10/15/2013 – ‘Reform’ Kills Common Core?
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THIS WEEK: Testing Kindergartners … Shutdown Hurts Vulnerable Children … Vouchers Don’t Help Students … Sixth Grader Dies For Lack Of School Nurse … Bad Education Policies Hit Higher Ed
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Will Education Reform Kill The Common Core
By Jeff Bryant
“Whether you’re a big fan of the new standards or not, it should be clear that the old way of doing ‘education reform’ will not work for the Common Core. Yet that seems to be the strategy rolling out, and no one seems to be coming forward to propose a better way forward … By all indicators, teachers are generally favorable to the new standards. But like its predecessor No Child Left Behind, the Common Core is proving to have many unanticipated consequences … If you’re a fan of the Common Core … heed the voices from classrooms and communities – critics and all.”
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Kindergarten Gets Tough As Kids Are Forced To Bubble In Multiple Choice Tests
The Daily News
In New York, ” Because of a tough new curriculum and teacher evaluations, 4- and 5-year-olds are learning how to fill in bubbles on standardized math tests to show how much they know about numbers, shapes and order … Teachers said kindergartners are bewildered …
Will Education Reform Kill The Common Core?
The latest news stories from the brave frontiers of a movement known as “education reform” are in, and the consensus view is that down continues to be the new up. Personnel programs such as teacher merit pay that were supposed to improve the financial efficiency of schools are now being discarded for financial reasons. New competitive forms of schooling such as cyber charters that were supposed to