Resources
OPTING OUT
Refusal Letters and Guides
2019 Refusal Letter
2018 NYSAPE Opt-Out Fact Sheet
Just Say No to Standardized Tests: Why and How to Opt Out
NYSUT Fact Sheet: Opt-Out of State Tests
Videos
Facebook Groups
Websites
CORPORATE REFORM
Privatizing Primer
A Primer on Corporate School Reform
Privatizing Primer
A primer on the damaging movement to privatize public schools
Background Information
Who are the corporate reformers?
Mapping the Movement to Dismantle Public Education
Privatizing Public Education, Higher Ed Policy, and Teachers
“Portfolio” Boosters Want to Privatize Public Schools
Education Inc.: How Private Companies Profit from Public Schools
Charters, Vouchers & Choice
Beware of Trump and DeVos’ grand plan to privatize public education
Why Conventional School “Reforms” Have Failed Charter Schools Are Not the Key to Improving Public Education
School Choice Fails to Create Equity and Justice for Our Society’s Poorest Children
Hedge fund investors seek huge profits through charters like Rocketship
The Untold History of Charter Schools
Truth: Why Vouchers and School Choice Were Created
New Market Tax Credit
Getting rich on Charter Schools with the Clintons’ New Markets Tax Credit
Inside the Hedge Fund Infatuation with Charter Schools
EB-5
WHOLE CHILD EDUCATION
Whole-Child Education
Recess/Play
Building a Culture of Health Through Safe and Healthy Elementary School Recess
Strategies for Recess in School
The Crucial Role of Recess in School
Homework
Consortium Schools
NYC schools that skip standardized tests have higher graduation rates
New York Performance Standards Consortium
These New York Schools Aren’t Just Letting Kids Opt Out of Testing—They’re Giving Them an Alternative
COMMON CORE
Common Core
Next Generation of Learning Standards
Preface to the New York State Next Generation English Language Arts and Mathematics Learning Standard
10 things you need to know about the Next Generation Learning Standards
New York Has Rewritten the Common Core. Here’s What You Need to Know.
New education standards just a PR campaign
NYSAPE PR ESSA – CC – NYS ALLIES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION
Remember Common Core? NY standards get new name
New York’s ‘Next Generation’ Education Standards – The Proof Of The Pudding Is In The Eating | HuffPost
New York’s reading standards rewrite should alarm parents
Is Common Core Really Gone in New York?
ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act)
General Information
ESSA Fact Sheets
NYSUT Revised Fact Sheet
ESSA Fact Sheet for Parents
ESSA Fact Sheet for Educators
ESSA Fact Sheet for BOE Members