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Michigan Public School Teacher Laura McDonell Pushes M-STEP For Teach For America Front Group
Friday , 15, May 2015 Section 16 6 CommentsYesterday a very curious editorial appeared in the Lansing edition of MLive.com. Laura McDonell, an English teacher for St. Clair Middle School, wrote the brief guest opinion where she scolds parents for choosing to refuse the new M-STEP exam for their children. Our children mean so much to us, and we want to protect them. […]
Superintendent of Pine River Area Schools Speaks The Truth: Lansing Must Listen
Wednesday , 15, April 2015 Section 16 12 CommentsThe Up North Progressive Lives in the Pine River Area Schools District. Superintendent Matt Lukshaitis published this letter yesterday with the request to share everywhere. Honorable Gentlemen, So far, the M-STEP process is a painful invasion of teaching and learning and really, state testing has become an oxymoron. The testing process is not good for […]
An Open Letter To Our New State Superintendent of Education Brian Whiston
Sunday , 22, March 2015 Section 16 5 CommentsCongratulations on being selected for the important position of State Superintendent of Education. You have entered into a position where there are many old and new challenges to face. Public education in Michigan faces constant attacks from both the state and corporate education reformers, often working together to take our schools out of the hands […]
Why You Need To Opt Out Your Children From Standardized Testing NOW: @Pearson Is Spying On Your Kids
Saturday , 14, March 2015 Section 16 5 CommentsIn the Hell on Earth that has come to be corporate education reform in the United States, the reality of Common Core came to a head in New Jersey yesterday when it was revealed by the Superintendent of The Wachtung Hills Regional High School District that Pearson Education had triggered an alert that there was […]
M-STEP Replaces MEAP But Will Be Replaced By Something Else
Sunday , 30, November 2014 Section 16 8 CommentsThere are two reasons teachers give students tests: To find out if the students learned the content taught. To find out if the teacher was effective in teaching the content. It has nothing to do with the teacher wanting you to feel stupid or they enjoy torturing kids with tests. There’s important information there that […]