Opting out, push back, a red, white and blue charter school and Matt Farmer breaks it down
“Opting out of standardized testing” is the phrase of the week and it’s happening around the country.
In New York:
Parents and Students Say ‘Enough’ to More Testing
Parents and Students Say ‘Enough’ to More Testing
It resembled a street carnival. Excited children in bright colors, holding up scarecrows and blowing bubbles, were being serenaded by the raucous sounds of the Rude Mechanical Orchestra.
But the scarecrows were christened “Bloomberg,” “Tisch” and “Cuomo.” The children held up placards that said things like “No More Testing. My Brain Is for Learning!” And sprinkled throughout the crowd were posters and cutouts of pineapples.
This was no celebration. These children and their parents, several hundred in all, were gathered in