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Sunday, April 13, 2014

UPDATE: A Response to Michael Petrilli’s and Michael Brickman’s Op Ed What Do They REALLY Know About Missouri Education? | Missouri Education Watchdog

A Response to Michael Petrilli’s and Michael Brickman’s Op Ed in the STL Post Dispatch. What Do They REALLY Know About Missouri Education? | Missouri Education Watchdog:

Missouri Teachers Speak Out about Common Core
Three Sikeston Missouri teachers were on Fox & Friends yesterday talking about what’s occurring in their district via Common Core mandates. They talked about the problems of Common Core: Scripted lessons Lack of differentiation The implementation of curriculum that must align with the standards Drives a wedge between parents and children as parents cannot see […]



A Response to Michael Petrilli’s and Michael Brickman’s Op Ed in the STL Post Dispatch. What Do They REALLY Know About Missouri Education?

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This is a follow-up post to Commissioner Nicastro’s acceptance speech in July 2009 in which she stated that Missouri had  high standards and a good framework for assessments.  Why, then, would she sign on to the Common Core standards one month later when she assumed her position as Commissioner?  If our standards and assessments were so good, why did she sign onto copyrighted and privately owned standards?


Another educational expert had glowing remarks about Missouri standards in 2008. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings met with the DESE board and discussed No Child Left Behind on a A Response to Michael Petrilli’s and Michael Brickman’s Op Ed in the STL Post Dispatch. What Do They REALLY Know About Missouri Education? | Missouri Education Watchdog: