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#SOSMarch 'Save Our Schools' Event Shifts Into High Gear - Politics K-12 - Education Week

'Save Our Schools' Event Shifts Into High Gear - Politics K-12 - Education Week

'Save Our Schools' Event Shifts Into High Gear

From guest blogger Nirvi Shah:

The Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action is now in full swing, a day and a half into the four days of seminars, speeches, and marching.

All that activity means it's getting hot out there—and I'm not just talking about the Washington, D.C., weather.

The rally organizers, who decry the role standards- and test-based accountability have taken in public schools,turned down an invitation from the White House to meet today, saying they simply sosrally-tmb.gifare too busy meeting with supporters and hosting seminars to attend. They also want President