More Than a Score - by Jesse Hagopian (Paperback)

About the Book

Key participants in the growing movement of teachers, students, and parents organizing against high stakes testing.

Book Synopsis

"Jesse Hagopian brought a rare moment of truth to the corporate-dominated Education Nation show when he spoke on behalf of his colleagues at Garfield High in Seattle. He instantly became the voice and face of the movement to stop pointless and punitive high-stakes testing."--Diane Ravitch, author of Reign of Terror

In cities across the country, students are walking out, parents are opting their children out, and teachers are rallying against the abuses of high-stakes standardized testing.

These are the stories--in their own words--of some of those who are defying the corporate education reformers and fueling a national movement to reclaim public education.

Alongside the voices of students, parents, teachers, and grassroots education activists, the book features renowned education researchers and advocates, including Nancy Carrlson-Paige, Karen Lewis, and Monty Neill.

Jesse Hagopian teaches history and is the Black Student Union adviser at Garfield High School, the site of the historic boycott of the MAP test in 2013. He is an associate editor of Rethinking Schools, and winner of the 2013 "Secondary School Teacher of Year" award from the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences. He is a contributing author to Education and Capitalism: Struggles for Learning and Liberation and 101 Changemakers: Rebels and Radicals Who Changed US History, and writes regularly for Truthout, Black Agenda Report, and the Seattle Times Op-Ed page.

Review Quotes

"Jesse Hagopian brought a rare moment of truth to the corporate-dominated Education Nation show when he spoke on behalf of his colleagues at Garfield High in Seattle. He instantly became the voice and face of the movement to stop pointless and punitive high-stakes testing."
-Diane Ravitch, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education, education historian, and bestselling author

"Jesse Hagopian is doing more than teaching history. He is answering history's call."
-John Young, writer and regular contributor to the Austin Statesman news

"Jesse brings parents, students, and teachers together for the greater good. He is a tireless advocate for his students and his coworkers. His voice is for social justice."
-Bob George, Save Our Schools National Director

"Jesse Hagopian helps students learn from history and then apply those lessons to their lives today."
-Deborah Menkart, Executive Director of Teaching for Change

About the Author

Jesse Hagopian, the book's editor and contributing author, is a teacher at Seattle's Garfield High School, an editor for Rethinking Schools magazine, and was a leader in the historic boycott of the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) test of 2013.