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Thursday, September 13, 2012

School Tech Connect: The Road To Ruin

School Tech Connect: The Road To Ruin:


The Road To Ruin

Just reprinting one of my favorite things, the Track E Assessment Calendar for Chicago Public Schools. What this is is a visual representation of the road to ruin. It's the color-coded key to a culture of compliance. And this ain't nothin'. Wait 'til every student has to have high-stakes testing in every subject so that every teacher can be fired with bureaucratic efficiency.  Here's what you should do today if you're in Rahm's Tea Party political base. Call up the school where the mayor sends his kid and ask them to see their version of this.