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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

8-14-13 SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE

SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE:

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Robert Rendo: #optout graphic to share widely.

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TEA Challenges Huffman/Haslam Plan to Tie Licensure to Value-Addled Test Scores
You have to take the 18 minutes to view this news conference announcement in order to appreciate the profound unfairness of using VAM for ANY high stakes decision. For more context, detailed discussion, and a survey of the mountain of research studies, buy the book.


New Media, New Public Intellectuals | the becoming radical
New Media, New Public Intellectuals | the becoming radical.





8-13-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face
SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: Paul Toner, MA TURNcoat, Leads Charge for Common Core and PARCCLawyer, corporate stooge, and MTA President, Paul Toner has sold teachers down the river in Massachusetts with support for test score based teacher evaluations, more segregated corporate reform schools, and now the Common Core testing delivery system. Toner has a propaganda piece at the MTA site that on