Let’s get real about #optout @John_Merrow
To understand this post it might be helpful to read Tim Slekar’s post here – to follow the discussion that ensued after John Merrow said “to hell with the tests.” His comment encouraged me to think that perhaps we had a reporter who was ready to tell the citizens of our country that a simple way to halt the harm to our public schools and begin to preserve and improve our public schools with the support of REAL educators, students, and citizens of our community was – to simply – REFUSE the tests. I continued commenting (as you can see if you click on the link above) in the hopes that John would see the value of opt out.
But then John wrote this:
John writes: “We are reporters first, although you know I have a few opinions. But regarding opting out, we would have to be convinced that it’s not just a few hundred angry families but something akin to the beginnings of a movement. Then it’s a story… Does that make sense?”
And I wrote this:
Unfortunately, it makes perfect sense in the current country we live in which is owned by the
But then John wrote this:
John writes: “We are reporters first, although you know I have a few opinions. But regarding opting out, we would have to be convinced that it’s not just a few hundred angry families but something akin to the beginnings of a movement. Then it’s a story… Does that make sense?”
And I wrote this:
Unfortunately, it makes perfect sense in the current country we live in which is owned by the