Union Protests State Test 'Gag Order'

UNION PROTESTS STATE TEST ‘GAG ORDER’: Representatives from the American Federation of Teachers will deliver a letter of protest from AFT President Randi Weingarten to Pearson shareholders attending a meeting in London this morning. Their beef: Confidentiality rules that block New York teachers and principals from discussing their concerns about specific questions on Pearson’s new Common Core exams. “We’re concerned that Pearson is using gag orders to cover up — rather than address — problems with its standardized tests,” Weingarten writes.