The Delaware State Board of Education just passed the Delaware School Success Framework with the opt-out penalty multiplier included. This is a very sad day in Delaware: for students, parents, schools, educators, and citizens. I feel sad for all the students who are going to be pressured non-stop to perform well on this test. I feel sad for the parents who are going to face an enormous amount of pressure against opting out. I feel sad for Delaware. This is your legacy Governor Markell. Shame on you.
The vote passed with four yes votes: Gray, Heffernan, Coverdale, and Rutt. Bunting abstained. Melendez and Whitaker were absent. Can’t blame them, wouldn’t want this vote showing.
This fight has just begun. The DOE obviously wants a war with parents, and they just got it.
The Season Of Myths 
This is bullshit!
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Parents, write your school board members and tell them to stand strong. Write to your legislators and tell them to pass a bill against this regulation. Write to the governor candidates and tell them you want to know their stance on this because it will affect your vote in the fall.
Ultimately a school’s rating and how YOUR child does in school don’t necessarily correlate, so be strong and keep on fighting.
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Part of the problem is the candidates will say one thing to get into office and then do the opposite and screw up our schools!
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Reblogged this on Kilroy's Delaware.
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