Lee County, FL School Board Pledges to Research Opting Out Entire District
From News-Press.com: FCAT. Florida Standards. Common core.No matter what you call it, the school board wants it gone.Board members unanimously expressed their disdain for standardized testing at the school board meeting Tuesday, pledging to research the possibility of "opting out" the entire district from standardized testing."There needs to be a come-to-Jesus meeting ... to talk ab
Pre-K = Childhood's End?
Comment posted following “As the first day of school approaches, the city trains thousands of universal pre-K teachers,” on ChalkbeatPosted on August 12.I wonder how many of those interested in teaching Pre-K in New York have read the "New York State Prekindergarten Foundation for the Common Core." The document is 62 pages long, filled with an astonishing list of standards that cover Ap
8-12-14 Schools Matter
Schools Matter: Michael Mulgrew Wants His Common Core Back That He Never HadMichael Mulgrew is fed up with those billionaires that have taken his Common Core away from him. Or so it would seem. According to Mulgrew's frothing revisionist rant to speak in support Weingarten's continued embrace of the rotted Core, teachers had these standards, see, and these guys came and took 'em away, see, and s