Cash Cow $tate $tandards
With all due respect to Joanne Yatvin, who has made important contributions to NCTE and to literacy (notably her work confronting the flawed National Reading Panel), this is why we cannot be fatalistic about Cash Cow $tate $tandards: CC$$ advocacy is being driven by corporate interests, the allure of money to be made. If […]
Microtel Inns, Dairy Queens, St. Sensible and Detroit Country Day: Realities and Myths of "Choice"
Reblogged from @ THE CHALK FACE: EDUCATION WEEK recently published "Calculator Use on Exams to Shift With Common Core," by Erik W. Robelen. In reply to some discussion about the article on a private Facebook page, Wendy Hart wrote, “ I think the real issue here isn't what is the proper use of a calculator, but […]
Gates Money and Common Core– Part V
This post is the fifth in a series on Bill Gates’ funding of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). As of September 22, 2013, Gates has spent $173.5 million expressly for CCSS according to the Gates grants search engine. The first post includes CCSS background and Gates funding for key players at the CCSS planning […]
9-24-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: If You Ask, They Will AnswerI have recently asked, Whatever Happened to Scientifically Based Research in Education Policy? And it appears that the USDOE has come forward with an answer, as reported by Valerie Strauss: The U.S. Education Department routinely awards millions of dollars in grants to states and organizations, but it seems that it doesn’t have enough money to maintain