I have four tickets to the Diane Ravitch event for Wednesday night at 6. I will take one -- that leaves three. Kirstine -- I have one for you--can you reconfirm? Charlie can't; he has to teach; Mark L. wants one, I think. Mia says she can come, but later. If others want to ago, I can try for more tickets. The event is at 6. Let's try to meet outside the school about 5:15 to meet people and distribute literature. This is a good opportunity -- we have a front page article in the CSEW newsletter that Charlie wrote on Ravitch, and we'll print up a bunch for the meeting. Also, I have flyers for a Marxism and education discussion we'll have for the following week. I'm forwarding the blurb they put on UFTers Against the War list serve. Change the Stakes is having this event -- hopelessly liberal and More-ish, but it is what it is ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: lrn1212 via UFTers to Stop the War <ufterstostopthewar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 8:45 PM Subject: [UFTersToStopTheWar] Testing: What can be done?:Diane Ravitch event, Jan. 21: Manhattan PS 3invite & flyer To: UFTerstoStoptheWar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx We are writing to invite you to join parents and educators from across NYC on Wednesday, January 21 at 6:00pm in the PS3 auditorium for an important forum on standardized testing featuring renowned education expert Diane Ravitch. Around the country parents and educators are becoming more and more vocal in expressing their dissatisfaction with an educational system that has become increasingly focused on testing at the expense of thoughtful and imaginative teaching. At this Working Strategy Session entitled “Join the Movement Against A Test-Obsessed System: How Can We Put the Focus Back on Learning in Our Schools?,” we call on public school parents and educators from around New York City to come together to formulate concrete strategies. We aim to pressure city, state, and federal governments to move away from the current testing model, with its focus on hours and hours of test prep and test taking, to a system of assessment that is more beneficial in terms of preparing our children to go out into the world and succeed. Following a presentation by Dr. Ravitch, and question & answer session, we will break out into working strategy groups to explore specific action steps that can be taken to help turn the current tide of "education reform" with its overuse (and misuse) of tests and put the focus back on learning in our schools. In the months following the forum, each group will work to implement the action steps it has developed. Attached is a flyer for this event. We encourage you to send it out to your [school] community. Space in the auditorium is limited and we expect a large crowd. We urge you to register on Eventbrite soon. RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY!! We will be offering limited childcare (with pizza!) on a first-registered first-served basis (instructions on Eventbrite). Get all the details here. We look forward to seeing you on January 21 and working with you in the months ahead to effect positive change in our schools so that teachers have the time they need to teach, children the time they need to learn, and tests are used as truly valuable indicators of a child's and a school’s progress. All best, Janine Sopp and Change the Stakes Event Details: What: Testing Forum with Diane Ravitch When: Wednesday, January 21, 6 - 9pm Where: PS3 Auditorium, 490 Hudson Street, NYC -- The views on this listserve do not necessarily represent the views of the MORE Caucus - morecaucusnyc.org - unless otherwise stated. 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