Parents and Educators Reject NY State Education Department’s Flawed ESSA Proposal & Process in Advance of Brooklyn Hearing
WHEN: Tuesday, June 6, 5:30 PM
WHERE: In front of the Prospect
Heights Educational Campus, 883 Classon Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225.
(2/3 trains to Eastern Parkway station, near Brooklyn Museum)
WHAT: The
federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is the successor legislation
to the Bush-era No Child Left Behind (NCLB) bill. Because ESSA gives
states more latitude in defining their school accountability systems
than did NCLB, New York’s families and educators were looking forward to
the state creating an accountability system that incentivized schools
to provide children with a high quality, well-rounded education.
Instead, the New York State Education Department, under Commissioner
MaryEllen Elia, is proposing that the Board of Regents adopt a system
that doubles down on testing, counts opt out students as having failed
the exams for the purpose of school accountability, and guarantees the
continuation of narrowed test-prep curriculum that has spurred the
nation’s largest test refusal movement.
WHY: To
let the public and Board of Regents know that parents and educators
reject NYSED’s proposal and the flawed process which led to it,
including a “think tank” composed of working groups where NYSED
controlled the discussion and pre-ordained the damaging outcome.
WHO:
Speakers to include public school parents Lisa Rudley, Executive
Director and founding member of New York State Allies for Public
Education (NYSAPE); Jeanette Deutermann, founder of Long Island Opt Out
and NYSAPE; Leonie Haimson, Executive Director of Class Size Matters;
Kemala Karmen, NYC Opt Out. Both Haimson and Karmen were members of the
NYSED ESSA Think Tank working groups.
VISUALS: Parents and educators, signs, banners, giant keys
NYSAPE is a grassroots coalition with over 50 parent and educator groups across the state.
Class Size Matters is a non-profit organization that advocates for smaller classes in NYC’s public schools and the nation as a whole.
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