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Saturday, August 27, 2011

Peg with Pen: United Opt Out National: Our First Action

Peg with Pen: United Opt Out National: Our First Action:

United Opt Out National: Our First Action

Our first action has been posted at our Facebook group page OPT OUT OF THE STATE TEST: The National Movement. Join us there for support in completing the action - we have fellow writers available and support docs to boot! While we will continue to gather information per state on opting out, make no mistake - we are not just a depository for information - we are a launch pad for action - weekly consistent action that will make it clear that we are DONE. We are done with corporate ed. reform eating our schools alive. We WILL spread the word. We WILL make OPTING OUT the name of the game. Our new website is in the works UNITED OPT OUT NATIONAL.

Here is our first action posted on our Facebook group page. A new action will be posted every Saturday.
Good morning everyone! Is your coffee in hand? Your fingers nimble and ready to type? I hope so – because today we launch our first action. Our first action will be to write op-ed pieces on WHY someone should opt out of the state test.

An op-ed is an opinion piece offering an alternate view. As we know, the current view