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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

With A Brooklyn Accent: Moving from Defense to Offense in the Battle against the Test Machine

With A Brooklyn Accent: Moving from Defense to Offense in the Battle against the Test Machine:

Moving from Defense to Offense in the Battle against the Test Machine



OPT-OUT/REFUSAL GUIDES FOR EACH STATE

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Moving from Defense to Offense in the Battle against the Test Machine

Friends! I am a coach as much as a teacher and my coach's instinct tells me it is time to move from defense to offense in the battle to push back the Test Machine and Save our Public Schools.

1. Take it to the streets. Participate in every march and demonstration against Corporate Education Reform taking place in your communit...y. For me, this means joining the protest against Education Nation at the NY Public library on Sunday. It also means mobilizing for the teachers March on Washington on July 28.

2. Support all forms of Test Resistance from Opting Out to returning Test Scores. As teachers, we may not be able to do this directly, but as parents and grandparents, we have the legal right to do so.

3. Bombard those responsible for Teacher and Child Abuse with