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Monday, August 11, 2014

8-11-14 Ed Notes Online Week

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Breaking: NY State Ed Department Releases 2014 Test Results (Parody)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York State Education Department Releases April 2014 Test Results:Students Statewide Make Progress Meeting Common Core Learning Standards (CCLS)Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch and State Education Commissioner John King, Jr. announced gains in English and math this year. They made the announcement outside Kipp Tech Valley Charter School in Albany.  Consistent with the aims

Common Core: Gary Stern on Manipulating Test Outcomes Through Cut Scores
Maria Baldassarre Hopkins hit the nail on the head: "There are ways to make the numbers do what you want them to do." There was nothing democratic about the way the Common Core was written and forced on the schools. This story will get uglier and uglier as corporate politicos use their manipulated message of failing public schools as a diversion from the real issue of poverty. Reminder:

8-10-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: #AFT 14 Video - Leo Casey At the Bat - Don't Let Tea Party Seduce You From Supporting Wonderful Common CoreThis may be worse than Mulgrew's speech. Immediately after his speech, Leo went right to the Mendacino vinyards to pick grapes.by ed notes online / 41min 8-9-14 Ed Notes Online WeekEd Notes Online: Ed Notes OnlineVergara Update: Chetty, Chetty Gets Banged, Banged in Teachers