Resistance+to+CCNS+and+Corporate+Ed+Reform

Recommended Reading:


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/09/08/anti-testing-movement-growing-finding-success-around-country/
 * Valerie Strauss, "Anti-Testing Movement Growing, Finding Success Around Country," //Answer Sheet// column in //Washington Post,// Sept. 2014.**

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/m-shannon-hernandez/an-interview-with-dr-yohu_b_5694069.html
 * M. Shannon Hernandez, "Interview with Dr. Yohuru Williams on Corporate Education Reform: 'We Aren't Buying It'" //Hu// **** //ffington Post,// Aug. 2014. **

//Includes links to nearly 30 articles.// http://dianeravitch.net/2014/08/13/fairtest-resistance-to-overtesting-grows/
 * Bob Schaeffer, "Fairtest: Resistance to Overtesting Grows," //Diane Ravitch's blog//, Aug. 2014.**

http://dianeravitch.net/2014/08/12/breaking-news-florida-school-board-wants-entire-district-to-opt-out/
 * Diane Ravitch, "Breaking News: Florida School Board Wants Entire District to Opt Out," //Diane Ravitch's blog//, Aug. 2014.**

http://dianeravitch.net/2014/08/11/breaking-news-d-c-halts-evaluating-teachers-by-test-scores/
 * Diane Ravitch, "Breaking News: DC Halts Evaluating Teachers by Test Scores," //Diane Ravitch's blog//, Aug. 2014.**

[|http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/education/school-zone/os-nea-president-eskelsen-garcia-testing-...]
 * Lauren Roth, "New NEA President Calls for End to Toxic Testing," //Orlando Sentinel,// Sep. 2014.**

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/american-federation-of-teachers-common-core-108793.html
 * Stephanie Simon, "Teachers Union Takes on Common Core," //Politico//, Jul. 2014. **

http://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2014/07/11/the-problem-with-the-aft-offer-for-teachers-to-rewrite-the-common-core/
 * Mercedes Schneider, "The Problem with the AFT Offer for Teachers to Rewrite the Common Core," //deutsch29 Edublog//, Jul. 2014.**

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/08/25/superintendent-tells-parents-what-matters-most-and-its-not-common-core/
 * Valerie Strauss, "Superintendent Tells Parents What Matters Most - and it's not Common Core," //Answer Sheet// column in //Washington Post,// Sept. 2014.**

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 * Suli Breaks, "I Will Not Let an Exam Result Decide my Fate," spoken word video, Apr. 2013.**

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/04/23/parent-to-obama-let-me-tell-you-about-the-common-core-test-malia-and-sasha-dont-have-to-take-but-eva-does/
 * Valerie Strauss, "Parent to Obama: Let me tell you about the Common Core test Malia and Sasha don’t have to take but Eva does,'" //Answer Sheet// column in //Washington Post,// Jul. 2014.**

//A powerful letter that Madison Schools Superintendent Tom Scarice wrote to state legislators explaining why Connecticut Gov. Malloy’s “pause” isn’t the answer to the real problems.// http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/02/03/superintendent-on-school-reform-it-is-not-working/
 * Valerie Strauss, "Superintendent on School Reform: 'It's Not Working,'" //Answer Sheet// column in //Washington Post,// Feb. 2014.**

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/30/education/common-core-standards-face-a-new-wave-of-opposition.html?_r=0
 * Motoko Rich, Common Core School Standards Face a New Wave of Opposition, //New York Times,// May 2014. **

//Includes the "Teachers of Conscience" 13 page position paper--thoroughly researched and footnoted.// http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/04/04/teachers-refuse-to-administer-standardized-tests/ //Link to the Teachers of Conscience's website:// http://teachersofconscience.wordpress.com/
 * Valerie Strauss, "Teachers Refuse to Administer Standardized Tests," //Answer Sheet// column in** **//Washington Post,// Apr. 2014.**

http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/17053/bad_ass_moms_defend_chicago_public_schools
 * Crystal Stella Becceril, "'Bad Ass Moms' Defend Chicago Public Schools," //In These Times,// Aug. 2014.**

http://www.pegwithpen.com/2013/10/a-quick-guide-to-resisting-from-within.html
 * Peggy Robertson, "A Quick Guide to Resisting From Within," //Peg with Pen blog,// Oct. 2013.**

http://dissidentvoice.org/2013/12/is-a-teachers-spring-coming/
 * Myles Hoenig, "Is A Teachers' Spring Coming?" //Dissident Voice blog,// Dec. 2013.**

@http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/04/the-coming-revolution-in-public-education/275163/
 * John Tierney, "The Coming Revolution in Public Education", //The Atlantic//, March 2013.**

@http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/16627-strategies-to-defeat-common-core-education-gain-momentum
 * Alex Newman, " Strategies to Defeat Common Core Education Gain Momentum," //The New American//, Sept. 2013. **

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 * Steven Elbow, "Common Core standards also under attack from the left," //The Cap Times//, Sept. 2013.**

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 * Mercedes Schneider, "The Fight to Save Common Core: Count Me Out," //deutsch29 blog//, Oct. 2013.**

//Synposis: For decades the myth of failing public schools justified industrial-scale testing and a privatization agenda. Now radical educators are bursting the bubble test, getting culturally relevant, and restoring justice to the classroom.// http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/education-uprising/learners-into-leaders-meet-the-new-rebels-taking-back-our-public-schools
 * Sarah van Gelder, "Meet the New Rebels Taking Back Our Public Schools," //YES! magazine,// Feb. 2014.**

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 * Tracy Connor, "Parents, teachers join pockets of rebellion against the Common Core," NBC News, Oct. 2013.**

http://atthechalkface.com/2013/10/16/tip-of-the-iceberg-why-beating-the-common-core-state-standards-might-be-the-booby-prize-for-progressive-education/
 * Michael Paul Goldenberg, "Tip of the Iceberg: Why Beating the Common Core State Standards Might Be the Booby Prize for Progressive Education," //@ The Chalk Face// blog, Oct. 2013.**

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mercedes-schneider/common-core-unrest-obviou_b_4384203.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003
 * Mercedes Schneider, "Common Core Unrest Obvious in 17 States," //Huffington Post,// Dec. 2013.**

http://www.theadvertiser.com/story/opinion/2014/07/24/let-education-professionals-handle-teaching-standards/13125579/?sf28963618=%5B%22%5B%271%27%5D%22%5D
 * Marla Baldwin, "Let Education Professionals Handle Teaching Standards," //The Advertiser//, Jul. 2014.**

http://menrec.com/students-opting-common-core-serious-effect-new-york/
 * Rusty, "Students Opting Out of Common Core are Having a Serious Effect in New York," //The Mental Recession,// May 2014.**

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/08/12/common-core-opponents-hijack-supporters-twitter-blitz
 * Allie Bidwell, "Common Core Opponents Hijack Supporters' Twitter Blitz," //US News and World Report,// Aug. 2014.**

http://gazette.com/superintendent-wants-to-end-standardized-testing-in-d-11/article/1536136
 * Debbie Kelley, "Superintendent Want to End Standardized Testing in D-11 [Colorado Springs' District 11]," //The Gazette,// Aug. 2014.**

//Article about a Florida Kindergarten teacher and the FAIR test, required in even K-2 in that state.// http://www.gainesville.com/article/20140909/ARTICLES/140909568/1139?p=1&tc=pg&tc=ar
 * Erin Jester, "Teacher Takes a Stand, Refuses to Give Standardized Test," //The Gainesville Sun,// Sep. 2014**

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 * Suli Breaks,** "**Should Exams be Scrapped?"** **//Sky News,//** **Aug. 2014.**

New York State Administrators' Public Comments on Common Core and the 2013 Assessments
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 * Principal Carol Burris, South Side High School,"I was Näive about Common Core," //Washington Post,//**
 * March 2013.**

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 * Supt. Teresa Thayer Snyder, Voorheesville Central School District, "Commentary on Math & ELA Results" and "M ore Reflections on Assessments,"** **August 2013.** //(scroll down)//

@http://thinkingaboutschools-jhstlny.blogspot.com/2013/08/testing-fire-aim-ready-not-so-much-ready.html?spref=tw
 * Supt. Jere Hochman, Bedford School District, "Testing: Fire, Aim, Ready (but not so much the ready part - yet)," **August 2013.

**Letter from Supt. Joseph Rella, Comsewogue School District, to Senator Kenneth LaValle, August 2013.** //[link opens pdf file]//  @http://comsewogue.k12.ny.us/files/news/letter%20to%20sen.%20lavalle%20and%20attachment.pdf

**Jamie Cruikshank, "Take a Closer Look," August 2013.**  @http://foundationsofexcellence.blogspot.com/2013/08/take-closer-look.html 


 * 8 NYS Principals, "Letter to Parents about Testing," Oct. 2013.** http://www.newyorkprincipals.org/letter-to-parents-about-testing

media type="custom" key="26378486"  // Dr. Joseph Rella, the Superintendent of Comsewogue, NY, Schools, // // speaks at Mar. 2014 rally to protest the Common Core (iRefuse!). //

BATs July 2014 Rally in DC and Meeting with USDOE Officials


http://badassteachers.blogspot.com/2014/07/press-release-for-immediate-release_31.html
 * BATs press release with summary of the meeting: **


 * Text of Dr. Yohuru Williams' speech:** http://badassteachers.blogspot.com/2014/07/bats-july-28-2014-speech-by-yohuru.html


 * Text of Melissa Katz's speech:** http://badassteachers.blogspot.com/2014/07/bats-march-on-dc-speech-originally.html

http://badassteachers.blogspot.com/2014/07/arne-duncan-drops-in-unexpectedly-on.html
 * Write-ups by BAT Association representatives about their experiences in the meeting at the US Dept. of Education:**

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 * Peter Greene's analysis on his //Curmudgucation// blog:** http://curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2014/07/bats-and-arne.html


 * CNN iReport video:** http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1156396?ref=feeds%2Foncnn

http://dianeravitch.net/2014/08/02/david-greene-reports-on-the-excitement-of-the-bat-rally-in-d-c/
 * David Greene's report on his experience at the rally:**

**Lee County (FL) School Board's Consideration of Opting District Out of Testing**

http://www.news-press.com/story/news/education/2014/08/27/lee-county-makes-history-opts-out-of-standardized-testing/14714541/
 * Emily Atteberry, "Lee County Make History, Opts Out of Standardized Testing," //News-Press.com,// Aug. 2014.**

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 * Joshua Katz interviewed on My Fox Orlando, Aug. 2014:**

http://www.news-press.com/story/news/education/2014/09/01/live-coverage-special-school-board-meeting/14942985/ http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/education/2014/09/02/superintendent-lee-county-school-board-cancel-testing-opt/14954933/
 * Associated Press, "Opt Out Reversed, But Pandora's Box Remains Open" and "Lee County Schools Rescind Vote to Opt Out of Common Core Exams," //Florida Today,// Sep. 2014.**

**What You Can Do**

http://optoutorlando.wordpress.com/2014/07/11/questions-every-public-school-parent-should-be-asking-now/
 * Opt Out Orlando, "Questions Every Public School Parent Should Be Asking Now," //Opt Out Orlando// blog, Jul. 2014.**

media type="youtube" key="x-shockwave" width="560" height="315" //In this Mar. 2014 video from Change the Stakes, parents explain why they are opting their children out of standardized tests.//

http://dianeravitch.net/2014/07/22/ira-shor-why-you-should-opt-out-your-children-from-state-testing/
 * Ira Shor, "Why You Should Opt Out Your Children from State Testing," //Diane Ravitch's blog//, Jul. 2014.**

//In short...// //1. Don't be fooled.// //2. Don’t narrow your curriculum// //3. Don’t standardize the teachers// //4. Don’t waste your money// //5. Don’t judge your students or teachers based on test scores// http://zhaolearning.com/2012/06/17/common-sense-vs-common-core-how-to-minimize-the-damages-of-the-common-core/
 * Yong Zhao, "Common Sense vs. Common Core: How to Minimize the Damages of the Common Core," //Zhao Learning// blog, Jun. 2012.**

//Links to information about how to opt out.// http://conversationed.com/2014/08/18/boycott-resources/?mc_cid=8a3d54e4f5&mc_eid=fa0cc3ee4f
 * Kathleen Jasper, "#boycott resources," //ConversationEd,// Aug. 2014**

//See also **Links to Relevant Sites** for some useful resources!//