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Friday, August 23, 2013

8-23-13 SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE

SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE:

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Passive Radicals: The Manufactured Myth — Writers on Writing — Medium
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Haslam, Bush, WGU, and McGraw-Hill
In 2002 Stephen Metcalf documented the financially incestuous relationship between the Bush family and McGraw-Hill that resulted from a long-established familial system of mutual back-scratching and “cross-pollination and mutual admiration” between the the two fiefdoms.  Today that system of good ole boy corruption, cronyism, and corporate welfare continues in State Houses and governors’ mansions

8-21-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face
SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: PARCC: A buffet of answers.PARCC promised us a “next-generation assessment” to help assess whether our children are “college and career ready”. These new super tests must be vastly improved: some of the questions give students six choices instead of the standard four!  Here is the full release of new prototypes.   Follow Chris Cerrone on twitter: @Stoptesting152 by