Education "Spring" is Already Here
Remember the uprising in Egypt (that really started in Tunisia) called the Arab Spring? We have just such a movement happening - Education Spring - that is traveling across America and nobody is waiting for Spring. Exhibit A: the uprising against testing in Buffalo, New York (and I believe the courageous action by the Garfield High staff has triggered this "we can change this" attitude that is spreading). From the Buffalo News: Reform of high-stakes testing for schoolchildren, a groundswell movement of lawn signs and small-scale protests, became an earthquake Wednesday evening. The Summit for Smarter Schools, organized by a group called the Partnership for Smarter Schools and hosted by State Sen. Tim Kennedy, D-Buffalo; Assemblyman Sean Ryan, D-B...