NEA Resolves to Do Nothing to End Its Embrace of High Stakes Tests and Common Core
Here’s a couple of my favorite resolutions from this year’s annual hoodwinking: That NEA develop a comprehensive strategy to affirm our opposition to the excessive and inappropriate use of high stakes tests. This strategy will be accomplished through advocacy to and the education of the public and elected leaders, support of efforts by local and […]
Catharsis in exiting numerous, ridiculous Facebook groups
I have no idea how in recent weeks that my sidebar of Facebook groups and pages exploded. Well, actually, I do: others can add us to anything, that’s why. But I fed the beast. I actually participated in discussions, or whatever you want to call them. Something was dragging me down this rabbit hole. I […]
If it reads like a script and sounds like a script…
The New York State Education Department has been aggressive with its reform agenda over the last year, including a new teacher evaluation system (APPR) and implementing the Common Core. The process of adopting the Common Core has been pushed forward at lightspeed giving educators a feeling of helplessness. Last spring’s state assessments were Common […]
If it reads like a script and sounds like a script…
The New York State Education Department has been aggressive with its reform agenda over the last year, including a new teacher evaluation system (APPR) and implementing the Common Core. The process of adopting the Common Core has been pushed forward at lightspeed giving educators a feeling of helplessness. Last spring’s state assessments were Common […]
Sign BAR’s Petition: Anti-Racist Educators Should Not Issue Ghetto Passes To Teach For America
‘If this is how “anti-racism education” works – giving cover to organizations and policies that hurt people of color more than anybody else, it might be time to re-think that whole contraption as well.’ — Bruce A. Dixon Black Agenda Report (BAR) has been a consistent and principled opponent of neoliberal education reform for as […]
#edweek. Education News or Common Core Propaganda?
It is the crap above that makes me question why I even subscribe to #edweek email alerts. At Road Maps to Common Core Success, district leaders, curriculum developers, and other experts, provided actionable plans to help education leaders like you find your way around obstacles that can hinder your route to success. How is it […]
Blinded by the Stereotype Spotlight | the becoming radical
Blinded by the Stereotype Spotlight | the becoming radical.
The Not-so-Hidden Path to School Improvement
Closing the Opportunity Gap, edited by Prudence Carter and Kevin Welner, shows how accountability-driven, competition-driven “reform” has failed educationally. On the other hand, it recounts the political advantages that corporate “reform” enjoys as it seeks to use competition to improve schools. Carter and Welner submit an ironclad case for evidence-driven school policies. Most of the […]
7-9-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face
SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: My response to the response of the initial response on the @aftunion “survey” @rweingartenI can’t do this on Twitter. I just can’t. I wrote this yesterday about the AFT survey. My concerns in that post were not necessarily related to the methods of Hart. That’s already been addressed. I was responding to a Facebook comment, whereby an educator referred to the surve