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Marla Kilfoyle: Why You Should Refuse the Tests in 2016 — Diane Ravitch’s blog

March 30, 2016by chicagodads 1 Comment

Marla Kilfoyle is a teacher in Long Island and executive director of the BATS. She has endless energy in the struggle to improve our schools for all children. She created […]

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CPS releases plans for another year of opt out suppression

February 27, 2016by cassie 2 Comments

On Friday, February 26th, CPS central office shared documents with principals and assessment coordinators that outlined that they will continue a policy of attempting to suppress parental and student rights of opting out of PARCC.

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MTAS Statement on Proposed Privatization of Dvorak, Gresham and McNair

April 9, 2014by cassie Leave a comment

Statement presented at the community meetings on Wednesday April 2nd at McNair, Dvorak, and Gresham Schools.  CPS Board of Education will vote on whether to fire all faculty and staff […]

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Testimony to Illinois Senate Education Committee on data privacy

March 24, 2014by pure2013 Leave a comment

SUPPORT SB3092 Testimony to the Illinois Senate Education Committee on behalf of Parents United for Responsible Education, More Than a Score, and Parents Across America by Julie Woestehoff, PURE executive […]

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