12 Civil Rights Groups Oppose Opting Out. It Could Have Been 28.

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On May 5, 2015, twelve civil rights groups led by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued a statement “opposing anti-testing efforts.” In short, these groups are confronting the growing strength of the Opt Out/Resist the Test movement. These groups are the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the American Association of University Women (AAUW), Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD), Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc. (COPAA), Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), NAACP, National Council of La Raza (NCLR), National Disability Rights Network (NDRN), National Urban League (NUL), Southeast Asia Resource Action Center […]

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Interesting that 16 of the 28 groups who petitioned Congress last January to retain annual testing opted out four months later. Must have had something to do with parents and the writing on the wall. The heat is on.

 

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COMMON CORE: New York State Update thru 4/7/2014

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Before addressing the past week’s news events here in New York City, regarding Common Core testing and our public schools, since many parents are opting their children out of the Common Core tests to the disdain of big government and corporatists, note that the website United Opt Out was destroyed by hackers a few days ago. Screenshot below.

 

 

 

United Opt Out is in the process or rebuilding its site but their Facebook page remains up and running, OPT OUT OF THE STATE TEST: The National Movement. Opt out forms are available at Truth in American Education.

MOVING ON…

In spite of efforts by bureaucrats to squash the massive tide of parents opting their children out of this year’s Common Core testing and sending the police to the door of parents who do[i] across the United States, parents across America are holding the line and opting their children out in overwhelming numbers.

 

As reported by the NYDN, at least 70% of students in three Brooklyn schools opted out of last week’s exams.

…In Brooklyn, three schools — PS 446 in Brownsville, Academy of Arts & Letters in Fort Greene, and the Brooklyn New School in Carroll Gardens — each had more than 70% of students opt out of the tests, according to the advocacy group NYCpublic.

In Manhattan, nearly 50% of students opted out at Hamilton Heights Elementary School and 75% didn’t take the tests at the Institute for Collaborative Education, said Jane Hirschmann of Time Out From Testing….

 

Continue Reading – COMMON CORE:  New York State Update thru 4/7/2014