Spin Cycle, Anyone?!
Between ESSA, WIOA, HEA, and College/Career Readiness, America’s getting hung out to dry.
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Tag: Dr. June Atkinson
Bees in NC’s Bonnet, Parts 1 and 2
Local led? It doesn’t always mean what you think it does.
See how NC’s ‘breeding’ for the CCSS Machine is impacting the USA.
Digitally “Fried”
Read, share, and grab a sack of anti CCSS/ESSA spuds.
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ESSA and Teacher Pay
In the shift from one federal education law to another, we need to know how the CCSS Machine is going to pay our teachers. More specifically, how the ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) will reward, or punish, them.
Continue ReadingWeekend News: Looking at the 2016 NC Primary, Part One
Greetings this weekend, my trusted anti CCSS Warriors (To be more accurate since the ESSA{Every Student Succeeds Act} passed into law, maybe I should refer to you as the CCSS*/CTE*/CCR* Warriors? But no matter what label is slapped over the ‘CCSS’, peel them back and it is STILL Common Core!) *CCSS: Common Core State Standards/*CTE: […]
Continue ReadingRMT: Don’t Look Now, NC! CCSS/CTE Overload!
While all our heads were turned toward D.C. this past week, our states kept rolling on in their CCSS/CTE ways. The ‘riddle’ today (since it is “Riddle Me This” Sunday) is “What did NC get while while ESEA re-vamping was happening in Washington, D.C.?” In short, the answer is ‘CCSS/CTE Overload’! As always, if it’s […]
Continue ReadingFOM: A “New” CCS (Coalition for Community Schools)
The “Fib-o-Meter” is back and ready to bust open the fallacies, fibs, half truths, or whole truths about the OTHER CCS (Common Core Standards). Today’s look is into the IEL (Institute for Educational Leadership) and its CCS (Coalition for Community Schools). Is it tied to the Common Core? If so, how? Is it part of […]
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