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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Schools Matter: Chicago Rage is About More Than Money or Schedules

Schools Matter: Chicago Rage is About More Than Money or Schedules:


Chicago Rage is About More Than Money or Schedules

from HuffPo by Lisa Guisbond:

CHICAGO TEACHERS SAY "NO" TO HIGH-STAKES TESTING MADNESS
Huffington Post Education -- September 13, 2012
By Lisa Guisbond

Sometimes things get so crazy in our schools that classroom educators must use their "Teacher Voice" to restore sanity. That's what is happening in Chicago, where striking public school teachers are shouting "enough is enough" to test-driven school reform schemes. The strike is just the latest, and loudest, example of the growing national resistance to failed, top-down, test-driven educational policies.