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Wednesday, December 9, 2015

While Team Malloy says full steam ahead on the Common Core and Common Core Testing Mania… - Wait What?

While Team Malloy says full steam ahead on the Common Core and Common Core Testing Mania… - Wait What?:

While Team Malloy says full steam ahead on the Common Core and Common Core Testing Mania…





Veteran Connecticut educator Ann P. Cronin says that in this new post No Child Behind Act  (NCLB)Environment, “CT Must Reject The Common Core.”
Educator, public education advocate and education blogger Ann P. Cronin posts her writing on her blog, Real Learning CT
Her latest piece entitled, Post NCLB: CT Must Reject The Common Core, cuts through all the “education reform” rhetoric and lays out the harsh truth.  The Common Core and Common Cores testing frenzy is undermining public education in Connecticut and across the country.
The time has come to dump and replace it with a system of standards designed to provide ALL students with the knowledge and skills they need to live fulfilling lives.  Such a set of standards must be developed by educators and those who understand childhood development, not by those who seek to profit off of our children and the resources we taxpayers devote to public education.
Ann P. Cronin writes;
With the end of No Child Left Behind, states will have the flexibility to continue with the controversial Common Core State Standards or not. This is Connecticut’s opportunity to put a good education in place for our students by rejecting the Common Core. However, Alan Taylor, the Chair of the 
While Team Malloy says full steam ahead on the Common Core and Common Core Testing Mania… - Wait What?: