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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

5-27-14 @ The Chalk Face

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John White’s Illegitimate 2013-to-2014 LEAP/iLEAP Comparisons
Whenever Louisiana State Superintendent John White gets his hands on test scores, there will be problems. He withheld release of the 2014 Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP) and Integrated Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (iLEAP) scores on Friday, May 16, 2014, without explanation. Today, he defended his decision before district superintendents by telling that compared to previ

A Lovely Review of David Greene’s Néw Book
A Lovely Review of David Greene’s Néw Book.

What’s Really Wrong with Advanced Placement Courses and College Board?
What’s Really Wrong with Advanced Placement Courses and College Board?. via What’s Really Wrong with Advanced Placement Courses and College Board?.Filed under: PAUL THOMAS: Becoming Radical

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The 2008 Common Core Sales Job: Part Three
In 2008, the National Governors Association (NGA), the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), and Achieve, Inc., released a report, Benchmarking for Success: Ensuring U.S. Students Receive a World-class Education. I have examined this report in two previous posts.  In Part One of my series on this report, I considered the report’s absence of discussions of national debt […]


5-26-14 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: Quick note: Not permitted to mention “play” in KindergartenLet’s just say, hypothetically of course, that you are being observed by central office staff. You, as the teacher, post your schedule and, begrudgingly, your objectives to the wall in a central location. In post-observation “feedback,” it is suggested that you, as the teacher, not refer to “centers,” but instead adopt th