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Second Judicial Circuit Court Hearing: Citizens for Strong Schools v. Board of Education click here
Quoted Text: "ESSA ENDS FEDERAL HIGH STAKES TESTING!! ESSA is intended to empower parents!! Pam Stewart, Commissioner of Ed, testified (under oath) on Fri., 4/1/16 that the FEDERAL government DOES NOT require testing every year!!! The federal government only requires testing once in K-5, once in middle school and once in high school. She testified/admitted that the federal government DOES NOT REQUIRE that high stakes be attached to that testing. Here is the letter to John King signed by 19 members of congress yesterday - 4/4/16 blasting the US DOE for NOT implementing ESSA as intended! PARENTS have the right to opt out! In the letter - Congress wants to ensure the legislation is followed as intended."
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8/24/2016 New Federal Vaccine Mandate Proposed: All Shots Required, No Parental Exemptions
​​https://healthimpactnews.com/2015/new-federal-vaccine-mandate-proposed-all-shots-required-no-parental-exemptions/
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http://departed.co/saudi-prince-vows-bring-sharia-law-america-pledges-32-billion​
What’s the big secret about the SBAC and PARCC test questions?
https://seattleducation2010.wordpress.com/2016/05/15/whats-the-big-secret-about-the-sbac-and-parcc-test-questions/
6/8/2016 Federal Agencies Team-Up to Promote Diversity in Schools and Communities, and Narrow Opportunity Gaps ​​http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/federal-agencies-team-promote-diversity-schools-and-communities-and-narrow-opportunity-gaps?utm_content&utm_medium=email&utm_name&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term
6/6/2016 HIGH SCHOOLS NOW TEACHING STUDENTS TO FEEL GUILTY ABOUT BEING AMERICAN & WHITE #o4a #RT ​http://overpassesforamerica.com/?p=29865
6/4/2016 Washington State to Begin Teaching ‘Gender Identity’ and ‘Gender Expression’ to Elementary Kids ​ http://www.ijreview.com/2016/06/621478-washington-state-to-begin-teaching-gender-identity-and-gender-expression-to-elementary-kids/
6/4/2016 Major! United Nations Secret Leaked! Undeniable Documented Proof It’s About To Get Really Bad!  http://freedomnationnews.com/this-united-nations-usurp-of-america-will-boil-your-blood-their-agenda-just-got-a-green-light/
6/4/2016 Romano: Is Florida smart enough to admit it has a Jeb Bush problem?  
​http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k12/romano-is-florida-smart-enough-to-admit-it-has-a-jeb-bush-problem/2280297​
6/3/2016 The Dark Side of Student Data Mining http://thepulse2016.com/karen-r-effrem/2016/06/03/response-to-us-news-educational-data-mining-harms-privacy-without-evidence-of-effectiveness/
5/31/2016 ​Florida third-grade promotion decisions are local, Department of Education official says
​http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook/florida-third-grade-promotion-decisions-are-local-department-of-education/2279675
5/29/2016 ​Florida School Officials Lose Their Damned Minds
​http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-greene/florida-school-officials_b_10197450.html
5/28/2016 A World Government Constitution Under The UN Already Exists – The US Is Involved Up To Our Eyeballs 
http://rickwells.us/a-world-government-constitution-under-the-un-already-exists-the-us-is-involved-up-to-our-eyeballs/
5/26/2016 Florida third graders without reading test scores have few options for promotion, state says ​
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook/florida-third-graders-without-reading-test-scores-have-few-options-for/2279102
5/26/2016 Gates Foundation Blames Teachers For Common Core Failures, Vows To Fight On
https://truthkings.com/gates-foundation-blames-teachers-common-core-failures-vows-fight/#​
5/26/2016 PARCC Gets Parked: What Testing Companies Don’t Want Parents to Know
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-singer/parcc-gets-parked-what-te_b_10140282.html
5/25/2016 Leaked Common Core Questions Stun Parents
https://blog.hslda.org/2016/05/25/leaked-common-core-questions-stun-parents/
5/24/2016 Gates Foundation: If At First Common Core Doesn’t Succeed, Try Again!
http://thepulse2016.com/jane-robbins/2016/05/24/gates-foundation-if-at-first-common-core-doesnt-succeed-try-again/#
5/19/2016 Florida third graders perform modestly better on state reading tests in 2016
​http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook/florida-third-graders-perform-modestly-better-on-state-reading-tests-in/2278106
5/17/2016 Former teacher says standardized tests don't matter, but 'ideas and passion' do​http://www.today.com/parents/former-teacher-says-standardized-tests-don-t-matter-ideas-passion-t93106
5/17/2016 Payments for Services NOT Rendered​
https://dezignzbydeb.wordpress.com/2016/05/17/payments-for-services-not-rendered/
5/11/2016 CFR Globalist: End U.S. States, Build China-style Regional Gov't​
http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/north-america/item/23169-cfr-globalist-end-u-s-states-build-china-style-regional-gov-t
5/11/2016 The Test Secrets Revealed…… 
​https://kavips.wordpress.com/2016/05/11/the-test-secrets-revealed/#comments
5/11/2016 Florida Department of Education to seek public input on accountability revisions
​http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook/florida-department-of-education-to-seek-public-input-on-accountability/2276843
5/9/2016 ‘Big data’ was supposed to fix education. It didn’t. It’s time for ‘small data.’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/05/09/big-data-was-supposed-to-fix-education-it-didnt-its-time-for-small-data/​
5/9/2016 Charter, Alternative, Virtual Schools Account for Most Low-Grad-Rate Schools, Study Finds 
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/high_school_and_beyond/2016/05/Charter_alternative_virtual_schools_account_for_most_low_grad_rate_schools_study_finds.html?cmp=soc-fb-shr
5/7/2016 The PARCC Test: Exposed https://celiaoyler.wordpress.com/2016/05/07/the-parcc-test-exposed/
5/4/2016 FSA Technical Report: Looking For What Isn’t There 
​https://accountabaloney.wordpress.com/2016/05/04/fsa-technical-report-looking-for-what-isnt-there/
5/3/2016 The Cruel and Pointless Push to Get Preschoolers 'College and Career Ready' - Play should be the business of preschool, not worksheets and workbooks.
​http://www.alternet.org/education/cruel-and-pointless-push-get-preschoolers-college-and-career-ready
4/23/2016 Superintendents, Your Silence Makes You Complicit​
​https://theoptoutfloridanetwork.wordpress.com/2016/04/23/superintendents-your-silence-makes-you-complicit/
4/18/2016 Parents And Districts Spar Over Right To Opt Out Of Standardized Tests 
http://wlrn.org/post/parents-and-districts-spar-over-right-opt-out-standardized-tests
4/16/2016 Opt Out of Testing Movement Grows in Lakeland
​https://townnewstoday.com/2016/04/16/opt-out-of-testing-movement-grows-in-lakeland/?area=lakeland
4/15/2016 FEA Directs Teachers to Opt Out Florida Network Resources
https://theoptoutfloridanetwork.wordpress.com/2016/04/15/fea-directs-teachers-to-opt-out-florida-network-resources/
4/13/2016 Florida Education Association joins "Opt Out" discussion http://www.wptv.com/news/region-n-palm-beach-county/jupiter/florida-education-association-joins-opt-out-discussion
4/12/2016 Frustrated "Opt Out" Parents Bring Concerns to Manatee County School Board ​ http://www.bradenton.com/news/local/education/article71492442.html
4/12/2016 Teacher: What third-graders are being asked to do on 2016 Common Core test  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/04/12/teacher-what-third-graders-are-being-asked-to-do-on-2016-common-core-test/
4/12/2016 More parents joining opt-out movement against standardized tests http://www.today.com/parents/more-parents-joining-opt-out-movement-against-standardized-tests-t85906?cid=sm_fbn
4/12/2016 Pearson’s Quest to Cover the Planet in Company-Run Schools http://www.wired.com/2016/04/apec-schools/
4/11/2016 Why Every Child Should Opt Out of the Standardized Tests ​http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-ravitch/why-every-child-should-opt-out_b_9659546.html?1460381746
4/10/2016 Common Core Standards Losing Clout as New York Students Opt Out  ​http://www.inquisitr.com/2981573/common-core-standards-losing-clout-as-new-york-students-opt-out/
4/9/2016 Pre-K rating halted after 1 test failed, another too good to be true
http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/news/local-education/pre-k-rating-halted-after-1-test-failed-another-to/nq24J/
4/7/2016 A Student Portfolio Can Be Used to Beat Third Grade Retention in Florida
http://www.3dlearner.com/avoid-third-grade-retention-with-a-student-portfolio/
4/5/2016 Rejected by Colleges, SAT and ACT Gain High School Acceptance http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/04/06/us/act-and-sat-find-a-profitable-market-as-common-core-tests.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1&referer=https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FV6jYLHd1q8
SAT
ACT
Smarter Balanced
FairTest
 Parcc - Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers
Center for Assessment
4/4/2016 Children as young as six 'stressed' about exams and tests​
​http://www.bbc.com/news/education-35940084
4/4/2016 Florida Standards Assessments 'never' sole factor in promotion, state says 
 ​http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook/florida-standards-assessments-never-sole-factor-in-promotion-state-says/2271850  (Saved File Copy)
4/1/2016  Florida’s Testing Obsession: Threats, Lies, and the Emotional Toll.  https://accountabaloney.wordpress.com/2016/04/01/floridas-testing-obsession-threats-lies-and-the-emotional-toll/
3/31/2016  FIGHT FOR DAUGHTER’S SPECIAL NEEDS LEADS TO TRESPASS AND POSSIBLE FELONY CHARGES  http://www.rnrfonline.com/fight-for-daughters-special-needs-leads-to-trespass-and-possible-felony-charges/
3/31/2016 PEDIATRICIANS CALL GENDER IDEOLOGY WHAT IT IS – CHILD ABUSE  http://deeprootsathome.com/pediatricians-call-gender-ideology-what-it-is-child-abuse/
3/31/2016 Parents: Hernando schools are threatening students who opt out of exams http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k12/parents-say-hernando-schools-are-threatening-students-who-opt-out-of-exams/2271461​
3/30/2016 Florida, 3rd Grade Retention and Transparency: Clear as Mud 
https://accountabaloney.wordpress.com/2016/03/30/florida-3rd-grade-retention-and-transparency-clear-as-mud/
3/30/2016  In their own words: US Dept of Ed, Learning Registry and vendors on gathering student data http://missourieducationwatchdog.com/in-their-own-words-us-dept-of-ed-learning-registry-and-vendors-on-gathering-student-data/
Opt Out Third Grade 101 https://theoptoutfloridanetwork.wordpress.com/2016/03/27/opt-out-third-grade-101/
3/26/2016  FLorida #optout Sarasota student tells the school board to "just get rid of it". by The Opt Out Florida Network https://youtu.be/hf-vrS6ujtw​
3/24/2016  I'm a teacher. My kids Opt Out of the FSA. Top 5 reasons. Continue Reading CLICK HERE
3/22/2016 Navigating the Threat of Third Grade Retention 
https://theoptoutfloridanetwork.wordpress.com/2016/03/22/navigating-the-threat-of-third-grade-retention/
3/16/2016  "Parental rights trump everything" Opt Out ​by The Opt Out Florida Network Video Link: https://youtu.be/ocoavG5xLwI
3/16/2016 Education researchers blast Common Core standards, urge ban on high-stakes tests
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/03/16/education-researchers-blast-common-core-standards-urge-ban-on-high-stakes-tests/?postshare=2121460912689448&tid=ss_fb-bottom​
3/12/2016 ​Faith Matters clergy column from the Rev. Dr. Hope Lee for Saturday, March 12, 2016  ​http://www.bradenton.com/living/religion/article65614712.html
3/8/2016 In Florida testing, 'participation' means ... participation
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook/in-florida-testing-participation-means--participation/2268418
2/26/2016 Parents, school officials tussle over kids opting out of Florida tests 
http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/testing/parents-school-officials-tussle-over-kids-opting-out-of-florida-tests/2267020​
2/10/2016 The New Education Law: 6 Things to Know 
http://www.ncld.org/archives/blog/the-new-education-law-6-things-to-know
2/2/2016 How do states support their public schools? Badly, a new 50-state report card shows. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2016/02/02/how-do-states-support-their-public-schools-badly-a-new-50-state-report-card-shows/?tid=a_inl​
1/26/2016 COMPETENCY BASED EDUCATION: Destroying Public Schools One Profitable Data Point at a Time
​https://accountabaloney.wordpress.com/2016/01/26/competency-based-education-destroying-public-schools-one-profitable-data-point-at-a-time/
1/9/2016 Texas School Triples Recess Time And Sees Immediate Positive Results In Kids
http://www.scarymommy.com/texas-school-triples-recess-time-and-sees-immediate-positive-results-in-kids/
12/15/15 Fewer Pasco third graders retained under stopgap accountability law change  http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook/fewer-pasco-third-graders-retained-under-stopgap-accountability-law-change/2257826
10/14/2015 Florida House Minority Democratic Leader Mark Pafford supports Opt Out by The Opt Out Florida Network Video Link: https://youtu.be/lM1RBV-YcZo
10/1/2015  The FSA results are not used to punish. WHAT???? by The Opt Out Florida Network https://youtu.be/SgwIKU7jZc4​
9/26/2015 Florida superintendents revolt: We have ‘lost confidence’ in state’s school accountability system 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/09/26/florida-superintendents-revolt-we-have-lost-confidence-in-states-school-accountability-system/
9/15/2015 Parents fight remediation amid testing debacle
​http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/florida/2015/09/8576742/parents-fight-remediation-amid-testing-debacle
9/13/2015 Kathleen Oropeza: Flawed test shouldn't be used for grading anyone  http://www.gainesville.com/article/20150913/OPINION03/150919956/-1/opinion03?tc=ar
9/11/2015 ​Retakes for Algebra 1 state exam begin next week, surprising many Manatee County students ​ http://www.bradenton.com/news/local/education/article36400155.html
9/1/2015 FSA tests deemed valid, can be used to grade schools and evaluate teachers​http://www.ocala.com/article/20150901/articles/150909985?tc=ar
8/15/2015 Parents, YOU are the Boss… and you can say NO. 
https://theoptoutfloridanetwork.wordpress.com/2015/08/15/parents-you-are-the-boss-and-you-can-say-no/
8/2015 Florida Legislative Session Summary: A Review of Key Policy Changes Impacting Higher Education 
http://www.floridacollegeaccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2015-FCAN-Legislative-Session-Summary.pdf
5/1/2015 Florida education department clarifies rules on student retention, teacher evaluations ​
​http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook/florida-education-department-clarifies-rules-on-student-retention-teacher/2227893
4/30/215 Jeff Solochek's Confused Interpretation of Third Grade Retention Karen R. Effrem, MD - Executive Director 
​http://www.flstopcccoalition.org/blog/2015-04/jeff-solocheck-confused-interpretation-third-grade-retention.htm
4/29/2015 How will Florida elementary schools deal with third grade retention decisions? 
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook/how-will-florida-elementary-schools-deal-with-third-grade-retention/2227522
4/14/2015 Gov. Scott signs bill to scale back testing in Florida public schools 
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/education/school-zone/os-scott-testing-bill-schools-post.html
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4/10/2015 HOW THE COMMON CORE AND HIGH-STAKES TESTING ARE SABOTAGING STUDENTS https://lft1760.wordpress.com/2015/04/10/how-the-common-core-and-high-stakes-testing-are-sabotaging-students/
4/7/2015 How the Obamas opted their children out of high-stakes standardized tests
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/04/07/how-the-obamas-opted-their-children-out-of-high-stakes-standardized-tests/​
3/26/2015 What did Florida senators do about third grade retentions?
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook/what-did-florida-senators-do-about-third-grade-retentions/2222913
3/12/2015 “Facebook Fired”Legal Standards for Social Media–Based Terminations of K-12 Public School Teachers http://sgo.sagepub.com/content/5/1/2158244015575636
2/20/2015  WHY MY KIDS ARE “OPTING OUT” OF THE FSA (FLORIDA HIGH-STAKES TEST) http://www.lynnerigby.com/2015/02/why-my-kids-are-opting-out-of-the-fsa-florida-high-stakes-test
2/10/2015 By Any Dreams Necessary, Malcolm X and the Problem of High Stakes Testing http://www.huffingtonpost.com/yohuru-williams/by-any-dreams-necessary-m_b_6648002.html
2/8/2015 Seeking clarity in Florida Standards Assessments school testing debate​http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/testing/seeking-clarity-in-debate-over-florida-state-standards-school-testing/2216913
9/18/2014 In One State, More Children Homeschool Than Attend Private Schools. Why That Shouldn’t Shock You. http://dailysignal.com/2014/09/08/one-state-children-homeschool-attend-private-schools-shouldnt-shock/
7/11/2014 Finland not an apt educational model for U.S. schools​
http://www.startribune.com/finland-not-an-apt-educational-model-for-u-s-schools/266823501/
4/21/2014  Why Florida Parents Want To Opt Their Kids Out Of State Tests - Information Source CLICK HERE
11/17/2011 Selling Schools Out
http://www.theinvestigativefund.org/investigations/corporateaccountability/1580/selling_schools_out?page=4​
Anne Corcorana
Research based on article, "Corruption reins supreme in Tallahassee by Education Matters"
http://jaxkidsmatter.blogspot.com/2016/03/corruption-reins-supreme-in-talahassee.html?spref=fb​
Local School Boards Are Being Replaced, Stripped of Power
http://optoutflorida.weebly.com/local-school-boards-are-being-replaced-stripped-of-power.html
Florida gets 'F' in new school funding report
http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2016-04-07/story/florida-gets-f-new-school-funding-report#​
FROM THEIR OWN MOUTHS....READ ON!
Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt
http://www.apfn.net/messageboard/01-18-01/mbs.cgi.1275.html​
Frustrated, talented teachers leave Florida classrooms in droves
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/os-teachers-leave-florida-scott-maxwell-20160521-column.html
School Choice in America 2011: Educational Opportunity Reaches New Height
​​http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/08/school-choice-in-america-2011-educational-opportunity-reaches-new-heights
Special Education (AIR)  American Institutes for Research
http://www.air.org/topic/p-12-education-and-social-development/special-education
Why Schools Don't Educate by John Taylor Gatto