If you haven’t yet written your N.C. House representative to express your concerns with high-stakes testing and request that he or she support HB 775 – Moratorium on High-Stakes Testing, please do so as soon as possible. Here’s the letter … Continue reading
Had a great time at our Board of Education testing zombie event. Keep those signatures coming, and look for action news soon! Here’s what we had to say. For more than a decade, North Carolina schools, students, teachers and families … Continue reading
How is a standardized test like a zombie? They’re mindless, and they just keep coming. It’s time to fight high-stakes standardized tests! Join the undead for a rally at the Government Center Plaza, 600 E 4th St, Charlotte, NC 28202 … Continue reading
Diane Ravitch gave a great talk here in Charlotte this past Wednesday, with a major focus on the problems with high-stakes testing. It’s well worth watching. See it on YouTube, thanks to sponsor UNC Charlotte.
Two years ago, pressure from parents, teachers and community members derailed a misguided effort to test every Mecklenburg County student in every subject in every grade. It’s time to turn that pressure up again. In the next few years, students … Continue reading
We were delighted to hear Superintendent Heath Morrison speak out so forcefully about the time and money being wasted on the upcoming expansion of state standardized testing (177 new exams!). We were also pleased to learn that he is working … Continue reading
A group of courageous CMS teachers and staff stood before the Board of Education asking to help create a workplace culture “where passion and creative striving replace fear and stress, where enthusiastic teamwork replaces punitive blame, and where supportive compassion … Continue reading
Please join us at the Board of Education meeting on Sept. 11. The DNC has departed, but there’s still much to do. Teacher morale and the new state tests will both be addressed at the school board meeting on Tuesday, … Continue reading
MecklenburgACTS is handing out this information at the Democratic National Convention here in Charlotte, at events sponsored by groups that are proposing ineffective solutions to the challenges faced by American education, and which are diverting energy, attention and resources from … Continue reading
Our nation’s public schools face tremendous challenges. Parents, educators, communities and elected officials need to work TOGETHER to build the schools that will prepare our children to face a changing world. Unfortunately, too much precious time, energy and money has … Continue reading