May 21st @ 8:30 AM: Join Graduates in Protest as Teachers College Honors Merryl Tisch & Her High Stakes Testing Agenda
What: Protest at Teachers College Convocation
When: Tuesday, May 21 NOON
Where: St. John the Divine, 112th and Amsterdam
Manhattan, NYC
Directions: Take 1 train to 110th Street
We oppose Tisch’s policy of high-stakes testing.
- Tisch’s high-stakes tests are destroying our public schools.
- Tisch supports charter schools, not public schools.
- Tisch should not be honored for hurting our schools!
- There are no high-stakes tests in private schools, where her children studied and she taught.
Bring a sign! Bring a friend! Stand with us!
Please let me know if you can attend.
Press coverage starts 8:40/ends 9:30 (as grads go in). Ceremony starts 9:30.
Sign the petition:
TC College protest:
Former NYC public school analyst Fred Smith, “Viewpoint,” on SchoolBook.org:
http://www.schoolbook.org/2013/05/16/controversy-brews-over-a-teachers-college-honor/
http://bit.ly/tcpetition
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