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8-10-14 Living in Dialogue

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Ranking and Sorting: The Sordid History of Standards and Tests
By Anthony Cody When critics such as myself point out the very bad effects the Common Core tests are having, as they label more than two thirds of our children unready for college and career, we are accused of “conflating tests with standards.” UFT president Michael Mulgrew was making this argument on the AFT convention floor, when he threatened to punch in the face anyone who might try to take “h


Israel Munoz and Hannah Nguyen at EmpowerEd, 2014
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Wayne Au: Educating Gates
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8-9-14 Living in Dialogue
Home | Living in Dialogue: The iPad Fiasco: “What do the Terms of Service Say About My Rights?”A high school teacher asks us to consider the techrights and human rights of the underage human subjects of business-imposed edtech experiments and “innovations”, and to reflect on Audrey Watters’ column, Ed-Tech and the Templated Self: Thoughts from the “Reclaim Your Domain” Hackathon. by Mary Porter.