Sat 2/21 @ 10am -- Planning mtg for "Test-in & Forum on High Stakes Testing"

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Feb 19, 2015, 7:35:46 PM2/19/15

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The planning meeting for the "Test-in & Forum on High Stakes Testing" is this Saturday 2/21 at 10am at Alison's house at 852 N. 24th St. Philadelphia, PA 19130 (in Fairmount). Her home # is 215-769-7007. My cell is 215-868-3089.

(If you can't make the morning meeting, but want to get briefed on what we plan, come to Alison's from 2-3pm. Email her to let her know you're coming at alison....@gmail.com )

The final flyer for the "Test-in & Forum" is attached. Please download, print, copy, and share in your schools, with parents, and on social media. Have people register at http://www.workingeducators.org/test_in_forum

And, in case you haven't seen, the event is being co-sponsored by the Caucus of Working Educators, Alliance for Philadelphia Public Schools, Teacher Action Group, Philadelphia Student Union, Parents United for Public Education, Action United. Quite an impressive crew!

Thanks so much!

Kelley

On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Kelley Collings <kelleyc...@gmail.com> wrote:

In the interest of streamlining the planning for the "Test-in & Forum on High Stakes Testing" next week (preliminary flyer pasted below and attached), we are having a planning meeting on Saturday.

Fill out this google form to give your time preference for Saturday's planning meeting and/or to volunteer to do specific things for the event:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11I0q_px4YBbqyUuQQ5gwMr3cHvKOPOT5u4cjyhvo7xU/viewform

Thanks for your work!

Kelley

Join parents, teachers, students, community members, higher ed faculty, politicians, & district administrators at the…

“Test-In” & Forum on High Stakes Testing

·      Answer sample PSSA and Keystone test questions

·      Hear teachers break the code of silence and reveal the injustice of high stakes testing from the classroom perspective

·      Hear students describe how the onslaught of testing has forced art, music, gym, and recess out of the school day

·      Hear school nurses describe the emotional and physical impact testing has on students

·      Learn exactly how much money and time is spent on testing annually in our schools

·      Discuss alternatives to high stakes testing

·      Learn how parents, teachers, and students have fought back again high stakes testing in Chicago, New York, Seattle, and other cities across the country

Thurs., Feb 26, 2015 (5-7pm)

Free Library of Philadelphia – Central Branch Room 406 & 407

1901 Vine St., Phila 19103 (between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway)

Register at http://www.workingeducators.org/test_in_forum

For more info contact:

Alison McDowell at optout...@gmail.com or

Kelley Collings at (215) 868-3089 kelleyc...@gmail.com

Sponsored by the Caucus of Working Educators, Alliance for Philadelphia Public Schools, Teacher Action Group, Philadelphia Student Union, Parents United for Public Education, Action United

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Kelley Collings
Feltonville School of Arts & Sciences
210 E. Courtland Street
Philadelphia, PA 19120
Cell (215) 868-3089
Phone (215) 456-5603
Fax (215) 456-5614

Kelley Collings
Feltonville School of Arts & Sciences
210 E. Courtland Street
Philadelphia, PA 19120
Cell (215) 868-3089
Phone (215) 456-5603
Fax (215) 456-5614