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Sunday, March 31, 2013

Schools Matter: New York's Race to Implement Common Core Before Revolt Breaks Out

Schools Matter: New York's Race to Implement Common Core Before Revolt Breaks Out:


New York's Race to Implement Common Core Before Revolt Breaks Out

Corporate ed reform schoolers across the country are in emergency mode to try to implement the latest testing deliver system, the Common Core, before parents and teachers and students can force a halt to the madness. In doing so, deformers make their desperation apparent as their agendas take precedent over learning or the opportunity to learn.

In New York, high stakes decisions will be made this year based on test scores for which teachers and students had no materials or time to prepare.  This is the perfect opportunity to bring this violation into the courts.  FromNorth Country Now:
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Sunday, March 31, 2013 - 8:39 am
New York’s largest teachers’ union is asking parents to join teachers in opposing the state’s use of what the