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Those who can, Tweet! What Would You #AskObama? - Living in Dialogue - #NEARA11

Those who can, Tweet! What Would You #AskObama? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

Those who can, Tweet! What Would You #AskObama?

The White House is holding the first ever Twitter Town Hall. Let's make sure he gets plenty of questions from the teachers of America!

At 2pm EDT, Wednesday, July 6th, President Obama will participate in the first Twitter town hall at the White House to discuss the economy and jobs with Americans across the country. The entire event will be streamed live at WhiteHouse.gov/live.

Detailed instructions on how to participate can be found here.

Here are some of the questions I am tweeting today:

1. When will you advocate low-stakes tests for the children of the nation, as you have at the school attended by your daughters?

2. How can we inspire the creativity and collaboration we need when tests measure such a narrow range of information?

3. Race to the Top promotes pay & Teacher evals for test scores. How can this NOT encourage teaching to the test?

4. Research shows the 4 turnaround strategies promoted by DoEd are not working. When will we see some