The Common-Core Vending Machine
No need to insert dollar bills or coins at this time. You simply make your selection from the wide array of common cores. Press the button and federal funding will spill from the machine straight to your hand. Don't forget to take the apple, too!
Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" Revised to Meet the Modern Educational Exigencies
We don't need no Gates' Foundation.We don't need no Common Core.No dark sarcasm in the Data.InBloom, leave them kids alone.Hey! InBloom! leave the kids alone! All in all you're just another brick in the wall.All in all you're just another brick in the wall.We don't need no Gates' Foundation.We don't need no Common Core.No dark sarcasm in the Data. InBloom, leave them kids alone.Hey! InBloom! leave
V.A.M.: Value Added Measure: When Grit Hits the Fan
V.A.M.: Value Added Measure: When Grit Hits the Fan: When Grit Hits the FanI am increasingly hearing the term "grit" thrown around in relation to education. In January 2014, Michelle Obama elaborated on the concept (http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/01/16/first-lady-michelle-obama-hosts-discussion-education). Discussing some of the obstacles she managed to overcome in life, she said,