WEEKEND QUOTABLES
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| Parents of children in Newark schools sign a petition to wrest control from the state and give the school board a more active role. --New York Times |
Resisting charter takeover of Newark school
“You could see the new furniture coming in,” said Shellian Peters, 38, a mother of three. “Whereas on the district side, it was the same as when the school was built. That’s how blatantly obvious it was.” -- "Growing Push in Newark to Retake School Reins" by Winnie Hu, New York Times
Diane Ravitch
"The entire current reform movement rests on a fanatical belief in standardized testing. Yet testing experts warn us that the tests should be used for diagnostic purposes, not to fire teachers and