By Allan Alach Reposted from The Daily Blog At the end of this month the New Zealand government will release the national standards data that will a) ‘prove’ that their education policies are ‘raising achievement’ and b) ‘prove’ that there is a wide variation of school effectiveness and that teachers’ performance is therefore deficient. All […]
New Zealand’s national standards in education are not national or standard.
May 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Common Core Meme Break
May 16, 2013 By 1 Comment
A little more light-hearted way to sum up the reality. Yes, I need a little brain break.
Uh oh, 29 pages of math practice homework for a first grader? Really? #stopcommoncore
May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Your common core, at work. Test prep… two years prior to an official tested grade. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.
Student “Takes Aim” at Common Core Math
May 13, 2013 By 3 Comments
Two moms and two (or more) problems regarding #commoncore
May 12, 2013 By 2 Comments
Kudos to these education activists receiving some notoriety for their anti-common core views in Indiana. After spending four years in the state for graduate school, I can say I’m somewhat familiar with how that state does things. Although, I have some concerns. First, not necessarily from an ideological standpoint, I on this day of all […]
Guest Post from Peggy Robertson: The greatest fight of our lives
May 12, 2013 By 8 Comments
From Peg with Pen. Show Peggy your support by commenting how much you want her to write for us on a regular basis. The admissions of error, the requests for moratoriums, the recognition that perhaps testing has gone too far, are running like wildfire in the last few weeks. We have Randi calling for a moratorium. […]
Testing Time to Double with Common Core Corporate Standards
May 10, 2013 By 2 Comments
Only two testing sites in Oklahoma this year did not experience technical issues during state testing. Wonder what will happen in two years if the Common Core moves forward. A clip from a report from KOSU: Click here to download audio Wednesday, the Oklahoma State Department of Education said more than 9-thousand students couldn’t take tests […]
6 year olds of America, we need to talk #commoncore
May 8, 2013 By 2 Comments
You’ve been hopped up on paste, stickers, finger paint, and the overall ignorance of your ego-centricity for far too long. We need to have a “Kintervention,” followed by some KIDBELS, and a little Response to Kintervention time, just to see if the Kintervention was successful. Thank you Education Week. Thank you for all that you […]
Common Core: The Snickers Bar of Education
May 4, 2013 By 6 Comments
Diane Ravitch, not too long ago, wrote a blog post about her stance regarding the Common Core State Standards, basically suggesting that she could not support them because of their lack of evidence of effectiveness. I also don’t support the Common Core for that reason, but I’m not “agnostic” about them. I have seen more […]
Education “writers” are kind of annoying, or no?
May 3, 2013 By 2 Comments
I read a fluff piece on the Common Core at Inside Higher Ed. Pretty basic, hits most key players. I checked the author, just a 2009 journalism graduate. She quotes significantly folks from PARCC, SBAC, and other supporters. Mentions a lot about teacher preparation, but no one actually FROM teacher preparation. This has been an issue […]
DC schools bet the farm and then some on #commoncore. Good luck with that.
DC loves its reform. Especially those based on faith, not evidence. Education Week writes about what they call the “common core era.” Wow, I thought, you know, at least six months had to pass before we’re officially in an era. In a year, it might be an epoch. How well the school district can reach […]