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NY Allies: "Test Score Drop Shows Need for Supports" |
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After the release of New York's test scores from the first Common-Core aligned state test, advocates and organizers are taking officials to task for implementing the new standards without also ensuring schools and students have the resources they need to meet those standards. Read more> |
Students Testify at Chicago Board of Ed Meeting |
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Student organizers have become a regular (and inspiring) fixture at Chicago Board of Education meetings. Recently, 20 students took the podium to give powerful testimony about the disastrous impact that school closures, underfunding and high-stakes testing have had on their education. Read more> |
New Orleans Schools Not Supporting ELL Families |
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A complaint filed by the Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association (VAYLA), an OTL ally, criticizes schools operating in East New Orleans for failing to meet the language needs of Asian American and Latino students and parents with limited English. Read more> |
FL Sets Lower Standards for Students of Color |
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Advocates in Florida have filed a federal civil rights complaint against the state for setting lower achievement standards for students of color and "perpetuating the prejudiced perception that African-American and Hispanic students are less capable than their white and Asian-American peers." Read more> |
How Districts Can Support Young Men of Color |
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In the wake of the Trayvon Martin case verdict and President Obama's remarks, Education Week interviewed Cassie Schwerner of the Schott Foundation about how schools and a supports-based education reform agenda can help all students, particularly young men of color, succeed. Read more> |
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How Much Time and Money Do We Spend on Testing? |
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If public schools were allowed to do away with high-stakes testing and the 60-110 hours they spend on test prep each year, they could add almost an entire period to the school day and save between $700-1000 per student. "Testing More, Teaching Less" measures the costs of high-stakes testing and what that time and money could be used for instead. Read more> |
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