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Testing companies hit the jackpot on Common Core
The market for testing products and services is booming and could continue to surge over the next few years, according to industry analysts and company officials, who say that growth is being fueled by the shift toward common-core tests. Federal education policy since No Child Left Behind has fueled the testing boom which in turn has driven even more testing down to lower and lower grades. Many st
Darling-Hammond on Common Core
Stanford prof Linda Darling-Hammond, who should have been our Sec. of Education, shares her thoughts on Common Core.We should use the standards as guideposts and not straitjackets. And we should develop robust performance-based assessments of the kind I describe in my book that provide exciting opportunities for students to demonstrate their learning and for teachers to be engaged in development a
OCT 24
In The Mailbox
GRASSROOTS COLLABORATIVE637 S. DEARBORN, THIRD FLOOR CHICAGO, IL 60605www. t h e g r a s s r o o t s c o l l a b o r a t i v e . o r g PRESS STATEMENTFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 23, 2013Contact: Nathan Ryan, Communications Organizer, 920-445-3920, nathan@thegrassrootscollaborative.org Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Budget Address Continues Status Quo Instead of Addressing Growing InequalityCHICAGO In this
Uh oh, Rahm is 'furious'
Emanuel praised Ahmad’s work in a new release issued last month announcing his resignation, saying: “Amer has played an integral role in my efforts to reform government, strengthen the city’s finances, and professionalize our approach to fiscal management.” The Sun-Times' Fran Spielman reports that the Little Emperor is "furious." Why? Because people keep bringing up this Amer Ahmad thin
OCT 23
Send lawyers, guns and money...
The shit has hit the fanIt’s shocking to hear that Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios’ name would come up in a discussion of questionable activity. SHOCKING, I say. -- Evening Rush Rahm & Joe "The Boss" BerriosI no sooner finished responding to Laura Washington, who practically wrote off the anti-Rahm opposition in upcoming elections, than a significant chunk of the mayor's team implod
OCT 22
Defeating Rahm, Taking back Chicago. Tough, but It can be done.
Community groups rally to Take Back Chicago.Sun-Times columnist Laura Washington paints a pretty grim, if not discouraging picture of Chicago's political future ("Despite woes, Rahm tough to beat"). She's right, of course. When it comes to elections in the Citizens United era, money doesn't just talk, it swears, to paraphrase Dylan.Laura does a service by sizing Rahm up from a two-Chicag
OCT 21
Weekend Quotables
Daley doesn't know what he knew.Classic Daley under oath “I don’t know what I knew.” -- Sun-TimesDiane RavitchNPR says Rahm Emanuel gets a “mixed” grade at midterm. On education, his grade is not mixed. It is a big fat F. -- Grading Rahm Emanuel IL Sen. Pres. John CullertonThe state's massive public employee pension debt is not a "crisis," but instead an issue being pushed by business-b