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Houston-area teachers protesting safer conditions in classrooms, STAAR testing rules
Houston-area teachers call out sick to protest STAAR testing, safer conditions in classrooms
At least 200 teachers from 9 local school districts participated in the protest to bring change to the education system.
HOUSTON - Local teachers called out sick to protest STAAR testing and to call for safer conditions in schools.
According to the group Community Voices for Public Education, at least 200 teachers from 9 local school districts participated in National Sick Out Day.
The effort is to call for the suspension of standardizing testing because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Last week, the Texas Education Agency stated it will suspend A-F ratings for the 2020-2021 school year but STAAR testing will proceed as a way to gauge student learning during the pandemic.