MecklenburgACTS.org will be holding an information meeting on Sunday, March 16, at 4 p.m. for families who would like to discuss opting out of/refusing End of Grade tests and North Carolina Final Exams. The meeting will take place at 1713 Tippah Ave., in Charlotte’s Plaza-Midwood neighborhood. If you plan to come, please RSVP to info@mecklenburgacts.org. […]
Our children are not testing zombies! MecklenburgACTS.org to support N.C. opt-out efforts MecklenburgACTS.org is pleased to announce that we will be part of “Testing Resistance and Reform Spring,” a nationwide effort to advocate for more rational and productive ways to evaluate students, teachers and schools. MecklenburgACTS.org’s efforts will include […]
Rain or no rain, MecklenburgACTS.org will be at the Moral March in Raleigh on Saturday, February 8. Hope to see everyone there. Look for Rosa! Logistics for the event, including schedule and parking information can be found at: hkonj.com/logistics
This past Tuesday, a group of North Carolina parents and educators asked our local school board to stop giving a set of federally mandated tests known as Measures of Student Learning (MSLs). Essentially, we are calling on our board members to consider civil disobedience. It is a lot to ask. But we believe the situation […]
MecklenburgACTS.org is joining the Charlotte Mecklenburg Association of Educators (CMAE) in calling for CMS to place a moratorium on administering the Measures of Student Learning (MSLs), the array of new, high-stakes state tests rolled out last spring. If you live in North Carolina, please join this effort by signing our online petition and writing the […]
MecklenburgACTS.org schoolgirl puppet Rosa, with teachers from South Meck High. A great crowd turned out for Charlotte Moral Monday. As part of the event, MecklenburgACTS.org co-chair Pamela Grundy addressed the on-the-ground effects of recent budget cuts, and the need for parents to speak out. In the seven years my son has been in school I’ve […]
Moral Monday is coming to Charlotte on Monday, August 19. The event will take place at Marshall Park, starting at 5 p.m. Please plan to join us in voicing concerns about cuts to public education here in North Carolina, as well as the general direction of our state’s education policy. The more people who turn […]
MecklenburgACTS will be walking in support of our state’s teachers at the North Carolina Association of Educators’ Protest Walk in Raleigh on Monday, July 29. It’s vitally important that parents and community members let our legislators know that their actions undercut the high-quality public education that parents want and that our state needs. Look for […]
ACTS Co-chair Pam Grundy is in Washington D.C. this week for the annual meeting of Parents Across America. She will be delivering the following statement to N.C. senators and to Mecklenburg County House representatives. As Congress works to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, North Carolina parents call on our representatives to eliminate the […]
If you haven’t yet written your N.C. House representative to express your concerns with high-stakes testing and request that he or she support HB 775 – Moratorium on High-Stakes Testing, please do so as soon as possible. Here’s the letter MecklenburgACTS co-chair Pamela Grundy sent to the members of the House Education Committee today. Yours […]