Dear Concerned, Progressive Educator,
I hope you'll give serious consideration to attending the Thursday, August
28th, 9:25 am, campaign rally for Zephyr Teachout , at The Village Gate.
This is our opportunity to show Andrew Cuomo that we're not happy nor
supportive of his education policies for:
- APPR, which relies upon junk-science and practices that contradict all
the research on intrinsic motivation,
- Common Core, which did not have adequate rank & file teachers involved
in its creation, was not field-tested, provided inadequate professional
development & has many developmentally inappropriate standards,
- High-stakes standardized testing, which for the past 15 years has not
proved to be s successful practice for facilitating more student engagement
&
graduation rates
- Unlimited increase in charter schools, which discriminate against
Special Ed., Foreign Language, and behavioral problem students, and
- Limited funding increases for concentrated-poverty schools.
Please try to attend & bring others with you. Zephyr is an extremely
intelligent, compassionate, & knowledgeable candidate. Let's show Cuomo
that educators should not be taken for granted and that we're a force to be
reckoned with.
Sincerely,
Dan Drmacich, Retired School Without Walls Principal, &
Chairman: Coalition for Justice in Education
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Educational Flyer included common core!.docx
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