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Friday, August 14, 2015

Back-to-School Reading for Parents: How and why to legally/illegally refuse/opt-out from mandated high stakes tests | Reclaim Reform

Back-to-School Reading for Parents: How and why to legally/illegally refuse/opt-out from mandated high stakes tests | Reclaim Reform:

Back-to-School Reading for Parents: How and why to legally/illegally refuse/opt-out from mandated high stakes tests



A deflated football, Megyn Kelly’s period, Benghazi, and that thing on the top of Donald Trump’s head – distractors all.
As our children continue to be tormented by meaningless, mandated high stakes tests that subvert education tax funds to private corporations as profits, we are being distracted. Let’s get real.
How can parents put a stop to this institutionalized abuse that labels our children for life? Why should our children feel like losers because of invalid tests?
Read AN ACTIVIST HANDBOOK FOR THE EDUCATION REVOLUTION: United Opt Out’s Test of Courage.
United Opt Out Handbook 1
Yes, parents must defend our children from this institutional abuse.
Yes, it will take some courage on the part of each parent – at first.
Since 20% of the children of one state, New York, have refused testing and/or opted-out for their children, the paid politicos are stymied. Other states and communities are also successfully stopping this abuse.
Read AN ACTIVIST HANDBOOK FOR THE EDUCATION REVOLUTION: United Opt Out’s Test of Courage. (Visit Amazon or Information Age Publishing.) Also, visit the United Opt Out National site or Facebook page for state-by-state sample letters and suggestions.