Online Forum by @parentsacrossam The Parent Trigger from California to Florida parentrigger.eventbrite.com#LAUSD twitter.com/PESJA_LA/statu… — PESJA Los Angeles (@PESJA_LA) May 17, 2013 Sunday, May 26, 2013 from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM (PDT) We will be hearing from Lori Yuan, a parent in Adelanto who fought the Parent Trigger at her school, and Parents Across America […]
Looks like parents have finally had enough testing too. The Superintendent of Montgomery County Maryland called for a three year moratorium on high stakes standardized testing. The budget squeeze is making it impossible to ignore all the money for testing. The perfect storm. On January 27 at 1:00 PM PST, 3:00 PM Central and 4:00 […]
With three months before the election, parents, teachers and citizens join in fight to save public schools and end the reign of high stakes testing as a weapon of mass destruction. Instead of just one tool, or measurement of ability in a particular area, the tests have produced a steady stream of cash for those […]
Looks like Parents Across America have a solid press operation. Nice work. Schooling in the Ownership SocietyMedia Matters The Wall Street Journal Covers Up ALEC Link To Anti-Union School Privatization Law BLOG ››› JULY 24, 2012 2:26 PM EDT ››› MELODY JOHNSON The Wall Street Journal this morning failed to report ties between the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and […]
“I want to work with people who have relevant experience in our neighborhoods, whose kids go to the same schools mine do, and who believe in the self-determination of all communities. I do not appreciate the dominant-culture control of the ‘reformers’ who parachute in, a la Peace Corps style, to show us Brown and Black […]
Parents Across America are disappointed they haven’t been able to obtain an invitation to testify or have a seat at a seat at the table as our elected representatives in Washington debate and discuss “state efforts to expand parental engagement” - code for how to get parents to work for trigger laws that will put […]
From Parents Across America: Let your local, state and national representatives in the legislatures hear your voices. Here is a powerful letter reprinted from today’s Syracuse Post-Standard. This week is the annual celebration of Teacher Appreciation Week. Politicians of every stripe and school superintendents everywhere will write letters and make proclamations stating how much they value the […]
Register your Account Sign Up with us and Enjoy! By registering with this blog you are also agreeing to receive email notifications for new posts but you can unsubscribe at anytime. A password will be e-mailed to you. From PAA: This letter is available as a pdf here. A version of the letter which you […]
National resolution against high-stakes #testing
If you’re interested, you can sign a national resolution against HST here. Sign as an individual or an organization. I think Parents Across American is spearheading this effort, so support them if you can.