The Shedd Institute
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Siuslaw and Umpqua watersheds,” MRT
has earned our gratitude and respect. Its
efforts have not come easily or cheaply:
The trust depends on foundation grants
and consistent, sizeable contributions
from individuals to pay staff and purchase
desirable land.
Unfortunately, but necessarily, due to its
size, its policies and its obligations, MRT
can neither purchase from willing sellers nor
oversee donations on many properties that
would qualify for a conservation easement.
Fortunately, as one of the number of
“small, locally-driven land trusts” that,
Warren notes, “protect historic sites,
farmland, wildlife habitat, water quality,
rural heritage and more,” Northwest
Land Conservation Trust (NWLCT) is
able to conserve lands statewide that
larger organizations such as The Nature
Conservancy and MRT cannot or will not.
With a volunteer board and as an
accredited nonprofit land trust, NWLCT
has for more than 25 years preserved the
natural, historical and cultural values of
private properties both large and small
through conservation easement donations.
If you have property you wish to
conserve and believe would qualify for a
conservation easement, please consult the
NWLCT website at nwlct.org.
Lives are finite, legacies infinite.
Robert Emmons
Fall Creek
TURN THE TESTING TIDE
Parents, you should opt your children
out of Smarter Balanced tests. Here’s why:
1. Common Core isn’t over until states
agree, meaning students keep taking the
same flawed standardized tests until you
opt them out.
2. Zero schools have lost funding from
opt-outs, contrary to propaganda. New
York’s 15-percent rate didn’t cost one
federal dime.
3. Test questions focus unfairly above
grade level, while containing errors in
punctuation, grammar and logic.
4. Scores don’t show which answers
students get wrong or Common Core
standards they meet. Results arrive the
next year, too late to act.
5. Tests waste seven hours for a third
grader and 11 for older kids, not including
drills and practice tests. Classes lose two
to four weeks of instructional time.
6. Oregon’s $27.5 million Smarter
Balanced tests consume electives that
would motivate kids, teach lifelong skills
and improve graduation rates.
7. Expanded testing is merely the first
step in corporate plans to profit from
every classroom activity “from cradle to
college,” they boast.
8. Better, less expensive methods are
available.
9. Oregon’s Department of Education is
working jointly with the Oregon Education
Association on improved assessments. Yet
some officials still resist.
You have the power to turn the
tide. The Community Alliance for Public
Education is hosting a parent meeting
about opting out: 7 pm Monday, April 18,
at the Springfield Public Library. For more
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