New York Is Freaking Out Over Test Scores
Yikes, it was on the CBS evening news!!! NY city test scores went down!!! OMG, the sky is falling. Meanwhile, the new Common Core standards and the new version of standardized multiple choice bubble in tests has NYC parents with their panties in a wad. State test scores expected to drop dramatically from tougher reading […]
Catholic Schools Against the Common Core
What exactly is in the Common Core Standards and which standards are a deal breaker for states or Catholic schools when taking money from the federal government? I’d like to know the amount of money the federal government sends to Catholic schools across the country. But looks like the largest Catholic teacher organization (NCEA) has […]
Made in America: Segregation by Design | the becoming radical
What connects a Barbara Kingsolver poem, The Great Gatsby, and the lingering mechanisms of segregation in the U.S.? Please read to examine: Made in America: Segregation by Design | the becoming radical.
Governor Corbett Handpicked Government Careerist and Education Reform Lobbyist to Head State’s 14 Public Universities? Vote Tomorrow. by Sean Kitchen
http://www.ragingchickenpress.org/2013/08/06/governor-corbett-handpicked-government-careerist-and-education-reform-lobbyist-to-head-states-14-public-universities-vote-tomorrow/ Governor Corbett has allowed a corporate coup’ de tat to occur within the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. On Monday August 5th, PASSHE’s Board of Governors announced that a vote for the new Chancellor will h
Chicken Little and the Emperor
Yesterday, I was working in my room and decided that I would stop down and discuss my recent “Math Module” training. I knocked on his open door and said as I almost always do “Can I bother you for a minute?” He turned, looked at me and I could tell immediately that he was not […]
8-6-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face
SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: Mental Health and American Children Who Are in Chronic PovertyCynthia Lamy’s American Children in Chronic Poverty is a must-read for all service providers, as well as educators. A first post reviewed synthesis of an amazing body of social science research in a way that informs comprehensive planning for all sorts of anti-poverty efforts. This post will focus on h