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FairTest: Give Arne a Warm Welcome
The nation’s leading anti-testing organization has issued a call to its supporters to turn out and welcome Secretary Duncan if he visits their communities on his cross-country bus tour.
Tell him why his teach-to-the-test policies are failing. Tell him why high-stakes testing is bad for the quality of education. Tell him that children need time to play and dance and sing, not just take test prep. Tell him that it is wrong to ditch physical education and the arts and recess for more testing.
Greet him warmly. Of course, the tour starts in Silicon Valley, where the edu-entrepreneurs are heavily
Tell him why his teach-to-the-test policies are failing. Tell him why high-stakes testing is bad for the quality of education. Tell him that children need time to play and dance and sing, not just take test prep. Tell him that it is wrong to ditch physical education and the arts and recess for more testing.
Greet him warmly. Of course, the tour starts in Silicon Valley, where the edu-entrepreneurs are heavily
Las Vegas Teachers Will Lead The Reform Movement
A reader says that Las Vegas teachers are taking action to correct the errors of their elected board:
Here in Las Vegas teachers have moved so as to concentrate their votes. We will be able to remove a majority of the reform bent board. This last week we had to close several schools because the air conditioners failed. Our Superintendent outsourced most maintenance and spent millions on more consultants and tests, but refused to spend allocated money to maintain buildings. The board will be gone soon, we have the votes to remove at least four of them. Next thing you know they will be trying to tell teachers they can’t vote. They like appointed boards for this very reason.
An Answer from Molly Ball
Here in Las Vegas teachers have moved so as to concentrate their votes. We will be able to remove a majority of the reform bent board. This last week we had to close several schools because the air conditioners failed. Our Superintendent outsourced most maintenance and spent millions on more consultants and tests, but refused to spend allocated money to maintain buildings. The board will be gone soon, we have the votes to remove at least four of them. Next thing you know they will be trying to tell teachers they can’t vote. They like appointed boards for this very reason.
An Answer from Molly Ball
Yesterday I responded to an article in The Atlantic claiming that Michelle Rhee was actually a “lefty” and was “taking over” the Democratic party.
I responded to the article.
Others have said that the writer, Molly Ball, was sending out an automated reply, but I got something slightly different.
What she says here is that she doesn’t understand why a Democrat would not support for-profit charter schools;
I responded to the article.
Others have said that the writer, Molly Ball, was sending out an automated reply, but I got something slightly different.
What she says here is that she doesn’t understand why a Democrat would not support for-profit charter schools;