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eridani

(51,907 posts)
Fri Dec 27, 2013, 07:57 AM Dec 2013

Students Of New York City Tell Their New Mayor How Standardized Testing Squashes The Learning Bug

I was never a good test-taker when I was a student. And when it came to standardized testing, I simply hated it. They were always boring, and it was impossible to get excited or all that creative about a test. But the school kept forcing us through hours of preparation nonetheless.

Well, some parents and students in New York City are taking a stand. Watch the message they have to say to their new mayor, Bill de Blasio.


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Students Of New York City Tell Their New Mayor How Standardized Testing Squashes The Learning Bug (Original Post) eridani Dec 2013 OP
Will he pay attention, though? The buzz is that anti-testing former District Supt..... Smarmie Doofus Dec 2013 #1
 

Smarmie Doofus

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1. Will he pay attention, though? The buzz is that anti-testing former District Supt.....
Fri Dec 27, 2013, 08:39 AM
Dec 2013

... Carmen Farina was set to take over as schools chancellor but Obama and Duncan ( and other Gates proxies) along w. the charter lobby have been working furiously behind the scenes to get another know-nothing corporate puppet installed.

Let's hope its just buzz. We should know

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