1) Who is the audience?
The audience were parents, educators and the general public.
2) What concern raised in the article was most significant to you?
The concern raised in the article that was most significant to me was the new test based on the common core standards that have caused students who once easily passed tests to suddenly be branded as failing.
3) Did Dr. King address the fears of the parents at the forum?
Dr. King did not address any of the parent’s fear at the forum.
Dr. King addressed the fears of the parents in an interview, he said, “Many of the tests that teachers and parents are complaining about are mandated by federal law,” but because of these forums the state is looking for ways to eliminate some testing. Pg3
4) What fear was expressed by the parents? …show more content…
King is deaf to the misery of pupils taking standardized tests and too open to commercial involvement in the system.
5) Do you think the parents would react differently if Dr. King were white?
I do believe that the parents would have been more respectful if Dr. King were white. The derogatory names and obscene gestures at a forum near Poughkeepsie, was totally uncalled for they are all adults and can express themselves in a way that is decent and intelligent. I agree with Timothy Daly’s comment on page 3, that said “This is the first African-American leader of the State Education Department,” he said. “And to watch him be shouted at and insulted by largely white audiences in the suburbs is discomforting and it is jarring that, not only has it happened, but it has happened
The audience were parents, educators and the general public.
2) What concern raised in the article was most significant to you?
The concern raised in the article that was most significant to me was the new test based on the common core standards that have caused students who once easily passed tests to suddenly be branded as failing.
3) Did Dr. King address the fears of the parents at the forum?
Dr. King did not address any of the parent’s fear at the forum.
Dr. King addressed the fears of the parents in an interview, he said, “Many of the tests that teachers and parents are complaining about are mandated by federal law,” but because of these forums the state is looking for ways to eliminate some testing. Pg3
4) What fear was expressed by the parents? …show more content…
King is deaf to the misery of pupils taking standardized tests and too open to commercial involvement in the system.
5) Do you think the parents would react differently if Dr. King were white?
I do believe that the parents would have been more respectful if Dr. King were white. The derogatory names and obscene gestures at a forum near Poughkeepsie, was totally uncalled for they are all adults and can express themselves in a way that is decent and intelligent. I agree with Timothy Daly’s comment on page 3, that said “This is the first African-American leader of the State Education Department,” he said. “And to watch him be shouted at and insulted by largely white audiences in the suburbs is discomforting and it is jarring that, not only has it happened, but it has happened