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HiPointDem

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6. but that doesn't really make sense either, because the money is mostly to implement the systems

Reply to knitter4democracy (Reply #4)

Sat Jan 26, 2013, 03:12 PM

Jan 2013

which will privatize education.

e.g. you say you're trying to prepare students, but since the tests are pitched above current grade level, it's a losing game.

more 'failing' students on the tests = more 'failing' teachers & schools

= more school closures, layoffs, charter takeovers, etc.

what use is that money?

not criticizing *you* but i wonder why administrators are signing on to this crap instead of resisting.

the garfield boycott & the chicago teachers strike are demonstrating that mass resistance is a winning strategy.

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Garfield (Seattle) Testing Boycott continued... [View all] HiPointDem Jan 2013 OP

Just wait until the Smarter Balance/Common Core test comes down the pike. knitter4democracy Jan 2013 #1

The "reformers" are forcing children to fail on purpose duffyduff Jan 2013 #2

Oh, I agree. They want those left behind for cannon fodder, too. knitter4democracy Jan 2013 #5

AND they can say the teachers and schools are failures, and thus should be privatized, Squinch Jan 2013 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author mlauer59295 Jan 2013 #15

why are teachers preparing for CC instead of fighting it? HiPointDem Jan 2013 #3

Because money's attached to it. knitter4democracy Jan 2013 #4

but that doesn't really make sense either, because the money is mostly to implement the systems HiPointDem Jan 2013 #6

Teachers resist, they risk getting fired for "insubordination" duffyduff Jan 2013 #7

when they resist *alone*. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #8

In Seattle, administrators are making threats over those protesting teachers duffyduff Jan 2013 #9

yes, making the threat of a ten-day suspension. power always has the upper hand. until it doesn't. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #10

Public education isn't like other areas of the economy duffyduff Jan 2013 #11

unions aren't effective because they're captured company unions, for the most part. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #12

No, what I am saying is the teachers have an uphill battle duffyduff Jan 2013 #13