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Friday, September 19, 2014

Marie Corfield: NEA President Lily Eskilsen Garcia has no time to be diplomatic – Part I

Marie Corfield: NEA President Lily Eskilsen Garcia has no time to be diplomatic – Part I:



NEA President Lily Eskilsen Garcia has no time to be diplomatic – Part I





"This is a test. This is only a test. If this had been an actual emergency..." Yea, you know the drill. More on this later...



This is Ethan Rediske and his parents. Ethan is an 11-year old Florida boy who was born with cerebral palsy. He is also blind and brain damaged. He is perhaps the poster child for all that is toxic and outright dangerous in education 'reform'—especially standardized testing. More on him later...




"I don't have time to be diplomatic."
This is Lily Eskilsen-Garcia, newly elected President of the National Education Association.


What do all three have in common? Keep reading...










A woman on a mission

Lily is on a mission to energize fellow education professionals and parents to fight high stakes testing and she's taking it to the streets. As part of her 50-state Back-to-School tour, she declined a meeting with the Star Marie Corfield: NEA President Lily Eskilsen Garcia has no time to be diplomatic – Part I: