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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Reading a paced, scripted text is NOT teaching. | Reclaim Reform

Reading a paced, scripted text is NOT teaching. | Reclaim Reform:


Reading a paced, scripted text is NOT teaching.

Common Core isn’t.
Reading a paced, scripted text is not teaching.
scripted text
The Race to the Top is not a race and has no top.

No Child Left Behind left children behind if their arbitrary test scores did not meet a shifting arbitrary number.
Homeless students are required to give their home addresses for school attendance.
Federal public education funds are given in large amounts to schools that don’t need to improve and are denied to schools that need to improve.
As the wealthiest country in the world, we are repeatedly told by elected officials that we are broke and cannot afford to pay our bills.
The USA is declared the greatest country in the world by elected officials who gather data showing that by most quantifiable data the USA is not the greatest country in the world. (Health, household income, longevity, infant