For our second NEU #FightbackFriday Social Media Storm, NEU will join with the Badass Teachers Association (BATS) and multiple Educator United groups from AZ, KY, OK, WA, CA, NJ, and VA. This week’s message will be a continuation of #CancelTheTests, but we are focusing on standardized testing’s racial inequity.

Standardized testing is rooted in racism, eugenics, ableism, and classism. Too little has changed in testing’s 100 years. Our youth — especially our BIPOC (Black and Indigenous People of Color) youth — continue to suffer from the pandemic. Education should be playing a role to help children heal from the deleterious effects of the pandemic. They need mental-health counselors, not testing, which, due to the pandemic, will be meaningless as well as misguided. President Biden, you promised to stop the tests. Keep your word!

Hop on Zoom (details below) to hang out and Tweet/Post, whether you are familiar with Twitter or not!

RSVP: http://bit.ly/NEU-Fightback-Friday-2

If you cannot join us on Zoom, here is the toolkit for you to use when you are able. It does not matter what time you post, just make sure you post!
https://bit.ly/NEU-Fightback-Friday-Toolkit