Seattle Education Meetup: An Opt Out Workshop with Jesse Hagopian
First No Child Left Behind, then Race to the Top and now the Common Core Standards.
Unsure what the Common Core Standards are?
Want to know more about the term “high stakes testing”?
Have you heard about parents, students and teachers opting out of standardized testing and the Common Core Standards around the country?
Do you know why so many are opting out?
If you have these questions or others pertaining to the testing regime that has gripped our school system or why and how the Common Core Standards are being rolled out in Seattle, join us for an evening of discussion with Jesse Hagopian and me, Dora Taylor, on standardized testing, Common Core Standards and the opt out option.
Seattle Education Meetup
The Common Core Standards, High Stakes Testing and Opting Out
An evening of discussion and information
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at 6:30 PM
RSVP seattled@icloud.com
This Meetup will be held in a private home so if you would like to join us, please send an RSVP e-mail to seattled@icloud.com. We will respond with the address and any additional information that you require.
For more on the Common Core Standards, high stakes testing and opting out, see:
Rethinking Schools: The Trouble with the Common Core
Rethinking Schools: Testing Our Limits
Post Script:
This just in from New York:
Dear neighbor:
On behalf of the thousands of frustrated parents, students and teachers that I