cuomo
Some teachers and administrators for the Bay Shore School District in Bay Shore, NY sung a light-hearted parody targeting Common Core, Governor Andrew Cuomo, and opt-outs. The song titled “Welcome Back...
View ArticleLee County Schools in Florida Votes to Opt-Out of State Mandated Testing
The Lee County School Board voted last night 3-2 to opt their students out of state-mandated testing. Lee County is in SW Florida and includes the city of Fort Myers. They are the first school...
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Illinois House Passes Parental Opt-Out Bill
The Chicago Sun Times reports that the Illinois House of Representatives on Tuesday voted 64 to 47 in favor of a bill that give parents a “formal way” to opt-out their students out of assessments – in...
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Maine Students Warned Assessment Opt-Out May Cost Graduation
A.P. Dillion pointed out this disturbing article out of Maine. The Bangor Daily News reports that the Maine Education Commissioner says students who opt-out of Smarter Balanced that they may not...
View ArticleClik here to view.
U.S. Senate Votes Down Parental Opt-Outs
Photo credit: Rob Crawley (CC-By-2.0) U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) offered an amendment to S.1177, the Every Child Achieves Act, that would require schools in states receiving Title I funds to notify...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Survey: Where Does Your U.S. Representative Stand on Education?
Photo credit: Rob Crawley (CC-By-2.0) We would like you to gather some information for us. We would like to know where your U.S. Representative stands on education policy. If you don’t know please...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Opt-Outs Threaten Schools’“Blue Ribbon” Status
Newsday reports that assessment opt-outs threaten several schools “Blue Ribbon” status in New York. The actual awards, however, normally would be based largely on results from the latest round of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ESEA Reauthorization Conference Report Advances to Final Vote in the Senate
Photo credit: Rob Crawley (CC-By-2.0) The ESEA reauthorization conference report, S.1177, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) advanced in the U.S. Senate on a 84 to 12 cloture vote. The vote took...
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Data Privacy & Opt-Out Bills Before Arizona Senate
A Stop Common Core activist in Arizona sent an email about two different bills being heard in the Arizona Legislature. HB 2088 passed the Arizona House 24 to 2 on March 1st, and will be heard in the...
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Buffalo Schools Punishing Students for Opting Out
Hutch Technical High School in Buffalo, NY Carol Burris, former New York high school principle and executive director for the Network for Public Education, in a guest post on The Washington Post’s...
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