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Testing resistance resources here.

Sign the National Resolution against High-Stakes Testing. Here's how.

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PSAT stands for Public Schools Action Tuesday. Look below for a new way each week to support our public schools.

PSAT for 5-21-13: Everyone can do something to protest Chicago's mass school closings: here are some ideas.

Check out our occasional boycott recommendation:

Why would anyone who cares about public schools shop at WalMart? Learn more here

Boycott Amazon? Help our allies in Washington State push back charters once again, Here's how.

Boycott Bruce Rauner! Here's how.

Boycott Pritzker's Hyatt for public education! Here's why.

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Ongoing actions to support public schools...

->Put pressure where it really hurts: The Achilles Heel of corporate school vultures.

->A young man overcomes CPS's threat of retention to succeed in school and life. Share his story.

Resources

**Join PURE News for e-mail news and updates.

**PARENTS! Need help with special education problems? PURE's Wanda Hopkins is the expert you want on your side. Contact her for details: 773-663-5420 or wjhoppo4@yahoo.com.

**On ESEA:

Parents Across America position paper on ESEA reauthorization.

Chicago School Reform: Lessons for the Nation - Monty Neill and Julie Woestehoff, 2007. Download here.

Failures of Arne Duncan's Renaissance 2010: Research summary by Dr. Pauline Lipman.

**On High-Stakes Testing:

Since 1996, Chicago has flunked tens of thousands of students. The policy doesn't work, harms students, increases the drop out rate, and costs over $100 million per year. Read more here.

Read PURE's 2010 Office for Civil Rights complaint against CPS's high-stakes testing and retention policy here.

**On School Privatization/Charters:

Read about the accountability problems PURE uncovered in Chicago's charter and turnaround schools: Our report.

**Parents are Powerful! PURE's How-To Books (giant files!):

The Power of Parent Participation: How to Create a Powerful Parent Organization

Chicago Parents' Fair Testing Campaign: How Parents Used Multiple Strategies to Force Change in the CPS Student Testing Policy

**Here's What Works!

What Works in Schools, PURE style.

Research shows that LSCs are more effective than turnarounds! LSCs work!

What are Local School Councils? Fact sheet.
LSC Basics Lesson 1.
LSC Basics Lesson 2.

About the PURE Thoughts blogger
Julie Woestehoff is PURE's executive director. Julie's work has earned her a Ford Foundation award and recognition as one of the 100 Most Powerful Women in Chicago.
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