UPDATE: Common Core Unrest in 22 States
On November 23, 2013, I wrote a post briefly detailing the 17 states in which officials (legislators, governors, state superintendents) have formally registered some anti-Common Core (CCSS) intention (e.g., legislation, resolution). Today I will repost the original 17 states and add another 5, to yield now 22 states in which CCSS questioning might well lead […]
Worst Education Op-Ed of 2013?
I know the competition is tense, but just under the wire, I am ready to suggest this is the worst education Op-Ed of 2013: Friedberg: Can American students get smart? I really don’t know what to say except that every point raised and every claim made by Friedberg are so incredibly wrong, I haven’t a […]
12-19-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Center for Union Facts… Yeah, Right.On December 10, 2013, the deceptively-named Center for Union Facts (CUF) bought a full-page ad in the New York Times in order to tell the public that some of the 2012 US PISA scores are the “fault” of American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten. Right there, we begin with stupid. The CUF attacks […]3 by deutsch29 / 6h 12-18
