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Students, Teachers In Several Cities Protest Standardized Tests

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 02.20.2013 | Teen
Read More: Video, Garfield High School, No Child Left Behind, Opt Out Day, Zombie Protest Standardized Tests, Standardized Tests, High School Students Opt Out Tests, Opt Out Tests, Standardized Exams, Oregon Standardized Tests, Nclb, Opt Out, Portland Standardized Tests, Seattle Standardized Tests, Teen News

High school students and teachers in cities around the U.S. have decided they hate standardized tests so much, they're just not going to take them, ac...

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The Seattle MAP Flap

Michael J. Petrilli | Posted 04.06.2013 | Impact
Read More: Standardized Testing, Teacher Evaluations, Seattle, Measures-of-Academic-Progress, Garfield High School, Garfield High School Protests, Garfield High School Testing, Garfield High Testing, Impact News
Michael J. Petrilli

How about a little honesty and perspective, people? To compare this episode to Martin Luther King Jr.'s efforts, as the Seattle teachers union president did the other day, is to cheapen the historic battle for true civil rights.

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Opposition Grows to School Deform

Alan Singer | Posted 03.26.2013 | Home
Read More: Fair-Test, Education, Department of Education, Boycott, American Federation of Teachers, Garfield High School, Race to the Top, Obama Inaugural Speech, Standardized Testing, Education Reform, Seattle, Teachers, State of the Union, Barack Obama, Home News
Alan Singer

Despite promises, a growing number of parents and teachers are unhappy with Obama's showcase program, Race to the Top. They argue it is the antithesis of the education, justice, and equality he claims is central to his ideas and American values.

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PHOTOS: Hundreds Of Students Ditch Class, Protest Education Cuts

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.01.2011 | Home
Read More: Student Protests, Video, Government Budget Cuts, Seattle Budget Cuts, Garfield High School, Education Budget Cuts, Washington, Seattle, Education Cuts, Seattle Schools, Home News

After the Washington state government proposed in a special legislative session to cut education funding as a way to close a $2 billion budget gap, hu...

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Fidelity FutureStage Helps Public Schools Get a Groove On

Terry Gardner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Joan Cusack, Fidelity Investments, The Renaissance Arts Academy, Hollywood Bowl, Music, Jamie Foxx, Dominic Monaghan, Fidelity FutureStage, LA Philharmonic, Deborah Borda, Garfield High School, Michael Krajewski, Boston Pops, Keith Lockhart, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Gustavo Dudamel, Impact News
Terry Gardner

I learned Fidelity Investments not only accepts investments, it invests in its neighboring communities through arts education in public schools, and it's been investing in school children nationwide since 2006.

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