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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Breaking: Seattle school superintendent threatens Garfield teachers with suspension over testing boycott. Action needed now. « Fred Klonsky

Breaking: Seattle school superintendent threatens Garfield teachers with suspension over testing boycott. Action needed now. « Fred Klonsky:


Breaking: Seattle school superintendent threatens Garfield teachers with suspension over testing boycott. Action needed now.


jose_bandaSeattle school superintendent Jose Banda.
Multiple reports coming out  from Seattle this afternoon say that school superintendent  Jose Banda has issued a warning to all teachers that failure to carry out district mandated standardized tests will result in 10 day suspensions.
The threat is obviously directed at the teachers at Garfield High School who voted not to waste time with the Measures of  Academic Progress.
The boycott of the MAP test has caused a sensation and support among teachers and educators around the