families. it s an important milestone, and i think what really you take away from this is each family goes through their process of healing and recovery in different ways. but there s such a strength in this community to come back and to be together. and more broadly, they re talking about something called the oklahoma standard. to try to do some act of kindness, some act of service and to honor those who were lost and injured here all those years ago. i m glad you were this. you re the perfect person to do the report. thank you. the opt-out movement against common core testing is growing. superintendents throughout new york say that up to 70% of students in some schools are refuses to sit for standardized tests which continue this week. schools in maine, new mexico organization, and pennsylvania are also seeing similar backlash. in new jersey, an organization that represents educators put out a series of ads featuring parents and educators speaking out against common core testing.
from new york to oklahoma, concerned parts say the testing allows the federal government to dictate curriculum, taking power away from local districts and educators. parent and critics say common core testing is you causing unnecessary stress and anxiety, forcing students to learn a test and nothing else. i think that six days of testing for an 8-year-old is egregious. i want my children to love to learn. i want them to continue to go to college. and i m worried that they will burn out before they get there. parents say kids are coming home in tears, homework is being replaced with test preparation. the tests are given in 90 minute sessions over six days. many schools are forcing kids who opt out to sit and stare and do nothing in class during testing. advocates say the test is meant to make sure all kids are getting the higher level of