Money Talks – By Ann Policelli Cronin at Real Learning Blog
Ann Policelli Cronin is an education advocate and fellow blogger. Many of her commentary pieces have been featured here at Wait, What? and in other Connecticut media outlets. Ann is a Connecticut educator who taught middle and high school English and was named Connecticut Outstanding English Teacher of the Year. She currently is a consultant in English education for school districts and university schools of education. You can bookmark and read her blog at Real Learning CT.
In her piece entitled, Money Talks, Ann lays out the extremely troubling reality about how the wealthiest many in the world is undermining public education in the United States. Ann Policelli writes,
At first, I felt empathy for Bill and Melinda Gates as they spoke about the Common Core in an interview with Gwen Ifill on the PBS NewsHour. I always feel for people who are talking publicly about something about which they know very little. I then reminded myself that these two people who know so little are actually in charge, almost single-handedly, of American education. That is profoundly wrong. Children and adolescents are entitled to the best education their society can provide. And in a democracy, it is unconscionable for the wealthy few to decide what that education will be.You can watch the 9:54 minute interview with Bill and Melinda Gates here – please click this link1. Bill Gates says the Common Core sets high standards, but the Common Core Standards are not high. The Common Core Standards are judged to be harmful and developmentally inappropriate by the most respected early childhood professionals in the country. The math Common Core Standards prepare students for math at the community college level and do not equip students with the high school math to set them on the path forMoney Talks - By Ann Policelli Cronin at Real Learning Blog - Wait What?:
