Last year, four families at Brooklyn New School opted out of standardized testing. This year 225 of the school’s 306 students had opted out as
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Twitter Storm on Testing, Call to Examine Racism
Around the country, March and April are testing season, meaning that students in high school, elementary school, and even kindergarten and pre-school face hours —
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Education as a Civil Right, Limits of School ‘Choice’
Denisha Jones, Howard University professor and activist, and Brian Jones (no relation), education advocate and author, discuss education as a civil right and the limits
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