Malloy, Pryor, Superintendents – Stop lying about the Common Core Smarter Balanced Field!
Anger and frustration on the part of parents, teachers and supporters of public education is bubbling over. Rather than protect the rights of parents and local schools districts, elected and appointed officials are inappropriately using their positions to mislead, lie and scare parents and teachers into believing that parents DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT to […]The post Malloy, Pryor, Superintendents – St
A parent speaks out about Teach For America
There is a lot in corporate education “reform” that astonishes, but perhaps nothing is so astonishing as the strategic deployment of TFA. It’s counter-intuitive that untrained recent graduates will fare better in the classroom than seasoned teachers. And the reason that this notion feels counter-intuitive is quite simple: its contrary to common sense and cool […]The post A parent speaks out about
The voice of a teacher/parent on the Common Core Smarter Balanced Field Test fiasco
In a recent letter to the members of the Connecticut Education Committee, a concerned parent who is also a teacher laid out the issues surrounding the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Field Test (SBAC). Members of the Connecticut Education Committee When is it ever appropriate to lie? My answer would be never. “The bitterest of […]The post The voice of a teacher/parent on the Common Core Sm
2-17-14 Wait What?
Wait What?: Weekend Re-cap – The battle against the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment TestMore than 500 New York State principals slam Common Core testing frenzy While Stefan Pryor, Governor Malloy’s Commissioner of Education, and the Connecticut State Department of Education are instructing Connecticut superintendents and principals to mislead and lie to parents in an attempt to scare paren