For the many students attending failing schools, the only voice they have to cry out for help is through standardized testing. Those who oppose standardized testing stand against the one tool we have to not only measure when our children are not receiving quality instruction, but also the spotlight that has revealed the racism inherent in school systems across the country, including here in Franklin County, where over half of black and latino/a students are in failing school districts compared to 9% of white students. Opposition to standardized testing places the desires of privileged white adults over the needs of children of color.
I know Rob Brisk and that might be the most uneducated and cruel statement you could make of him. Under his tutelage, Mr. Brisk has made the Wellington School 40% diverse in a neighborhood that is 88.5% white. I don't think you can fairly allege that Rob Brisk has only the desires of the privileged white adults in mind. In regards to school segregation, it is not like Ohio is special in its inadequecy. In fact, I don't think I can come up with one state that has a well sorted out solution to the racism inherent in the U.S's school districts.
