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Sunday, August 4, 2013

Perdido Street School: Ed Deformer Jeff Bezos Buys Washington Post + Why Are Tisch And King So Afraid To Reveal The Common Core Test Contents?

Perdido Street School:  Why Are Tisch And King So Afraid To Reveal The Common Core Test Contents?:

Ed Deformer Jeff Bezos Buys Washington Post
From Kaplan to Amazon:Billionaire Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos bought himself a new toy on Monday: the 136-year-old newspaper The Washington Post, which he acquired for $250 million from the Washington Post Company. The announcement blindsided the media world, where seemingly no one knew the U.S. capital’s flagship paper was for sale.Bezos says he will keep the Post separate from Amazon and w

Why Are Tisch And King So Afraid To Reveal The Common Core Test Contents?




The scores from the Common Core tests - the one's the kids didn't have the time to finish - are going to be released this week and NYSED Commissioner/rookie teacher John King says they are really, really bad:

State education officials will drop a bomb on thousands of city kids and parents Wednesday when they release scores from the controversial and tougher reading and math exams.

State Education Commissioner John King sounded the alarm for disastrous results with a letter sent to principals Friday afternoon.

“Scores are expected to be significantly lower than the 2011-’12 scores,” he wrote, adding that principals should use the scores “judiciously” when making decisions about whether to fire teachers.

King and his buddy in corporate reform Merryl Tisch cannot wait for these scores to be released and for parents to freak out so they