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Malloy and Wyman – Montclair, N.J. public officials respect parents – why won’t you? - Wait What?

Malloy and Wyman – Montclair, N.J. public officials respect parents – why won’t you? - Wait What?:

Malloy and Wyman – Montclair, N.J. public officials respect parents – why won’t you?


A growing number of parents (and educators) understand that the Common Core standardized testing frenzy is bad for students, teachers and public schools.
Recognizing that they have a fundamental and inalienable right to protect their children from the unfair, inappropriate and discriminatory Common Core tests, hundreds of thousands of parents across the country have been opting their child out of the destructive Common Core testing scheme.
In New York State last year, nearly a quarter of a million parents opted their children out of that state’s Common Core testing farce.
While Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy and his administration misleads, lies and threatens parents, teachers and school administrators in an unethical attempt to derail the opt out movement in the Constitution State; public officials in other states actually take action to respect the will of their constituents.
For example, in Montclair, New Jersey the Board of Education approved, on a vote of 6 to 0, a resolution honoring a parent’s right to opt their child out of the testing program and directing the “Montclair School District to provide an alternative learning plan for children Malloy and Wyman – Montclair, N.J. public officials respect parents – why won’t you? - Wait What?: