So Much For Randi Weingarten And The AFT Fighting The Common Core
Norm Scott is at the AFT convention in L.A. - he reports Randi Weingarten and her Unity/UFT minions had the votes to secure their own pro-Common Core resolution but rigged the committee process in order to ensure the Chicago Teachers Union resolution condemning Common Core didn't pass anyway:Since we were not allowed in, we were watching the Education Issues Committee debate from outside the glass
NYSED Commissioner King Compares Teachers Shilling For Common Core To Tuskegee Airmen
I know, I know - you think I'm making this up.But remember, NYSED Commissioner John King once compared himself to Martin Luther King Jr. and the Common Core/testing education reforms King pushes to the Civil Rights Movement, so you have to understand that the Good Doctor of the Common Core is given to making grandiose comparisons.Which is what he did today:State Education Commissioner John King co
Cuomo's Lieutenant Governor Pick Says Common Core Standards Are "Sound," But Agrees The Roll-Out Was Flawed
For a while there, nobody could find Representative Kathy Hochul, the gun-loving lieutenant governor nominee Governor Andrew Cuomo chose to run with him for re-election this year.Today she surfaced to back the Common Core publicly, claiming the principles behind the standards are "sound," though noting there have been problems with the "roll-out."Democratic candidate for lieute
Is Randi Weingarten REALLY Getting The Message?
Stephanie Simon at Politico reports the AFT convention that opens today in L.A. is not going to be as reformer-friendly as in years past:The American Federation of Teachers will open its annual convention Friday morning with a startling announcement: After years of strongly backing the Common Core, the union now plans to give its members grants to critique the academic standards — or to write repl
Imagine The Fun You Could Have At This
From State Of Politics:At 8:45 a.m., state Education commissioner John King speaks at a professional development conference for teachers, Clark Auditorium, New York State Museum, Albany.Boy, there's a helluva way to spend a Friday afternoon in summer - a PD conference with NYSED Commissioner King as keynote speaker.Here's hoping they served Dramamine with the morning muffins and coffee at this shi
7-10-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Texas In The Vanguard Of The Anti-Common Core MovementTexas never jumped on the CCSS bandwagon, but the vehemence of this opposition is interesting:AUSTIN — Attorney General Greg Abbott’s gubernatorial campaign turned up the rhetoric against federal education standards Monday, soliciting donations with a fiery call to arms that “We must crush Common Core.”“Help Greg Abbott e