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Because a Good Education Can't Be Measured By a Test Score Number of NYC Parents Refusing State Tests Expected to Triple in 2014 What began two years ago as a small pocket of resistance has burgeoned into a full-blown protest movement: public school parents are [...]

Private vouchers purposely divert funding away from our already underfunded public schools, creating a parallel education system without uniform academic standards, accountability or teaching qualifications. Public tax dollars should stay with public schools. Gov. Rick Scott’s allies in the Florida Legislature are [...]

#VisitFL, The Prison State. #GoodKidsMadCities pic.twitter.com/SeP5lY5HZN— The Dream Defenders (@Dreamdefenders) March 4, 2014 Tampa Tribune: Dream Defenders shake Capitol on opening day AP (FL): Amid protests, Florida legislators start session The Root: Dream Defenders Confront Florida Legislators Miami Herald: Gov. rick Scott gets personal and political [...]

Opt-Out of the ISAT Rally andMarch Parents, Students, Educators, and Communities Unite! Rally at the Statehouse in Trenton. Action Now parent leaders like Zerlina Smith, who helped organize the massive opt-out at Saucedo Elementary, have decided to hold a march from DePriest to the closed [...]

#NJEdMarch 27 Stand up Against the Assault on NJ Public Education and Teachers! Parents, Students, Educators, and Communities Unite! Rally at the Statehouse in Trenton.Invite Friends through Facebook The time is now to stand against Governor Christie's assault on our public schools and teachers. No [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 25, 2014 CORE Teachers CONTACT: Sarah Chambers, Special Education Teacher at Saucedo (Ms. Chambers will be teaching throughout the day and will need to respond to voicemail messages during breaks.) 630.618.9009 TEACHERS REFUSE TO ADMINISTER ISAT AT SAUCEDO SCHOLASTIC ACADEMY 4:00 PM [...]

2nd Annual National Week of Action Against Incarcerating Youth – May 19 to May 25 2014 For our future please join thousands of others in organizing around this commitment. Founded in 2013, the National Week of Action Against Incarcerating Youth was [...]

Public schools are the heart of every community, a place where the next generation of doctors, engineers, writers and artists learn and grow. They are where parents, teachers and community members come together to support their children and invest in their futures. When schools struggle, it is [...]

We parents, students, and educators are concerned that the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) will be administered again this March. The ISAT is not used in Chicago for student promotion, or for school performance, or for selective enrollment admission, nor is it used for teacher evaluation purposes. [...]