Friday, October 7, 2011

Schools Matter: Susan Ohanian asks: Vermont, do you really want a waiver?

Schools Matter: Susan Ohanian asks: Vermont, do you really want a waiver?:

Susan Ohanian asks: Vermont, do you really want a waiver?

Vermont: Do you really want a waiver?

Published in Rutland Herald
10/06/2011 (Vermont)

It is both regrettable and understandable that the Rutland Herald account of the Monday meeting of the state Board of Education meeting contains so much misinformation. Commissioner Armando Vilaseca did not help clarify this critical education issue by mouthing hot air direct from U. S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. 





The truth of the matter is that there won’t be less testing. Because Vermont signed on to the Common Core