for more, we go to seattle where we're joined by jesse hagopian, a high school history teacher and unionarfield high school. he is a founding member of social equality educators. welcome back to democracy now! talk about this victory. >> thanks again for having me on the program today. this is really a stunning victory for us here in seattle at garfield high school and across the city of the high schools boycotting of the test. a week ago today an announcement went out saying that the test would be optional at the high school level, and it led to huge celebrations at garfield with high fives of teachers and. we were celebrating this a long struggle. we were threatened with a 10-day suspension without pay and other consequences. this was a real vindication. we were celebrating the fact that our students will no longer have to sit in front of the dull glow of a computer screen, looking at questions that they were never prepared for because the test was not aligned in the state-mandated curriculum. we were celebrating because our english language learners will no longer have to be humiliate