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Friday, September 12, 2014

9-12-14 Schools Matter All Week

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The "middle skills" shortage: The common core will make it worse

Sent to the Wall Street Journal, Sept. 11, 2014"German robots school U.S. workers" (Sept. 10) is the most recent of a series of reports in the Wall Street Journal on the substantial shortage of job applicants with "middle skills," requiring less than a college degree but more than high school. Instead of increasing apprenticeships and investing more in vocational education for


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Schools Matter: The Common Core Dissertation on 9 + 6by Jim Horn / 1min hide  //  savePrimary Common Core Math Termsfrom Boerne County, TX ISD:2 by Jim Horn / 10min 9-10-14 Schools Matter All WeekSchools Matter: Outraged at the coreSent to the Washington Post, September 9, 2014The Post says that progressives are "uncomfortable with the role of the Gates foundation and new tests associated wit