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Opting Out: The Story of the Parents’ Grassroots Movement to Achieve Whole-Child Public Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog

Opting Out: The Story of the Parents’ Grassroots Movement to Achieve Whole-Child Public Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog

Opting Out: The Story of the Parents’ Grassroots Movement to Achieve Whole-Child Public Schools




This is a book you will want to read if you are a parent, a teacher, a teacher educator.
Opting Out: The Story of the Parents’ Grassroots Movement to Achieve Whole-Child Schools is an essential addition to your bookshelf.
It was written by Professor David Hursh of the University of Rochester and parents leaders of the New York Opt Out movement Jeanette Deutermann, Lisa Rudley, and Hursh’s graduate students, Zhe Chen and Sarah McGinnis.
Together they explain the origins and development of the one of the most significant parent-led reactions against high-stakes testing and in favor of education that is devoted to the full development of children as healthy CONTINUE READING: Opting Out: The Story of the Parents’ Grassroots Movement to Achieve Whole-Child Public Schools | Diane Ravitch's blog