The opt out movement that has blossomed in recent months strikes me as fascinating; it is a superb example of citizens understanding something better than the politicians that are supposed to lead ...

Nataly Grant hoped her son could have a fresh start after he arrived at Houston ISD's Crockett Elementary as a first grader. The push for school accountability and the opt-out movement are both tied ...

A panel of parents from Cortland, Ithaca and Dryden will describe their motivation for refusing to let schools administer to their children the standardized tests put in place by New York state, on ...

Some Houston ISD parents say their children are being presented with STAAR exams even after they opt their children out of the state-mandated assessments. Houston education advocacy group Community ...

New York is one of the hotbeds of the national Opt Out movement. Last April, an estimated 33,000 students opted out of the state’s annual standardized tests. What was done to all those children, ...

The Opt Out movement, which encourages parents to pull their children out of the yearly standardized testing regimen, is alive and well, though you wouldn’t know it in Arizona. Two opt out bills were ...

The Oklahoma State Department of Education is investigating Jenks Public Schools apparently to see if its parent-led movement to opt students out of "field tests" was instigated or encouraged by ...

A story in this week's WW about Portland parents who opt out their children from state standardized tests focused on one school and the consequences it may face as a result of its relatively high ...

It's been quieter this year in the lead-up to New York State English language arts assessments, which begin this week. It seems the lines have not moved much since more than 200,000 students around ...

Parents are the first educators of their children. And when parents enroll their children in the public education system, they are entrusting the education of their children to teachers, ...

Some Houston ISD parents say their children are being presented with STAAR exams even after they opt their children out of the state-mandated assessments. CVPE Co-Founder Ruth Kravetz said members of ...