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Thursday, August 7, 2014

8-7-14 Wag The Dog Week - Selling Solutions Not the Same As Solving Problems

WagTheDog | Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart. ~ Rumi:






Common Core Staircase
The CCSSO and NGA clearly have high hopes and great expectations for their Common Core staircase… ~About the Common Core State Standards “The Common Core is a set of high-quality academic standards in mathematics and English language arts/literacy (ELA). These learning goals outline what a student should know and be able to do at the end of each grade. The standards were created to ensure that al


The Verger
“…The vicar began briskly. ‘Foreman, we’ve got something rather unpleasant to say to you. You’ve been here a great many years and I think his lordship and the general agree with me that you’ve fulfilled the duties of your office to the satisfaction of everybody concerned.’ The two churchwardens nodded. ‘But a most extraordinary circumstance came to my knowledge the other day and I felt it my duty

Selling Solutions Not the Same As Solving Problems
2013 comments made by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan during a visit to schools in the impoverished nation of Haiti reveal a business and corporate mindset that is a driving force behind the ed reform movement in the United States which is more about quarterly profits than student proficiency… “In an interview with The Associated Press, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said he believe


8-4-14 Wag The Dog Week - Common Core Cheerleaders
WagTheDog | Everyone has been made for some particular work, and the desire for that work has been put in every heart. ~ Rumi: Common Core CheerleadersThere clearly is a lack of research and evidence regarding the efficacy of the Common Core Standards but even more troubling is the absence of local leadership. There is a great difference between a nationally recognized Common Core cheerleader and