Thanks to Barbara Madeloni, Jesse Hagopian, Nancy Carlsson-Paige, Tim Shea and Monty Neill for an energizing discussion at CPS’s “More than a Score” event Thursday. For those who couldn’t join us, you can read an excellent report here. And stay tuned for the availability of a video of the event. → Read More
CPS Presents on December 4
October 29, 2014 by
More Than a Score:
The New Uprising Against
High-Stakes Testing
Join us to hear educator, activist and editor Jesse Hagopian and four contributors to the new book More than a Score: The New Uprising Against High-Stakes Testing on Thursday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. Click here to register now!
Jesse has compiled an exciting collection of essays, poems, speeches, and interviews—accounts of personal courage and trenchant insights—from frontline fighters who are defying the corporate education reformers, often at great personal and professional risk, and fueling a national movement to reclaim and transform public education.
We’re excited to host Jesse, as well as FairTest Executive Director Monty Neill, Author Alfie Kohn, Early Childhood Education Expert Nancy Carlsson-Paige and MTA President Barbara Madeloni on Thursday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. at First Parish in Cambridge, at the corner of Church Street and Massachusetts Avenue. → Read More
CPS Board Member Tracy Novick: “Is Mitchell Chester Listening?”
October 8, 2014 by
“In order to understand the concerns around overtesting, the commissioner is going to have to listen. He’s going to need to listen to students like Board of Education student representative Donald Willyard, who reported at the meeting that students at his school had already spent the better part of a week taking a practice test. He’ll need to listen to students as young as kindergartners who know that they dare not make noise at recess, or sing during music class, or applaud a classmate’s presentation during MCAS time. He’ll need to hear from students whose language abilities do not match their math abilities, yet who are assessed in a language not native to them. He’ll need to listen to students who have fewer field trips, less recess time, less developmentally appropriate activities, all due to the almighty MCAS.” Click here for full Worcester Telegram article. → Read More
CPS forum with Congressman Capuano, Oct. 6
September 15, 2014 by
Citizens for Public Schools and Tufts University’s
Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service Present
Congressman Michael Capuano
with Senator Pat Jehlen and CPS’s Lisa Guisbond
“With Test Resistance Rising Nationwide, What’s Next for Federal Education Policy?”
When: October 6, 2014, 6 to 8:30 p.m. (Light refreshments at 6 p.m.; program starts at 6:30 p.m.)
Where: Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center, 20 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA 02155.
For more information and to register online or become a sponsor, click here.
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What is “Families for Excellent Schools”?
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