Seattle teacher activist Jesse Hagopian gives another reason: «We know that high - stakes standardized tests, rather than reducing the opportunity gap, have been used to rank, sort, label, and punish students of color.
The red - shirt -
wearing teacher activists from Kentucky, West Virginia, and Oklahoma obviously learned a thing or two from Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis.
Democrats and their allies among
the teacher activists are following the playbook outlined by Saul Alinsky in...
Organizers estimated that about 500 researchers, parent and
teacher activists, district officials, union leaders and education writers attended the conference.
Democrats and their allies among
the teacher activists are following the playbook outlined by Saul Alinsky in «Rules for Radicals.»
Teachers union UTLA has thus far not taken a position on the E4E recommendations, but
some teacher activists such as Alex Caputo - Pearl have decried the group's recommendations.
The old guard CTU leadership did not aggressively take up the struggle against Renaissance 2010, but
teacher activists, many associated with CORE, did.
It appears to be a political movement as these groups of parent and
teacher activists are in the process of developing clearly articulated positions that are highly critical of the tri-state governors.
Enforcement of the local accountability process depends on the vigilance of local government,
teacher activists, and parents.