David Brooks, Common Core Circus Performer
Why newspapers hire individuals to regularly offer the public unsubstantiated opinions baffles me. I am a researcher. Unless my posts are grounded in my personal experience, I offer my readers links to document my position on matters about which I write. David Brooks is an opinion writer. He publishes his opinions regularly in the New York […]
Guest post from teacher Mark Butler: Kicking the Common Core Football @parccinfo
On the surface it might seem confusing as to why Gov. Bobby Jindal (LA) would suddenly come out in opposition to the PARCC assessment- and in doing so, undermine the authority of State Superintendent, John White, Jr. Jindal hand-picked White for Superintendent in January 2012, and has until this recent turnabout, remained lockstep with him on […]
Paternalism, Old or New, Blinds
Paternalism, Old or New, Blinds. via Paternalism, Old or New, Blinds.
Rank-and-File Educators Seek Solidarity with Parents, Public
Parents are rising. Students are stepping up. Some lawmakers are even slowly walking away from corporate influences. And now, rank-and-file teachers are organizing to transform their local and state unions in order to move them back into the democratic organizations they were born to be. For teachers, there is power in numbers–there has to be–but in […]
Sol Stern and Common Core: Still Disconnected
On April 6, 2014, I published this post, entitled, Sol Stern Thinks Common Core Is About Rich Curriculum. In the post, I rebutted another post of Stern’s entitled, A Sorry Attack on the Common Core. On April 17, 2014, Stern responded in this post entitled, The Real Common Core Story. Hardly the “real” story of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS); nevertheless, […]
4-17-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Do private money and Title I money break even?In a word, no. The two kinds of money don’t represent an apples-to-apples comparison because different rules govern how they can be spent, but the raw totals show that schools that get public money do come out a little bit ahead – especially since they don’t have to raise it themselves. Even though this article […]by Shaun Johnson /