Parents Who Fought Off School Resistance to Opt-Out Led to Modifed Policy
The students were told by one teacher if they opted out, they would not be part of the "culture" of the school. They would be different and not be able to be part of the after-test celebrations. We wanted to meet with the principal but at this point we were simply getting the party-line and things were moving too slowly (the ELA test was in just three weeks). Two parents from the school
How Bloomberg/Klein Undermined a Voluntary Integration Program on the Lower East Side
Lisa Donlan has been telling the story for many years. Now this recent report condemning the NYC school system as one of the most segregated in the nation validates what Lisa has been reporting. This is from Community Education Council 1 on the LES.Below are captions from NYS segregation report talking specifically about District One:http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/research/k-12-education/integ
4-14-14 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Indypendent Comprehensive Coverage of the Common Core/Opt-Out MovementCommon Core resistance reflects an awareness of the metastasis of standards-based reforms into broader swaths of the American school system. “The changes in public education beginning to touch suburban communities, white or black” says Royal, “have touched us already in urban communities.” Opt-out parents like B