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Smarmie Doofus

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Sun May 5, 2013, 10:35 PM May 2013

My niece wants to opt-out ( from testing) her three ps kids. [View all]

Last edited Mon May 6, 2013, 08:37 AM - Edit history (1)

High performing suburban NYC school district.

Her girls are getting physically ill from the test-prep and the stress.

Not content to drive city schools into complete chaos w. this nonsense, the moral and ethical defectives in the NYS state legislature --- odds-on THE most corrupt state legislature in the USA--- have decided to extend this high stakes testing into the suburban leafy-greens --- which, considered separately--- already outperform ALL other industrialized nations on international assessments.

At least they did until now.

I'm always approaching these issues ( i.e. school reform flimflammery) from the provider end; so I'm a little at a loss as to how to advise her.

So.....who should I put her in touch with? What links should I send her?

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