Our recent show on NCTQ. Consider this the end of the discussion.
We returned to the air last evening to discuss the various reactions to the latest NCTQ report. This for me is the end of the debate. We need not comment on it further unless further developments ensue. Other authors are welcome to continue the dialogue, however. One of our callers raised a very excellent point. […]
Is #ISTE13 a substantive debate on #edtech or just a business convention?
I’m guessing the latter based on sponsorship (Microsoft, Pearson, DELL, etc.). The really interesting thing is to examine the various presentations and you start to wonder who’s an actual scholar versus some company hack trying to sell something. It’s difficult with all of the organizations and research firms that are made to sound like some […]
Tennesseans Respond to Chief Kevin’s Latest Assault on Teaching
The other news that got buried by Huffman’s new brain disorder to rob teachers of future step increases in pay has to do with the accompanying plan to cut the professional license from 10 to 6 years and to require arbitrary student test score gains in order to renew a license. Huffman tried to defend […]
Understanding NCTQ’s Essential Role in Eliminating Caring Teachers
NCTQ, ELC, and their ilk were/are like cockroaches that have slightly evolved brains. They still scurry when the light is turned on, but they do their best to create diversions or fake scares aimed to make sure you don’t flip the switch or shine the light their way. But they are many and well-fed. What they […]
6-23-13 @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER
@ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER: [image: gears] Chief Kevin Huffman Leads Effort To Kill Teacher Recruiting in Tennessee by Jim Horn We know that Tennessee has become the poster state for every untried corporate reform idea that ALEC can craft in a statute and pass on to the semi-literate Republican Taliban which now runs the State–with the support of homegrown oligarch, Bill (Pilot Oil) Haslam. And thanks to coaching by Gates Foundation drones in late 2009, […] *6-22-13 @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER* mike simpson at Big Education Ape - 18 hours ago @ THE CHALK F... more »