What Would Winning Look Like?
The comment keeps coming (most recently from Rick Hess) that Common Core regime opponents can't just say "no" to the Core, that they must stand for something-- not just against something.I don't entirely agree. If a mugger approaches you and says, "I'm going to beat you up and take all your money," I will probably say, "I prefer not to be mugged." At that point, I don
What if there were 50 standards?
(Part II of a series; Part I is here) Sol Stern has been trying to cyber-argue with Diane Ravitch and Mercedes Schneider lately (you can read his latest thrash here and watch Schneider shrug it off here). His latest flight into the higher altitudes of Mt. Dudgeon builds to a roar and finishes with this closer:If Diane Ravitch and other anti-Common Core campaigners on both the left and right succee
What about Palloohkaville?
(Part 3 of 3: Part 1 and Part 2 are not required reading, but it all sort of fits together) When we talk about the need for standardization, we inevitably come back to the issue of bad schools."If we don't have educational standards and high-stakes test accountability," goes the argument, "then over in Palloohkaville they'll be teaching about the flat earth and Jesus riding dinosaur
4-17-13 Curmudgucation Week
CURMUDGUCATION: CT Makes New Strides in GrittologySandwiched in the midst of a puff piece about Connecticut's new elite cadre of Common Core teacher shills is this important paragraph:Getting on the list was competitive. According to a news release from the Department of Education, teachers "were chosen through a competitive statewide application on the basis of their content knowledge, grit,