Buffalo Schools Punishing Students for Opting Out

Carol Burris with the Network for Public Education, explains how Buffalo, NY is punishing students whose parents opt them out of Common Core assessments.
Addressing education issues related to: parental rights, local control of schools, and classical liberal arts education.
Carol Burris with the Network for Public Education, explains how Buffalo, NY is punishing students whose parents opt them out of Common Core assessments.
The assessment opt-out movement in New York is alive and well and growing as students take the Common Core ELA Assessment this week.
Probably the fastest way to end the high-stakes testing culture would be if state education leaders were held accountable and judged by them as well.
Carol Burris, Principal of South Side High School in New York, last week wrote about four “flimflams” in Common Core at The
Below is an excerpt from a guest blog written by Carol Burris, Principal at South Side High School in New York. She