Angela on PBS, HB1202, TCAP Facts

In this newsletter:1) Upcoming events2) HB1202 – Can you call your legislators?3) What I learned about TCAP?4) Opt Out guides5) Featured education leader – Alex KacshThanks to Peggy Robertson I will be a panelist on the PBS show, Studio 12 this WednesdayWednesday,...

Opt out Events and Common Crap

January 29, 2014 Opt Out MeetingsDouglas County Wednesday, January 29th 6:30-8:30PMNorthridge Recreation Center8801 S. Broadway, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126Denver Thursday, February 20th 6:30-8:00 PMLocation TBAUnited Opt Out Denver Conference, March...

Trusting the light and a new year

January 1, 2014 My sixteen-year-old daughter, Grace, attends Arapahoe High School here in Littleton Colorado. I dropped her off for her fifth period class in order to take a Science exam. She was sick on December 13th and I wanted to keep her home but she had a test...

School Board Races and the Opportunity behind less funding

Colorado School Board PicksLittleton Carrie Warren-GullyKelly PerezJack ReutzelDouglas County ChaseHodgesKeimScholtingDenverMichael Kiley Rosario deBacaMeg SchompRoger Kilgore Presenting in Douglas County sponsored by Voices for Public Education:...

Doing Something by Doing Nothing

https://www.upworthy.com/teaching-children-in-this-awful-way-is-like-helping-a-person-who-is-on-fire-by-drowning-them?c=upw9 In the sixteen years since I first administered the CSAP test to my fourth grade students at Rock Ridge Elementary School, here’s what we’ve...

Teachers and board members speak out against corporate reforms

Upcoming Colorado Education Events: Sept. 10th Stand For Children Denver Public School board election bought and paid by corporate reformers Great opportunity to ask the hard questions and speak on behalf of students and teachers Location: STRIVE Prep, Lalo Delgado...