Yes, the Cracks are Showing in Ed Reform
I have my own threads to write on the large and visible cracks in ed reform that are showing. But in brief:
- TFA? There is now a group of ex-TFA that have organized to get TFA to go away. It's not just a few people, it's now a whole group.
- Common Core? There's another big story of states starting to back away. One reason is something I have said would come and that's the day that conservatives realize that local control goes out the window with Common Core. (Not saying if that is right or wrong but most conservatives would not go for it.)
- FERPA? Along with Common Core are the the concerns over student privacy. Will any student in K-12 today be protected from their information going out to any company/group a district deems necessary? Where is that line?
- Assessments? A huge story and one that gets bigger every day. A teacher going to visit a student in the hospital (the kid is in because of a possible brain tumor) and guess what the teacher brings? The state