From Peg with Pen. Show Peggy your support by commenting how much you want her to write for us on a regular basis. The admissions of error, the requests for moratoriums, the recognition that perhaps testing has gone too far, are running like wildfire in the last few weeks. We have Randi calling for a moratorium. […]
Coverage of Opt Out’s Occupy DOE 2.0
April 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
From Education Opportunity Network:_______________________ Occupy The Department Of Education Ushers In America’s Angry Spring No offense, but the Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education building in Washington, DC is not a pretty sight. Crossing the National Mall on 4th street, you pass between the glisteningly modern National Air and Space Museum and the sculpted brown stone of […]
Opt Out’s Four Day Occupation Video Archive
April 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Why I Am Going to DC April 4-7
April 2, 2013 By 1 Comment
Why We are Occupying the Department of Ed AGAIN!
March 29, 2013 By 1 Comment
From the Answer Sheet Valerie Strauss Key education activists protesting in D.C. next week Education activists opposed to corporate-based school reform are converging on Washington D.C. next week for the second annual United Opt Out National event on the grounds of the U.S. Education Department. Among those who will be speaking at the event are education historian […]
Join Us at ODOE2 on April 4-7
February 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Dan Rather Covers Scrap the MAP in Seattle
February 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
If you have access to AXS TV, Dan Rather features Seattle school district opt out movement and Garfield High Teacher Jesse Hagopian Published on Feb 6, 2013 Saying it’s a waste of time, teachers in Seattle are refusing to give standardized tests to high schoolers because the tests don’t effectively assess students and educators don’t want […]
Press release from @unitedoptout, share widely #optout
February 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Add this piece from The Nation to our press roll from #uoodc13
This reporter stayed with us for days. Good coverage. I’m satisfied.