Center School Saga Continues On
I had heard about this but had no real info but our friends over at The Stranger have written this:
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Rumor has it that the Seattle School District is punishing the high school teacher at the center of a controversy earlier this year—concerning his award-winning race and social justice class—by transferring him to another school.
Greenberg heard from the district this weekend—after chaperoning prom on Saturday night—that he'll be sent to Hamilton Middle School next year.
Current teachers have sent around a public letter saying they "stand categorically opposed to the proposed transfer. Jon Greenberg is an outstanding, award-winning teacher and a seminal member of The Center School
(bold theirs)
Rumor has it that the Seattle School District is punishing the high school teacher at the center of a controversy earlier this year—concerning his award-winning race and social justice class—by transferring him to another school.
Greenberg heard from the district this weekend—after chaperoning prom on Saturday night—that he'll be sent to Hamilton Middle School next year.
Current teachers have sent around a public letter saying they "stand categorically opposed to the proposed transfer. Jon Greenberg is an outstanding, award-winning teacher and a seminal member of The Center School
Education and Strange Bedfellow: Common Core is Wrong
First off - read Anthony Cody's column from his Living in Dialogue slot at Education Week. READ IT in its entirety.
Why? Because it gives quite the total picture of Common Core and why so many - yes, including Tea Party folks - are against it. Worried about it. And will fight it. You should be, too, if only to protect your child's privacy.
Here's the basics from his column but again, READ IT:
"1. Sharing of student and teacher data with third party developers of all sorts, with no guarantees of privacy. As noted in this post, there are plans in place in some states such as Illinois and New York, and others as well, to collect massive amounts of data, which will be housed in a cloud based databank maintained by inBloom, a non-profit created by the Gates Foundation for this purpose."
"2. As the Post notes, "Critics also charge that Common Core was thrust onto schools with little public
Why? Because it gives quite the total picture of Common Core and why so many - yes, including Tea Party folks - are against it. Worried about it. And will fight it. You should be, too, if only to protect your child's privacy.
Here's the basics from his column but again, READ IT:
"1. Sharing of student and teacher data with third party developers of all sorts, with no guarantees of privacy. As noted in this post, there are plans in place in some states such as Illinois and New York, and others as well, to collect massive amounts of data, which will be housed in a cloud based databank maintained by inBloom, a non-profit created by the Gates Foundation for this purpose."
"2. As the Post notes, "Critics also charge that Common Core was thrust onto schools with little public