Save Our Schools March Guiding Principles - 3 views

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  #1 Bonnie Sutton on 04 Jul 11

   

  Guiding Principles
  [Translate]
  For the future of our children, we demand:
  
  
  http://www.saveourschoolsmarch.org/about/guiding-principles/
  
  
  Equitable funding for all public school communities
  
  Equitable funding across all public schools and school systems
  
  Full public funding of family and community support services
  
  Full funding for 21st century school and neighborhood libraries
  
  An end to economically and racially re-segregated schools
  
  An end to high stakes testing used for the purpose of student, teacher, and school evaluation
  
  The use of multiple and varied assessments to evaluate students, teachers, and schools
  
  An end to pay per test performance for teachers and administrators
  
  An end to public school closures based upon test performance
  
  Teacher, family and community leadership in forming public education policies
  
  Educator and civic community leadership in drafting new ESEA legislation
  
  Federal support for local school programs free of punitive and competitive funding
  
  An end to political and corporate control of curriculum, instruction and assessment decisions for teachers and administrators
  
  Curriculum developed for and by local school communities
  
  Support for teacher and student access to a wide-range of instructional programs and technologies
  
  Well-rounded education that develops every student's intellectual, creative, and physical potential
  
  
  Opportunities for multicultural/multilingual curriculum for all students
  
  Small class sizes that foster caring, democratic learning communities

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Guiding Principles <br /> [Translate] <br /> For the future of our children, we demand: <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.saveourschoolsmarch.org/about/guiding-principles/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.saveourschoolsmarch.org/about/guiding-principles/</a> <br /> <br /> <br /> Equitable funding for all public school communities <br /> <br /> Equitable funding across all public schools and school systems <br /> <br /> Full public funding of family and community support services <br /> <br /> Full funding for 21st century school and neighborhood libraries <br /> <br /> An end to economically and racially re-segregated schools <br /> <br /> An end to high stakes testing used for the purpose of student, teacher, and school evaluation <br /> <br /> The use of multiple and varied assessments to evaluate students, teachers, and schools <br /> <br /> An end to pay per test performance for teachers and administrators <br /> <br /> An end to public school closures based upon test performance <br /> <br /> Teacher, family and community leadership in forming public education policies <br /> <br /> Educator and civic community leadership in drafting new ESEA legislation <br /> <br /> Federal support for local school programs free of punitive and competitive funding <br /> <br /> An end to political and corporate control of curriculum, instruction and assessment decisions for teachers and administrators <br /> <br /> Curriculum developed for and by local school communities <br /> <br /> Support for teacher and student access to a wide-range of instructional programs and technologies <br /> <br /> Well-rounded education that develops every student's intellectual, creative, and physical potential <br /> <br /> <br /> Opportunities for multicultural/multilingual curriculum for all students <br /> <br /> Small class sizes that foster caring, democratic learning communities</div>

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