Around the country, opponents of the education reform testing mania and charterization/privatization/destruction of public education are mobilizing to let Congress members hear our voices. Here is a sample FB post, this one from BATs: This Wednesday, Jan 22nd, the Health, Labor, Education, and Pension Committee (HELP) will hold hearings on TESTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY in their quest to fix NCLB and Reauthorize ESEA. Senator Lamar Alexander is taking testimony via email. HE NEEDS TO HEAR FROM TEACHERS about the climate of high stakes testing on our children and the system of blame/punish accountability on our schools and teachers. Speak your truth, give examples of how testing and accountability hurts kids and families. Give examples of how money spent on testing should be spent on our children. Tell him WE WANT CONTROL OF OUR SCHOOLS NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, and provide him with what works by in our the classroom. Read more, and should you choose to send a message: alexander.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=3bc4d353-d71d-4823-8e92-1655ff4fac9a
Posted on: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 20:09:11 +0000
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