Please put March 9 on your calendar if you live in or near Long Island, Néw York. There will be a major event at C.W. Post University to discuss current trends in education and how to set them right. The event was originally set for Hofstra but the auditorium had only 1,000 seats, and the organizers quickly ran out of tickets. The event has been moved to the Tilles Center, which holds 2,200 people. Tickets are free. Reserve a seat here.
Long Island is the epicenter of test rebellion. Most of Néw York’s 60,000 plus students who opted out were in Long Island. Principals and superintendents have been outspoken against high-stakes testing.
I will speak, so will Carol Burris as well as parents and others who object to the plague of high-stakes testing.
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Ironic the event will be at Tilles Center. Roger Tilles is a member of the Board of Regents. A board that has rubber stamped the chaos that is now NY public education.
Yes, it may be ironic that the event is at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts at C.W. Post on Long Island, and perhaps it will persuade Regent Tilles to change his vote on the issues that concern us all. But the most important reason for the change is that the event “sold out” of free tickets in three days, and there was a long waiting list. Now there will be more than twice as many seats.
Diane, how can one contact/email you directly?
It is time to frame a vision beyond testing so that the public has a sense of where education is headed. Example: out of the learning factory into a learning habitat. What does that mean? How do we get there? How can students of all ages, parents, and teachers be directly involved? This backward learning culture stands and persists because ranting, objecting, even fighting back do little to move it. We need a platform and a process that leads from the bottom up and out across the country. Try this on for size.
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Just got my tickets!
AWESOME night Ms. Ravitch! Great speech – I hope it will be available via Schoolhouse Rocks/NPE as I would love to forward to parents in my community. FYI: I made the local news (Channel 7 eyewitness) – will link it when available!
Thank you so much for your presence at last night’s event. It was wonderful! Will it be available for replay? It would be great to share with those that couldn’t attend.
Jennifer, I don’t know if anyone taped the event at the Tilles Center. It was indeed wonderful. I hope someone was taping.
I was hoping to watch it on NPE’s channel ala October 11, 2014. Wonder if there is an update and if it was indeed taped? Here is my 39 seconds of fame! I learned all from you, Diane!
Momofonedifferentlearner, the event on Long Island was taped. I am going to post it when CW Post University releases it