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California: Nearly 50,000 Teachers and Parents Say NO to Biden Testing Demand

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7February 24, 2021February 25, 2021

February 24, 2021February 25, 202106

UPDATE TO NEWS RELEASE: 50,000 signatures submitted to SBE-parents, educators urge waiving standardized testing California Teachers Association February 22, 2021 1705 Murchison...

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New York: A Sample Opt Out Letter

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7February 24, 2021February 25, 2021

February 24, 2021February 25, 202104

LisaM says: Oh, you tell that to all the administrators and state Ed people I had to deal with. If one didn’t send their child...

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Jennifer Berkshire: Will Education Cause The GOP to Lose Arizona?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7October 30, 2020November 26, 2020

October 30, 2020November 26, 2020012

Jennifer Berkshire writes in this post about the educational awakening in Arizona, the result of #red4ed and the teachers’ revolt of 2018. Proposition 208 is...

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Carl J. Petersen: Why Los Angeles Voters Should Re-Elect Scott Schmerelson to the LAUSD School Board

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 14, 2020November 26, 2020

September 14, 2020November 26, 2020013

LeftCoastTeacher says: “While the parents whose children attend Granada [Charter] will get to vote in November to decide who will represent LAUSD public school students...

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Science Writer: Should I Send My Children to School?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7September 2, 2020November 26, 2020

September 2, 2020November 26, 202009

Apoorva Mandavilli is an award-winning science reporter for the New York Times. She is a mother of two children. She lives in Brooklyn. In this...

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Grassroots Arkansas: An Open Letter to Superintendent Mike Poore of Little Rock

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7August 20, 2020November 26, 2020

August 20, 2020November 26, 202007

Grassroots Arkansas is a coalition of parents and civil rights activists. When reading anything about Arkansas, bear in mind that in the background is the...

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Maurice Cunningham: Koch $$ for “National Parents Union”

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7August 18, 2020November 26, 2020

August 18, 2020November 26, 202007

Maurice Cunningham is a dogged researcher into Dark Money and its role in the pursuit of privatizing public education. Cunningham is a political science professor...

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Jack Schneider: Is Homeschooling The Next Big Thing?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7August 9, 2020November 26, 2020

August 9, 2020November 26, 202007

Jack Schneider is a historian of education. In this post, which he wrote at my request, he analyzes the new push for homeschooling. In the...

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Pawan Dhingra: Why Indian Americans Excel at Spelling Bees

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7August 3, 2020November 26, 2020

August 3, 2020November 26, 202006

Pawan Dhingra, a Professor of American Studies at Amherst College, writes about what he calls “hyper education,” the stress that parents apply to get their...

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Parent: Why I Don’t Care About IntegratIng NYC’s Selective High Schools

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7July 23, 2020November 26, 2020

July 23, 2020November 26, 202006

K.A. Dilday is a parent and journalist who lives in Central Harlem. She wrote critically about efforts to integrate the selective high schools. Putting your...

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