You have ignored students, parents, and teachers in our cry for an end to high-stakes standardized testing, an end to the junk science of value-added measurement using those scores, an end to the boredom of the bubble world of teaching to the test, an end to stale curriculum for the poor and children of color, and an end of co-opting of school buildings, with charter amenities for those who “won” the lottery and bottom of the basement conditions for everyone else. You have ignored our pleas for fully funded neighborhood schools, which employ an experienced and passionate staff that provides a rich, whole, and rewarding school experience for every child - regardless of class, race, gender, or ability. The fact is:
YOU DON’T CARE ABOUT US.
Today, I have received 15 emails from your campaign. Each message asks me to financially support you, to campaign for you, to believe in you, to have your back.
I ask you this:
What have YOU done for my students, my colleagues, my school, my community, or ME lately?
Lori Walton, a southern California math teacher, in a letter to President Obama.
The letter is part of the Campaign for our Public Schools, in which educators will write 400 letters to be delivered to the White House, the Department of Education and be available to download.
Read the rest of Lori’s letter here.
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