Joe Biden’s Plan for Education: Democrats Must Do Better
What a disappointment Joe Biden’s education plan is.
Democrats must do better.
” Joe’s Plan for Educators, Students, and our Future” does not mention at all the important issues before us in American education. No mention of the funding of privately managed, taxpayer funded, and publicly unaccountable charter schools. No mention of the NAACP call for a moratorium on adding new charter schools because of their racial inequities and their lack of accountability. No mention of standardized testing and the damage that testing does to student learning and the inaccuracy of standardized testing as the dominant way to assess student achievement and potential. No mention of the Common Core and how those standards have done nothing to improve student achievement and how they have removed meaningful and necessary learning from the curriculum of the nation’s schools. Unfortunately, Joe Biden’s plan is poorly written, full of platitudes, and lacks substance.
Democrats must do better.
Joe Biden’s plan calls for actions that would be incredibly damaging to children in K-12 schools in this country.
Joe Biden’s Call to Action #1:
Joe Biden’s plan called for: “more innovative approaches to recruiting CONTINUE READING: Joe Biden’s Plan for Education: Democrats Must Do Better | Real Learning CT