In our last episode, this season we ask the question "Should Black parents have the right to opt-out their children from taking standardized assessments?" Though mostly defined as a white, suburban, and upper-income-led movement, Black parents are beginning to use the opt-out movement as one of the many ways to resist education reforms that prioritize standardized exams over student learning. Our co-host and EdD Leadership and Policy NYU Steinhardt candidate Fawziah Qadir is in the hot seat to talk about her research in standardized exams and Black resistance in the opt-out movement.

Fawziah Qadir is an EdD Leadership and Policy candidate at NYU Steinhardt. She is a Teacher's Assitant at both NYU and Barnard College.

Anderson, J. D. (1988). The education of Blacks in the South, 1860-1935. Univ of North Carolina Press.

https://www.villagevoice.com/2016/03/28/low-income-parents-are-caught-between-the-growing-opt-out-movement-and-the-citys-attempts-to-clamp-down-on-dissent/