Does Common Core Matter? An Excellent Musing by Tom Loveless
The Education Week article below was written in April 2012 by Brookings Institute member Tom Loveless. In it, Loveless argues why having “common standards” across states will likely produce no monumental gains for states adopting Common Core. The piece raises such excellent points that I had to offer it to my readers. Does the Common Core Matter? By Tom […]
The New York Times in an Era of Kool-Aid Journalism
The New York Times in an Era of Kool-Aid Journalism. via The New York Times in an Era of Kool-Aid Journalism.
The Bizzaro World of Education 2.0
The policy of public school consolidation is recipe for disaster. Education “reformers, experts, policy makers” close public schools by using “under-utilization” or “under-performing” seats as an excuse to create larger school sizes. They view the outcome (test scores) as a production problem (teachers) and aim to alter the process (instruction) for the consumer (students). This […]
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Closed minds from close reading?
Great piece by Valerie Strauss from the Washington Post Answer Sheet column on close reading of the Gettysburg address per the Common Core gods. I cannot speak for ELA teachers, but teaching history using this method is poor practice in my opinion. From Valerie Strauss: Imagine learning about the Gettysburg Address without a mention of […]
A #commoncore, #collegeandcareerready version of the Gettysburg address. Enjoy the world of work future bees!
If the CCSS gets its way, here’s what it might do to the Gettysburg address, on its 150th anniversary. Tagged: college and career ready, common core, gettysburg address
My attempt at completing my first grader’s Common Core math homework - and a little historical CCSS context
Reblogged from Crazy Crawfish's Blog: I know that many people are thinking the commotion over Common Core, CCSS, is much ado about nothing. I've heard some folks liken this change to the Affordable Care Act (AKA) Obamacare. There are some similarities to how these things were implemented and rolled out nationwide, but while the ACA was voted […]
11-19-13 @ The Chalk Face
@ THE CHALK FACE: The Duncan Debacle: It’s Not (Just) about DuncanThe Duncan Debacle: It\’s Not (Just) about Duncan. via The Duncan Debacle: It’s Not (Just) about Duncan.by plthomasedd / 2h skip // saveAn Arne Duncan Reader: Let’s Have that ConversationWhile Secretary of Education Arne Duncan—career-long bureaucrat who has never taught and has no formal background in education—has created a cont