Mulgrew "Frightened" By Opposition To Common Core
From Gotham Schools:The opposition has alarmed many who say they continue to support the idea behind the standards, which is to teach students to think more deeply and critically, even as they have criticized the state’s implementation. “This debate about whether Common Core is good or bad … is what frightens me,” United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew, another panelist, said this
Georgia Joins States Looking To Pull Back From Common Core
The list of states where Common Core is facing serious opposition grows:Gov. Nathan Deal has ordered a sweeping review of the Common Core national guidelines and asked the State Board of Education to “formally un-adopt” a part of the program that includes sample English test selections that infuriated some parents.Deal also asked the board to develop a new social studies curriculum that emphasizes
Race To The Top Comes To College
The tentacles of the federal government look to grow longer:President Barack Obama begins a speaking tour in New York on Thursday to push his plan to make college more affordable at a university in Buffalo, N.Y., and a high school in Syracuse, N.Y. The plan the president will propose focuses on tying funds for schools to performance, spurring innovation and competition and keeping student debt aff
DFER's Ally With Tea Party To Bring Charter Schools To Kentucky
One of the arguments we have heard from education reform groups like Democrats For Education Reform for why progressive educators shouldn't ally with right wing Tea Party types in a common cause against Common Core is that right wing Tea Party types hold views in anathema to progressives on other issues - from vouchers to teaching evolution in schools to sex education and Obamacare - and progressi
8-21-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Someone Tell Merryl Tisch - The Public Doesn't Hate TeachersRegents Chancellor and testing doyenne Merryl Tisch used the following argument to support tying teacher evaluations to test scores:Merryl H. Tisch, chancellor of the Board of Regents, said that because of the new “scientific, objective” evaluation system, the public would see that teachers were being held to a rigo