Making a Difference
The Reformy Creed With proper standards alignment, it should not make any difference whether a student learned math in Tennessee or Kentucky.If the teacher is doing a proper job, it should not make any difference whether a student comes from a privileged, enriched background or a poor one.If a school has implemented a good teacher-proof program (like engageNY), it should not make any difference wh
Bill McCallum, CCSS Author & Sad Scientist
When movies present us with science-related disasters, we generally involve one of two sciency types-- the mad scientists and the sad scientist. The mad scientist is the one genetically engineering giant gerbils to take over the world (cue maniacal laugh). The sad scientist is the one who believes that he is Doing Great Things, like creating no-leak ice cream cones for poor children everywhere, on
4-15-13 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION: Insulating the NEAHow is it that NEA becomes so insulated from its members? After all, we are the union, right?My first big lesson in representative democracy came courtesy of the United Methodist Church. In the church structure, local churches are grouped into districts, and districts are grouped into larger regions, and on and on to the national level. Theoretically all these lev
