OptOutNJ

This is the thing that's wrong with test focused culture. It's great to celebrate our kids, but the focus on test points is absurd. The teacher ALREADY KNEW HIS READING LEVEL. Proving it via test scores is unnecessary. Teachers are professionals, let us teach. @NJOptOut

Emergency! Action needed!! facebook.com/13894610946964…

Except, apparently, thousands of men who tell women we have no voice in what happens to our bodies, our families and our lives. Because it's not really about abortion. If it was you'd work with us for contraception and policies to support moms. But you don't. It's about control.

West Virginia is one of only six U.S. states that has not passed laws to allow for charter schools, according to non-profit research group, the Education Commission of the States.... reuters.com/article/us-usa…

Kentucky finally has an #OptOut bill! Now, let's get it to the floor for a vote! Support #HB331 @SOS_KY @bubenny5 @lucywaterbury @DianeRavitch @JeanetteDeut @jmnemes @reposborne @BamCarney @FairTestOffice @LIOptOut @NationalOptOut @NJOptOut @OptOutPBC TY! legiscan.com/KY/text/HB331/…

We Demand a Moratorium on Funding for New Charter Schools and Vouchers and Investment in Sustainable Community Schools! #WeChoose #Equity #RepaytheEdDebt @j4j_usa @SOSMarch @DignityinSchools @BadassTeachersA @RacialJsticeNow

Four 12-year-old girls, who are black, were questioned and strip-searched by the school nurse and assistant principal because they seemed giddy during their lunch hour and were suspected of possessing drugs. fox5dc.com/news/4-girls-a…

hbr.org/2019/01/data-w… @FirstLadyNJ @DrLRepollet @SenMTeresaRuiz @MilaJasey @AndrewZwicker @JonBramnick @NJIT @NJEA @SavOurSchoolsNJ @ParentPowerMov @NJOptOut @blousteinschool @njspotlight

Standardized testing in Oregon. oregonsaveourschools.org/2019/01/beaver… @FirstLadyNJ @DrLRepollet @SenMTeresaRuiz @MilaJasey @AndrewZwicker @NJOptOut @NJKidsFamilies @sciam

NJ gets an F - terrible

@NJOptOut @SavOurSchoolsNJ

If your child uses Google Apps, Quizlet or other online educational apps - the issue of online privacy is very important

This is huge!!

@justinalpertesq @MaireCervenak @WorldProfessor @Bill_Huber_ @dbroaddrick @tracyscottkelly @pammoran @Evo_Hannan @NeelDesaiBA @josuefalaise @ojfade @SchleiderJustin @EdCampNEWARK @DrP_Principal @LIOptOut We don’t have to start blind - the New York Performance Standards Consortium has a very interesting alternative system of assessment that a select number of schools have been using for the last 20 or so years - and there’s some research that suggests it is quite successful

@MaireCervenak @WorldProfessor @Bill_Huber_ @dbroaddrick @tracyscottkelly @pammoran @Evo_Hannan @NeelDesaiBA @josuefalaise @ojfade @SchleiderJustin @EdCampNEWARK @DrP_Principal @NJOptOut @LIOptOut Screaming is easy. Developing stronger ideas is the challenge part. The PARCC folks failed because they went behind the public’s back. Engage the several districts as part of the live assessment creation process. Humility that we may not know the answers... or even the questions.

@MaireCervenak @WorldProfessor @Bill_Huber_ @dbroaddrick @tracyscottkelly @pammoran @Evo_Hannan @NeelDesaiBA @josuefalaise @ojfade @SchleiderJustin @EdCampNEWARK @DrP_Principal If we had a Real World active assessment process, this is the kind of thing where we send students and athletic departments to take broad internal reflections about how race plays out and provide collaborative actionable reports that solve Real World problems. @NJOptOut @LIOptOut