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Corporate Media Bash Teachers Unions for Resisting School Reopenings Amid Rising Death Toll

The Fight Against Standardized Testing Is Spreading Across The Country

From Chicago to St. Paul, educators are voicing their concerns about a one-size-fits-all approach to evaluation.

August 13th, 2013
Martin Michaels
August 13th, 2013
By Martin Michaels

Across the U.S., in school districts large and small, an increasing number of teachers and students are openly opposing standardized state tests, claiming that these examinations are a poor assessment of student progress. Teachers’ unions from Chicago and Seattle don’t want a test-free environment, but educators have expressed support for more

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The Dismantling Of Public Education, One Union, School And Student At A Time

As schools are shuttered, high-stakes testing is succeeding in re-entrenching the poor and people of color as a permanent underclass.

May 28th, 2013
Edward Rhymes
May 28th, 2013
By Edward Rhymes

The Chicago Board of Education has approved a plan to carry out the largest mass school closing in U.S. history. Last Wednesday the board voted to close 50 public schools, most of them in Hispanic and Black neighborhoods. Together they account for close to 10 percent of Chicago’s elementary schools. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has pushed for the

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