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Letter from PS 29 Teachers - Spring 2015
Letter from PS 321 Teachers
UFT Parent Fact Sheet on Gov Cuomo's Plan
(In both English and Spanish)
Principal: There comes a time when rules must be broken...That time is now
Carol Burris, The Washington Post, February 19, 2015
Why state exams fail my test
Leah Brunski, Daily News, April 16, 2014
We Need to Talk About the Test
Liz Phillips, New York Times, April 9, 2014
Test Prep Endures in New York Schools, Despite Calls to Ease It
Al Baker, New York Times, April 30, 2014
Well-financed education “reformers” fight common sense
Jeff Bryant, Salon, April 22, 2014
Cuomo, Common Core and Pearson-for-Profit
Alan Singer, Huffington Post, February 22, 2013
The scary way Common Core Test ‘cut scores’ are selected
Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, April 29, 2014
Louis C. K. Against the Common Core
Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, May 1, 2014
In the Classroom: Testing (a private school teacher's take on testing)
Monica Edinger, educating alice (blog), May 2, 2014
In Brooklyn, wary about state exams, but waiting to protest until after them
P. Cramer & G. Decker, Chalkbeat NY, April 4, 2014
NEWS ARCHIVES
Rosa, new head of New York education policy: As a parent, ‘I would opt out’
Monica Disare, Chalkbeat New York, March 21, 2016
Low-income parents are caught between the growing opt-out movement and the city's attempts to clamp down on dissent
Neil Demause, Village Voice, March 28, 2016
Opt-out group demands parentsbe told their rights
Alan Singer, Huffington Post, March 29, 2016
NYC moves to gag teachers in debate over high-stakes testing
Alan Singer, Huffington Post, March 25, 2016
Parents hope to repeat testing opt-out movement
Juan Gonzalez, Daily News, March 29, 2016
How the Every Student Succeeds Act could change New York schools
Monica Disare, Chalkbeat New York, December 16, 2015
Common Core “Results” Aren’t Actually Test Scores
Bernie Horn, Campaign for America's Future, September 1, 2015
Breaking down the changes to this year’s state tests in New York
Keshia Clukey, Politico New York, February 2, 2016
Opt-out movement against ELA exam is act of mass civil disobedience
Juan Gonzalez, NY Daily News, April 16, 2015
Fed-up parents revolt against state standardized tests
Juan Gonzalez, NY Daily News, April 14, 2015
Thousands boycott state mandated exams
Lisa L. Colangelo, Bill Hutchinson, Corky Siemaszko, NY Daily News, April 14, 2015
Some parents oppose standardized testing on principle, but not in practice
Kyle Spencer, NY Times, April 13, 2015
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