You may recall that the website of United Opt Out was hacked and taken down on the first day of state testing. It provides information to parents in every state on how to opt out. Here is the latest:
Diane,
I posted a fundraising account for the new website online this past Sunday. By the time I got home from work on Monday/yesterday we had raised the full amount – see here 🙂 http://www.gofundme.com/83if88 . Seriously overwhelmed by the kindness of everyone.
I filed a report with the FBI last Thursday. Have yet to hear anything. We are rebuilding our website with the K-12 News Network (see here https://k12newsnetwork.com/ ) who already hosts some amazing public education websites. They also offer a lot of additional tools and supports within the website that previously we had to seek elsewhere. Very excited and very very grateful.
Cynthia Liu – owner of K-12 News Network says she should have quite a bit of the website ready to go in ONE WEEK. Cynthia is also on the committee (along with Fairtest and United Opt Out) which created the resistthetest.org site which was launched shortly before the NPE conference. We are in good hands!!!! Just had to share the fabulous update.
Best,
Peg
http://www.unitedoptout.com (Rebuilding!!! We will be STRONGER AND BETTER!!!!)
http://www.pegwithpen.com
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Los Angeles is waking up, finally. I think the move by Superintendent Deasy to spend 1.3 billion on iPads was a real wake-up call, especially since he recently purchased 45,000 iPads just for “TESTING”. These iPads have NO curriculum on them, which is why they were cheaper. But, the district announced at school sites, and under direct questioning at the last Common Core Technology Project meeting, that these devices would be collected right after testing and removed to a warehouse in direct conflict to previous statements that schools could use them until the end of the school year.
K12NN is a great source of information from the Los Angeles area and around the country. It’s an indication that more and more groups are forming to fight the privatization movement and egregious spending on testing.
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Peg,
Please help me figure out where I can go to get the information on how to opt out in Missouri. I wasn’t able to figure it on your facebook page.
Thanks in advance,
Duane
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Duane email me at writepeg@juno.com. Happy to help! – Peg
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Please check out this article from the Long Island Press about the test refusals this April. Three events were held in March to educate and unite – and over 20,000 kids sat out the test.
http://www.longislandpress.com/2014/04/07/thousands-of-long-islanders-opt-out-of-common-core-testing/
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Very interesting. I knew about BAT but I didn’t know about BAP. I hope it keeps spreading across the country.
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