The TTUTA can take plenty from social justice unionism and Seattle’s boycott. For one, the SEA’s abolition relies equally on the Ministry and the TTUTA, just as students, parents, and community members. It would be more useful for the TTUTA to promote the policies and movements that benefit and satisfy students and parents, and the larger community rather than work against them. Unionized educators need to recognize parents and community members as crucial allies since activism without the educators of the TTUTA could only go so far.

Ideally, their collaboration could look like Seattle’s win in 2015 against the MAP test. Similarly, the societal clusters would agree that the SEA is significantly flawed and no longer suitable for schoolchildren. The radical educators in Seattle boycotted in students’ best interests, which undoubtedly drew in their allies to support them in their fight. Assuming the Ministry of Education will hold its stance as the overseer, the TTUTA is the final component of a community in accord for abolition. 

This past June, one parent and educator of the TTUTA vocalized their dissent of the SEA exam in an op-ed. Much like the other groups, they radically affirmed that the exam is unnecessary and a regurgitation/drill and practice for assessments (“Abolish,” 2020). Perhaps this unionized member’s public stance could be the start of a shift in the TTUTA’s universal position for reform and a step towards abolition, after the fashion of Seattle. If they joined together with students, parents, and community members, the MoE and other administrators would have no alternatives besides giving attention to the issue and potentially tearing down its traumatic and inequitable cycle of high-stakes standardization.