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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

7-29-14 Curmudgucation

CURMUDGUCATION:







One True Path
In the midst of celebrating Coleman's awesomeness at Aspen, the architect of Common Core explained that he would keep aligning the world to the coreso that we are clearly showing kids and teachers that there's a path to college that extends from Kindergarten through twelfth grade.This is one of the fundamental articles of faith for reformsters-- there is One True Path to a good life, to happy, hea






7-28-14 Curmudgucation
CURMUDGUCATION: Seasoned Teachers Not Getting Filthy RichIn other news, scientists anticipate the sun rising in the East tomorrow morning.Okay, this might actually be news to some folks. To listen to the merit-based pay crowd, you would think that we are currently throwing bales of teachers based on years of experience. But an issue brief  released last week by the Center for American Progress sug