Anti-testing advocates meeting here to advance their cause tossed around a list of protest strategies: Twitter campaigns, parent test-taking parties, quiet conversations in the teachers’ lounge, ...
The parents who organized a record-breaking boycott of state tests last year say the commissioner’s latest effort to alter state tests is not nearly enough. In response to widespread criticism of ...
HealthDay News — “Opt-out” testing could significantly increase the number of patients who agree to be tested for HIV, according to research published online in The BMJ. The study, which involved 4 ...
The "opt-out bill" that has garnered debate over parents' ability to control whether their kids take certain school tests died Monday by an overwhelming majority in the House. House Bill 1283 had lost ...
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 ...
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 ...
How you offer patients an HIV test has a significant impact on the likelihood of them accepting tests, finds a study published by The BMJ today. In the first randomized controlled trial to evaluate ...
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 ...
It’s no secret that college students are having sex, and Student Health Services has finally shown its awareness of this issue by holding a “Sex on the BU Beach” party. SHS and Wellness Coordinator ...