L.A. teachers union seeks to re-negotiate evaluation system | 89.3 KPCC

L.A. teachers union seeks to re-negotiate evaluation system | 89.3 KPCC:

L.A. teachers union seeks to re-negotiate evaluation system

​​The union representing teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District wants to re-work how the district rates teachers' job performance.

It's one of two portions of the labor contract between the district that United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) leaders proposed to re-open for negotiations Tuesday.

The proposal could spell more change for the district's teacher evaluation system, which the union says has been in "transition" in recent years.

In Dec. 2014, a public employment review board ruled the district — under then-Superintendent John Deasy — erred in unilaterally changing the evaluation system and ordered the district to stop using it.

Then, as part of the contract agreement between the union and the district reached last April, both sides agreed to convene committees to study L.A. Unified's evaluation scheme and consider changes.

UTLA president Alex Caputo-Pearl said his union's members want to see more professional development for teachers.

"We also want to see more supports like mentor teachers, which the research says — very broadly across the country — are effective in helping folks who are struggling," he said.

The union also proposed re-negotiating the portion of its contract that covers class sizes. 

Caputo-Pearl says he hopes the district and union can agree to new terms before the start of the 2016-17 school year. The sides are currently looking for dates to begin negotiations on the two provisions. L.A. teachers union seeks to re-negotiate evaluation system | 89.3 KPCC:

Invitation Title I committee of practitioners. CPAG Appointment - Application Information (CA Dept of Education)

Invitation for CPAG Appointment - Application Information (CA Dept of Education):

Invitation for CPAG Appointment

Applications Invited for Appointment to the California Practitioners Advisory Group

The State Board of Education (SBE) is currently seeking applications to fill up to 15 positions on a newly constituted advisory committee, which will be called the California Practitioners Advisory Group (CPAG), to provide input to the SBE on ongoing efforts to establish a single coherent local, state, and federal accountability system. The advisory committee will also serve as the state’s committee of practitioners under federal Title I requirements.

All applicants must currently meet one or more of the practitioner categories listed below:

• Superintendents or other Administrators
• Teachers from traditional public schools and charter schools and career and technical educators
• Principals and other school leaders
• Parents of student(s) currently enrolled in the K-12 public education system
• Members of local school boards
• Representatives of private school children
• Specialized instructional support personnel and paraprofessionals
• Representatives of authorized public chartering agencies
• Charter school leaders
• Education researchers

All applicants should provide evidence of demonstrated experience with California’s K-12 public education system, including familiarity with the Local Control Funding Formula. Applicants should also provide evidence of familiarity with federal program requirements, including Title I, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (Public Law 114–95).

The recent enactment of the Every Student Succeeds Act altered the membership requirements for the State Title I committee of practitioners. The SBE’s Screening Committee’s recommendations for appointments to this committee, along with adoption of a governing policy that is consistent with the new federal requirements, will be presented at the SBE’s March 2016 meeting.

Background

With the enactment of the Local Control Funding Formula in 2013, California changed the finance and accountability systems for its K-12 public education system. The SBE was delegated authority to implement key provisions of the Local Control Funding Formula, including the Local Control and Accountability Plan template (Education Code § 52064), spending regulations (Education Code § 42238.07), and the Local Control Funding Formula evaluation rubrics (Education Code § 52064.5).

Additionally, Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (Public Law 114–95 § 1603, 20 United States Code § 6573), requires each State educational agency that receives Title I funds to create a State committee of practitioners to advise the State in carrying out its responsibilities under Title I.

These changes to the local, state, and federal education policy landscape present a unique opportunity for California to develop a single coherent accountability system.

Purpose

The purpose of this advisory committee is to provide input to the SBE on practical implications of decisions before the SBE, which may include providing input on the design of the Local Control Funding Formula evaluation rubrics and other decisions related to implementing the Local Control Funding Formula.

The committee will also review any State rules and regulations relating to Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act, in order to advise the State in carrying out its Title I responsibilities.

Composition

Members are appointed by the SBE. The majority of members must be representatives from local educational agencies. The membership will include representatives who currently meet one or more of the following categories:

• Superintendents or other Administrators
• Teachers from traditional public schools and charter schools and career and technical educators
• Principals and other school leaders
• Parents of student(s) currently enrolled in the K-12 public education system
• Members of local school boards
• Representatives of private school children
• Specialized instructional support personnel and paraprofessionals
• Representatives of authorized public chartering agencies
• Charter school leaders
• Education researchers

Members will be appointed to ensure appropriate representation among the membership categories. Members may qualify as representatives of more than one membership category.

Term of Office

Members will serve for a term of up to three years. Terms of office will be staggered to avoid the need to replace the majority of members at the same time.

Frequency of Meetings

Regular meetings of the CPAG will be conducted annually or as needed.

Travel, Lodging, and Other Expenses

CPAG members will be reimbursed for travel and per diem expenses related to Committee meetings only, at the same rate applicable for CDE staff. No reimbursement will be made for other activities.

Application Form

The Application form can be found on the SBE Application Web page. Please note that the application form requests that you include a resume and requires that you submit two letters of recommendation. The entire package (application, resume, and letters of recommendation) must be received by the application deadline in order to be considered for appointment.

Application Deadline

All applications for appointment to the CPAG should be sent via email to cpag@cde.ca.gov. The complete application can also be sent by fax to 916-319-0175.

All applications received by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 26, 2016 will be considered by the SBE Screening Committee for appointment at the March 2016 State Board of Education meeting.

Questions

If you have any questions about the application process or the role and responsibility of the CPAG, please contact Amy Bubbico by telephone at 916-319-0393 or by email at cpag@cde.ca.gov.

Questions: State Board of Education | 916-319-0827 

Last Reviewed: Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Invitation for CPAG Appointment - Application Information (CA Dept of Education):

American Federation of Teachers President: Hillary's a 'pragmatic progressive' - Talk Media News

American Federation of Teachers President: Hillary's a 'pragmatic progressive' - Talk Media News:

American Federation of Teachers President: Hillary’s a ‘pragmatic progressive’
Talk Media News' Justin Duckham spoke with Randi Weingarten, President of the AFT and member of the AFL-CIO, about endorsing Hillary Clinton for the presidency.

 MANCHESTER, N.H. (Talk Media News) – The American Federation of Teachers and AFL-CIO have both endorsed Hillary Clinton for the 2016 Democratic presidential primary. Talk Media News’ Justin Duckham spoke with Randi Weingarten, President of the AFT and member of the AFL-CIO, about the support.

When the American Federation of Teachers became the first national union to endorse Clinton, the move was met with public criticism.

Weingarten told Duckham that despite the outcry that made papers, members of the AFT were generally supportive of the move.

“By about a 3 to 1 margin our members are supportive of Hillary over Bernie. But there’s real support for Bernie, because what Bernie stands for, the values that he raises are things that we’ve seen over, and over and over again,” she said. “She feels the same values, but she has a very different strategy on how to get those things done. And, I think that’s really the big difference.”

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Seattle Schools Community Forum: SPS Asking for Input on Family Survey

Seattle Schools Community Forum: SPS Asking for Input on Family Survey:

SPS Asking for Input on Family Survey

SPS is working on the Family Survey and are considering some new questions to add to it.  They would like your input but please get this back to them by the end of this week. 

Send feedback to  research@seattleschools.org

I applaud the district in asking for this input.   


My input is that I find some questions quite broad (see first section #1).  Is it the district's job to prepare a child "for the future?"  I'd like to see that kind of language tightened up to "to continue onto a career path and/or higher education?" 

Same section #5 - I'd add "fair and equitable" to make sure that discipline is meted out in similar ways.

Same section #6 - I'd have to know what a "supportive academic environment" looks like because I think different parents would have different ideas in their mind.

Under Parent/Family Knowledge and Confidence, #23, I'd add "I know special Seattle Schools Community Forum: SPS Asking for Input on Family Survey:





Demography Talk 

The talk by SPS demographer, Dr. Natasha Rivers, on January 29th didn't have much new information.  She stated that there are links to her reports at the SPS page on demography.

To note:

- the district is definitely working with the City on housing trends

- she stated that the district had thought they would grow by 1,000 students as they had in previous years but only gained 336.  That number seems much lower than I recall from the fall.

- fun fact: the average age for new mothers in Seattle is 32 and for fathers it's 35. 

- the growth in SPS is not equally scattered.  Most of the growth is in the NE/NW, some in the Central area but down somewhat in the SW and especially down in the SE.

- The district hired a local firm, Integrated Economics, that has a fairly sketchywebsite to do a housing study.  I'll have to ask for a copy of this document.  Naturally, this is to track how development affects enrollment, track cycles, and "using this as alternative to augment estimation models fro enrollment at the Demography Talk

Terrible Teacher Thoughts. Can I Tweet That? | Welcome to the Testing Games

Terrible Teacher Thoughts. Can I Tweet That? | Welcome to the Testing Games:

Terrible Teacher Thoughts. Can I Tweet That?

You know the story.

Room full of teachers. Data abound.

One teacher seems to take charge. The enthusiasm is nauseating.

A few teachers are sneaking glances at their phone. A few are watching … waiting.

The directions continue:

“Use the testing printouts to identify students who have not made gains, highlight the standards that show a need for “aggressive intervention” then test those students by …”

Here it comes. That one teacher, you know the one, interrupts …

“But, what if we are not sure the data is correct? Have you read some of those test questions … I just don’t think …”

The interruption is cut short:

“Well, we are supposed to go over the data. It’s not our problem. Plus, it’s 

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Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan signs with CAA - Chicago Tribune

Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan signs with CAA - Chicago Tribune:

Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan signs with talent agency

 Arne Duncan, President Obama's former secretary of education, has signed withCAA, a talent and sports agency.

The agency said that it "will create opportunities for Duncan across all areas, including books and speaking, as well as identify new business ventures."

Duncan stepped down from his post earlier this year, having been only one of two Cabinet members from the start of Obama's first term still in office. The other is Tom Vilsack, the current secretary of agriculture.

Duncan spearheaded education efforts such as Race to the Top and Investing in Innovation, and helped secure congressional support for education investments, such as $100 billion to fund 350,000 teaching jobs as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan signs with CAA - Chicago Tribune:

H/T Fred Klonsky @fklonsky 

solidaridad: Gülen cult’s corporate charter chain’s Magnolia Science Academy

solidaridad: Gülen cult’s corporate charter chain’s Magnolia Science Academy:

Gülen cult’s corporate charter chain’s Magnolia Science Academy

Gülen cult’s corporate charter chain’s Magnolia Science Academy

Gülenist CEO Caprice Young claims that the privately managed Magnolia Science Academy Reseda (MSA) is a “high performing” charter school. Do the facts bear out her marketing claim?

College Entrance Exams

In 2014 students from the Gülen associated school taking the California State University (CSU) entrance exam demonstrated abject remediation rates (Source: CSU).

• 63% of MSA students NOT proficient in English
• 38% of MSA students NOT proficient in English

Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT)

The Gülen charter school’s SAT scores are unimpressive, but do explain why so many of their students don’t test proficient (Source:LATimes).

• 1271 Composite Average for 2011-2012
• 1321 Composite Average for 2010-2011
• 1455 Composite Average for 2009-2010

For context 1500 is considered the minimum threshold for college readiness, while 2052 was the composite average for Freshmen accepted into UCLA in 2013.

California Standards Tests (STAR)

The last three years MSA students took the STAR, saw the school achieving sub-par English proficiency, and abysmal math proficiency (Source: LATimes).

• 2013 English / math proficiency 53.6% / 41.6%
• 2012 English / math proficiency 58.8% / 46.4%
• 2011 English / math proficiency 51.7% / 39.6%

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Seattle Schools Community Forum: Editorial Boards Weigh in on Recent Republican Legislative Action

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Editorial Boards Weigh in on Recent Republican Legislative Action:

Editorial Boards Weigh in on Recent Republican Legislative Action

Basically, the editorials seem to be asking "what are YOU doing to solve problems besides criticizing others?" (bold mine)
From the Daily Herald:

Peterson was dismissed without being given an opportunity to defend her record, nor was she given the chance to resign or withdraw her nomination.

The high-profile dismissal could reflect poorly on the stability of the state's transportation department and its projects, including the $16 billion package that Peterson help the Legislature assemble last year. The state is preparing to seek bonds to cover the first projects in that package, and the turmoil could be seen as a problem by investment firms and could result in higher interest costs for the state.

Including the departure of Kevin Quigley, secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services, itself in the process of reforms, the state's three largest agencies will be left with interim chiefs for months. Finding permanent replacements may have to wait until after the November election.
 Even then the ranks of qualified applicants may be thinned by a reluctance to deal with the current turmoil here.

Sen. Michael Baumgartner, R-Spokane, made clear his intentions in a tweet after Peterson's firing:

“Note to other Inslee Appointees: Shape up, Do your job. Serve the people w/accountability. Or more heads are going to roll.”

Recall that the state Senate's current plans would give itself two more years to fix funding of basic education for K-12 schools and end the reliance on local school levies. And remember the $100,000-a-day fine the state Supreme Court levied against the Legislature last year because it has failed to come up with an adequate plan.

That's good advice, senator.

It is always amusing when elected officials want to lambast others' work without realizing that a laser gaze can always be turned back the other way. 

From The Olympian:

The education-funding bar was set pretty low for the Washington Legislature this year. So low there was a danger that lawmakers might trip over it. That appears to be happening.

Zing!

In retrospect it was naïve to expect much. But going into the short, Seattle Schools Community Forum: Editorial Boards Weigh in on Recent Republican Legislative Action:

Dora Taylor: Washington's Charter School Fight—Let's Set the Record Straight | The Progressive

Washington's Charter School Fight—Let's Set the Record Straight | The Progressive:

Washington's Charter School Fight—Let's Set the Record Straight

Washington State has been ground zero in the fight over charter schools this past year, and misinformation abounds.

Over the last several years Bill Gates and the Waltons of Walmart poured millions of dollars into Washington to establish charter schools in the state.

Last fall the Washington State Supreme Court decided that those charter schools are unconstitutional, due to a lack of public oversight while using taxpayer dollars. The same organizations backed by Bill Gates including the League of Education Voters (LEV), Stand for Children (SFC) and the Washington State Charter Schools Association along with Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) founded by hedge fund managers, began funneling money to state legislators to bring bills to the floor that will circumvent public oversight of these charter schools.

Why all the flurry of activity over charter schools in our state? It's the money, of course.

Charter school operators, owners and CEO's stand to gain millions by taking Federal, state and district money to run their schools, whether they meet standards set by school district guidelines or not.

Many of these charter schools will take state money allocated for each student and then, particularly if they are special education students  students with behavioral issues, or others who require more resources,will push them back into the public schools while keeping the taxpayer dollars.

Charter schools also make large profits by offering “blended learning” alternatives, which means placing students in front of computers for classes and testing. Some charter schools will place more than 40 students in a classroom in front of computers and have one “teacher” oversee the process. The teacher is not required to be certified, and many times is a Teach for America, Inc. (TFA) recruit who is paid far less than a certified teacher in the district, thus allowing the charter school to pocket money that should be spent teaching and supporting students.

There are charter school consultants who are openly fraudulent, charter school operators who bilk millions from states, and charter franchises that receive millions from the Department of Education, which is highly influenced by Eli Broad, a millionaire who champions charter schools. Some of our elected representatives will go to great lengths to set up profitable online charter schools in their districts,

Although charter schools tout themselves as being a better option to public schools, study after study has shown that is not the case. Skewed media coverage of the battle over charter schools, especially from the slick operation “The Seventy Four,”  has created an echo chamber of misinformation about charter schools.

I want to set the record straight.

Let’s start with "the children". At this time approximately 840 students are enrolled in

- See more at: http://progressive.org/pss/washingtons-charter-school-fight%E2%80%94lets-set-record-straight#sthash.gqh0A7Y9.dpuf

United Teachers of Flint: When a Student Asks: Am I Going to Die? - Lily's Blackboard

When a Student Asks: Am I Going to Die? - Lily's Blackboard:
When a Student Asks: Am I Going to Die?

I sat with our brave colleagues and cried with them.  Karen Christian is a math teacher, but after school she’s president of United Teachers of Flint. That’s how it is with most of our union activists; they volunteer to be the union voice of their colleagues after their students head home. Karen’s tears were for those students as much as for her own 10-year-old son. Karen’s tears were for the children who had been drinking contaminated water for over a year; poisoned water. She worries that they have been harmed in ways that might not show for years.

Darlene is a 6th-grade science teacher. She and her grandkids have been drinking the water. Yet she was more interested in telling me about her students.  One of them asked her, “Am I going to die?” She says that her children are traumatized. They develop rashes if they bathe in the water.  Mothers are afraid to wash clothes in it. There are so many poor families here. There is nowhere for them to go.

One after another, these educators told me their stories. Stories of their own families and stories of the students.  They were frightened and angry and confused about how something so cruel and callous had happened to them and their community – a community that’s gone through tough times before, but nothing like this. Not poison coming through the kitchen faucet.

You’ve no doubt read about the Flint water crisis. It’s in all the papers. You may know that Governor Rick Snyder and his friends in the legislature have been systematicallycutting taxes on the One Percent and balancing the books by defunding public infrastructure for some time now. They’ve underfunded public schools, public health, and even the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, which tests (or is supposed to test) the water. 

It wasn’t an act of God that devastated this town. It wasn’t an Oklahoma twister or a Gulf Coast hurricane. Manmade cuts in public funding made rubble of public services and provided the excuse for Snyder to declare a fiscal “emergency” wherein the governor can replace the elected officials in a city with his handpicked “emergency” manager to find “efficiencies.”

By the way, the people of Michigan didn’t like that law that gave the governor the power to strip local elected leaders of their authority and Michiganders overturned it on public referendum.  But the governor was not to be dissuaded by mere voters and with a little pixie dust, he rewrote the law with a magical minor change that created a loophole designed to make it immune to public referendum. 

Defying voters, he charged ahead, declaring Flint unfit to govern itself and with unrestrained arrogance, installed his man with austerity marching orders to cut costs, cut services, and cut corners. The result was this puny bureaucrat’sdecision to switch the water supply from Lake Huron (which was working just fine) to the filthy Flint River (which wasn’t).  It saved money.

Another savings came from not bothering with the processes to ensure the new water source was safe. The emergency manager didn’t listen to doctors who starting seeing health problems.  He didn’t care.  His job was to balance the budget.  He did.  For over a year, the residents of Flint – the nursing mothers; the grandpas; the kindergarteners; the track team; patients in the hospital; firefighters; grocery store cashiers; teachers and bus drivers; everyone – drank the water.  Everyone was being slowly poisoned.

This act of incompetence; of negligence is shameful beyond words.  But an emerging paper trail of evidence shows that the bureaucrats knew what was happening and covered it up to protect their own skins. It is environmental racism and economic injustice in a city that’s mostly minority and mostly poor. That’s criminal. It better be.  It When a Student Asks: Am I Going to Die? - Lily's Blackboard:

Maestro, Some “Opt Out” Music Please | The Merrow Report

Maestro, Some “Opt Out” Music Please | The Merrow Report:

Maestro, Some “Opt Out” Music Please

Major celebrations always begin with music.  Sunday’s Super Bowl had Lady GaGa, for example.  The national meeting of United Opt Out will have music of its own. A well-placed source inside the organization tells me that the annual meeting (beginning Friday in Philadelphia) will kick off with a variation on a familiar song. The lyrics, leaked to me, are below.

“YOU GOTTA KNOW WHEN TO TEACH ‘EM…

KNOW WHEN TO TEST ‘EM…

KNOW WHEN TO STEP ASIDE AND JUST LET ‘EM LEARN.

THE STATE KEEPS SAYING “TEST ‘EM,”

BUT ALL THAT DOES IS MESS ‘EM.

SCHOOLS DO TOO MUCH TESTING!

LET’S MAKE LEARNING FUN AGAIN”

My source said that the original song is by a Kenneth Ray Rogers, someone I’d never heard of.  However, my source apparently knows Mr. Rogers well because she/he kept referring to him as ‘Kenny.’

United Opt Out plans to sing the song three times, changing line three every so slightly each time, from ‘just let ’em learn‘ to ‘just watch ’em learn‘ and, finally ‘just help ’em learn.’  That covers the bases, I guess.

The United Opt Out gathering is expected to draw a large number of committed Maestro, Some “Opt Out” Music Please | The Merrow Report:

 

UOO Conference, February 26 - 28, 2016: Transcending Resistance, Igniting Revolution - UNITED OPT OUT: The Movement... http://bit.ly/1RmJLJc

NEIFPE Answers Reformer’s Questions | Live Long and Prosper

NEIFPE Answers Reformer’s Questions | Live Long and Prosper:

NEIFPE Answers Reformer’s Questions



I’m a member of NEIFPE, the Northeast Indiana Friends of Public Education(Facebook page: HERE and @NEIFPE on Twitter).

Last week we received an email from someone who is “not a public school teacher,” but “works in a public charter school” and is taking a “class” delivered by the Institute for Quality Education (affiliated with Hoosiers for Quality Education), an “education reform” group in Indiana. The writer asked us to answer three questions. He correctly answered the first, using the group’s mission statement. The other two he phrased in “reformy” ways implying that we were for forced attendance at local public schools and that we want to strip privately run schools (charters and parochial schools) of their funds.

To his credit, he did ask us to clarify whether or not we agreed with his answers. We did not agree with two of them, of course, and below are the three questions he asked along with our answers.

Thanks to the NEIFPE team for their work in composing this response.

NEIFPE: Who We Are

From time to time, people have asked us who we are and what we do. Recently, we received a letter asking us to answer the following questions about our organization. Here are the questions and our responses.

What is the goal/vision for the organization?

NEIFPE’s mission statement outlines the goal of support for public education.

We are citizens, teachers, administrators, and parents united by our support for public education and by concerns for its future. Recent federal and state reform measures have created an over-emphasis on testing and have turned over public education to private interests. We believe that these reforms threaten the well-being of our children and jeopardize their futures. Our goal is to inform ourselves and to start community discussion about the impact of these measures on our public schools and, more importantly, on our children.

How is this organization working to improve education in Indiana?

NEIFPE advocates for a strong public school system that serves all children in the state. We believe education will be improved when education policy is 

NEIFPE Answers Reformer’s Questions | Live Long and Prosper:

Pick Me! Pick Me! I Want My Child to *OPT IN*. – Missouri Education Watchdog

Pick Me! Pick Me! I Want My Child to *OPT IN*. – Missouri Education Watchdog:

Pick Me! Pick Me! I Want My Child to *OPT IN*.

*Please please please* opt my child into a test like this!

 Educational reform must include the move from passive permission for student testing/data mining to active permission being required from parents before testing/data tracking of students.  Parents must have the legal right to excuse their students from being subjected to unvalidated testing and unknown entities receiving personally identifiable information on their students.

Parents need to reclaim their rights as taxpayers and guardians of their children, and supported by legislative statutes, to ensure that educational reform not based on research/data is instituted in their children’s classrooms and their children being subjected to substandard educational practices.  Parents have the right and duty to demand assessments their children are taking in school be valid assessments, versus assessments written to determine future social/educational/workforce policies.  Parents should not be required that their children complete assessments due to a funding threat from the USDOEd.  Parents must have knowledge of what data is being gathered by the school district, for what purpose and to whom that data is disseminated.

Lace to the Top points out the obvious disconnect between education reformers and parents in a recent post with an “Opt In Letter”.  If parents loved Common Core, excessive testing with non-validated assessments and data mining of their children, school districts would be inundated with parents begging to be part of these testing/data mining practices.  The letter below is from a fictional parent buying into the schtick of the education reformers: shoddy assessments, questionable results of these assessments, the *need* to become globally competitive, the crony capitalists, and the *need* for student’s personally identifiable information.

Do you know of any parent who would sign such a letter below?   If districts were required to utilized active permission to assess/data mine children, it would be an interesting guess on how many opt in forms would actually be received by districts. It’s dark humor and makes the eloquent point that most parents do not support the CCSSI and would not support such an opt in.

Thanks to Lace to the Top for such a clever letter:

Pick Me! Pick Me! I Want My Child to *OPT IN*. – Missouri Education Watchdog: