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eridani

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4. Because constant testing especially helps minorities

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #3)

Sun Apr 6, 2014, 06:19 AM

Apr 2014

Right. And I'm Marie of Roumania.

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Ravitch: Opt Your Child Out of State Testing: Don't Feed the Machine [View all] eridani Apr 2014 OP

How realistic is opting out? Are there repercussions? n/t cui bono Apr 2014 #1

Just another example of class warfare sarge43 Apr 2014 #2

This isn't about opting out of public education. This is about opting out of the Squinch Apr 2014 #10

Ravitch, the destroyer of Multicultural education, needs to bow out. nt BumRushDaShow Apr 2014 #3

Because constant testing especially helps minorities eridani Apr 2014 #4

I am anti-useless testing but BumRushDaShow Apr 2014 #5

She changed her mind. Criticism is far more effective coming from former supporters n/t eridani Apr 2014 #7

She's a professional opportunist and she found herself some marks to beguile. nt BumRushDaShow Apr 2014 #8

Ravitch, the most effective voice against the privitization and corporatization of schools, needs to Squinch Apr 2014 #11

Ravitch, the most effective progandist of herself. BumRushDaShow Apr 2014 #12

Don't look now, but there IS no one else speaking out effectively for public education. Squinch Apr 2014 #13

Local public school advocates and teachers unions are fighting BumRushDaShow Apr 2014 #14

Quick, off the top of your head, name the next most well known person fighting for public education. Squinch Apr 2014 #15

You are naive if you think that local efforts are fruitless BumRushDaShow Apr 2014 #16

No one ever said local efforts were fruitless. Nor is anyone letting anyone speak for them. Squinch Apr 2014 #18

Thanks for posting this, Eridani. diddlysquat Apr 2014 #6

I can't tell if she's right or wrong. Igel Apr 2014 #9

"A music teacher may be found "ineffective" based on the school's math scores. This is madness. " Smarmie Doofus Apr 2014 #17

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