The BNS/BCS Parent Action Committee (PAC) is a group of parents within our 610 Henry St community who are working together to preserve, support, and promote high quality child-centered public education for all students.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Testing Talk with Anna Allanbrook, BNS Principal, and Diane Castelucci, BNS Assistant Principal 

Parents are invited to this open forum to discuss the state tests and their impact on children and schools.  We’ll look at changes in the tests over the last few years, how the city and state uses the test to punish schools and communities, and what we can do to push back.

Friday, March 8

5:30-7:00pm

Brooklyn New School / Brooklyn Collaborative

Health Studio, room 124

610 Henry Street

Brooklyn NY 11231

• There’s a Good Chance Your Kid was Baffled Reading These Test Questions.  How About You?
• Why Opt Out? New York State Allies for Public Education, January 2018
• Applying to Middle Schools without NYS Test Scores? Read our survey of how NYC public middle schools evaluate applicants that don’t take the NYS Tests
• HIGH SCHOOL SURVEY Read our survey of how NYC public high schools evaluate applicants that don’t take the NYS Tests
• The Top Ten Reasons to Opt Out of the State Tests A short video sums it all up
• Why and How to Opt Out Fact Sheet on how to “Just Say No” from FairTest
• Boycott Standardized Tests Without Fear of Federal Penalties to Your School
• Federal Law and Regulations on Opting Out Under ESSA,
• The True Cost of the Tests Video: Jeanette Deutermann
• The Uncomfortable Truth about Testing Video: Johanna Garcia
• What if schools weren’t test-prep factories? Video: Jehan Senai Worthy
• Teach What Matters Video: Jesse Hagopian
• She Served Our Country. Now She’s Fighting For Our Kids Video: Linda Lyon
• 2 School Districts, 1 Truth. Video: John Kuhn
• Privatization in Public Education. Video: Diane Ravitch
• Middle School Admissions Q&A on middle schools and NYS test scores
• State Testing Not What’s Best for Our Students, Newsday
• High Stakes Testing and the Black Community Video: Jamaal Bowman
• Brooklyn educators speak out Video
• Opt In? Opt Out? It’s Time to Choose Forum Video

Statements from NYC elected officials about test refusal

• Daniel Dromm, NYC Council Member, 25th District, Queens
  • Spanish version
• Brad Lander, NYC Council Member, 39th District, Brooklyn

For additional resources, please also visit:

• NYC Opt Out
• Change the Stakes

To “Opt Out” of High Stakes Testing

Please fill out the 2019 BNS Choose to Refuse Letter (en español) and return it to Amy Sumner in backpack mail. Here is a letter you can use for other schools.

Why get involved?

Interested in helping preserve the autonomy of our schools’ curricula? Want to stay informed about public education policy issues? Concerned about the impacts of standardized testing on classrooms, teaching, and children? Curious how education policy impacts social justice? PAC is for you!

Join us at a monthly meeting or reach out by contacting ps146pac@gmail.com and/or join the PAC YAHOO GROUP (send email to bns-bcs-pac-subscribe@yahoogroups.com).

If you’re interested in being part of the PAC conversation, please JOIN THE PAC YAHOO GROUP by emailing: bns-bcs-pac-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

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