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NY Leaders of Opt Out Movement Issue Their Demands; by Diane Ravitch

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NY Parents Have Spoken, Now It's Time to Fix Cuomo's Education Budget Debacle & Establish New Leadership for the Board of Regents

For the past two years, New York State Allies for Public Education has warned elected and appointed officials about serious concerns related to excessive high-stakes state testing based on flawed and experimental learning standards, as well as the collection and sharing of private student data. This week, the national attention focused on the parent uprising taking place in New York State. Spurred to action by the refusal of both the Governor and the NYS Education Department's failure to respond to legitimate concerns, thousands of parents fought back to protect their children.We want to restore our classrooms with a well-rounded education and drive testing compliance factory reforms out of our classrooms forever.
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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have the equivalent of 2 additional Master's, mainly in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side (more...)
 

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