Denisha Jones: The Day Joe Biden Lied to Me About Standardized Testing
Denisha Jones explains here what happened at a televised event in Pittsburgh when she asked candidate Joe Biden if he would eliminate standardized testing. Denisha...
Category : Parent Groups
NYSAPE Urges Parents to Opt Out of Biden Testing
New York State Allies for Public Education has led the successful opt out movement in their state for years. As much as 20% of all...
Texas Parent PAC: A Model of Action for Every State
Parents in Texas got disgusted 15 years ago when the Legislature almost passed a voucher law. They organized the Texas Parent PAC, which is a...
Jan Resseger: Ohio and the Fight to Save Public Schools
Jan Resseger describes a grassroots effort to stave off the persistent assaults on public schools by the Republican-controlled legislature and state officials. Ohio has a...
New York: Cuomo’s Pathetic Attempt to Pretend He is Not Really Asking Bill Gates to Reinvent Education
When Governor Cuomo got the blowback from parents and educators who were outraged at the idea that he invited Bill Gates (and now Eric Schmidt...
New York: Parent Groups Denounce Cuomo Outreach to Gates
Well, that was fast! Only minutes after news broke that Governor Cuomo had asked Bill Gates and his foundation to help “reimagine” education in New...
NYSAPE: Opt Out Movement Denounces State Tests, Again
https://www.nysape.org/nysape-pr-opt-remains-strong.html FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 9, 2019More information contact:Jeanette Deutermann (516) 902-9228; [email protected] Karmen (917) 807-9969; [email protected] York State Allies for Public Education (NYSAPE) Opt-Out...
Kentucky: What is the State PTA Hiding?
Gay Adelmann, founder of the parent activist group called Dear JCPS, recently requested the financial records of the Kentucky PTA. The PTA refused to turn...
Los Angeles: Astroturf “Parent” Group Pressures Beutner to Rate Schools by Their Test Scores
With so much billionaire cash sloshing around California to promote charter schools and to disparage public schools, it can be difficult to know which groups...
Tennessee: Civil Rights Groups, Parents, School Boards Oppose Vouchers
A coalition of civil rights and parent groups spoke out against Tennessee Governor Bill Lee’s proposal to create a voucher program, Chalkbeat reports. The Tennessee...