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FRUSTRATED EDUCATORS AIM TO BUILD GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT
Education Week -- June 15, 2011
By Erik W. Robelen
Thousands of educators, parent activists, and others are expected to convene in the heat and humidity of Washington next month for a march protesting the current thrust of education policy in the United States, especially the strong emphasis on test-based accountability.
Organizers say the effort aims to galvanize and give voice to those who believe policymakers, including U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and state governors, have gone astray in their remedies for improving American schools. Leaders of the march---current and former educators among them---say they're determined to build a grassroots movement that has staying power beyond the gathering this summer and "restores" a central role for educators, parents, and communities in policy decisions.