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Mathieu Plourde

As Testing Continues, More Parents Opting Kids Out - 0 views

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  • Mathieu Plourde on 17 Apr 13
     
    The 'Opt Out' Movement among parents seems to picks up steam in direct proportion to how enthusiastically President Barack Obama and his U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan embrace standardized testing. The most recent attempt to subvert the testing system was in Seattle, where over 600 high school students declined to take the standardized test [...]
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SURVEY SHOWS STUDENTS OPTING OUT OF BUYING HIGH-COST TEXTBOOKS - 0 views

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  • Mathieu Plourde on 29 Jan 14
     
    Today, a survey released by the U.S. PIRG Education Fund shows that 65% of student consumers have opted out of buying a college textbook due to its high price, and of those students, 94% they suffer academically.
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Instagram says it now has the right to sell your photos - 0 views

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  • Mathieu Plourde on 18 Dec 12
     
    In its first big policy shift since Facebook bought the photo-sharing site, Instagram claims the right to sell users' photos without payment or notification. Oh, and there's no way to opt out.
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Standardized testing: I opted my kids out. The schools freaked out. Now I know why. - 0 views

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  • Mathieu Plourde on 10 Mar 14
     
    "And honestly, given three things-that, according to what a school administrator told me, Colorado law allows parents to refuse the testing on behalf of their children; that the testing enrollment forms include an option to "refuse testing"; and that we currently live in Boulder, one of the most liberal, individualistic towns in America-we truly didn't think this would be a big deal. Boy, were we wrong."
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