informing and fighting back against education overreaches to save hearts and souls
It’s “Riddle Me This Sunday”! As you can see from the title, today’s post will tackle Common Core and U.S. Civics. You remember civics in school right? It was included with Social Studies and Geography when I was a high school student way back when. Today, it’s all different. I’d like to think it would […]
Continue ReadingRecently, I wrote about Social and Emotional Learning and how ‘Common Core’ is incorporating the style. If you remember, it’s more about the ‘greater good of a collective group’ than it is about ‘being the best you, you can be’. So, why the shift? It appears to be to better accommodate the ‘global citizen’ mindset […]
Continue ReadingIt’s Friday and we’re in for a treat! Today we have a pro CCSS set of teachers, a corporation, and an advocacy group all telling us how GREAT CCSS is!! Bring on the “Meter”!!! The video: Step One, preparing to view it: If you’re like me, you’ll be ready to throw something by the time […]
Continue ReadingThank you for joining me last night as I went in-depth on the topic of a CCSS aligned work force. It is my hope you were able to glean helpful information to aid your battle in your state. ‘Women on the Wall’ archives each call, so if you missed anything, you can access it from […]
Continue ReadingThe following is a true story from a family who wishes to remain anonymous. I have respected their request. Please, be aware. “FREE Computers” for deserving students: The educational conference I attended had a sign up table with little to no information other than ‘nominate your students’. Of course ‘free’ was the catch. However, because […]
Continue ReadingWhat if I told you that ‘globalization is a reality’? What would you envision by being globalized? What happens to each nation, her people? What about beliefs, education? According the the Worldview International Program for Educators, not only is globalization a new reality, it also means having a ‘global education’ is paramount. Here’s an excerpt […]
Continue ReadingIt’s “From the Files” Tuesday!! Time for me to share something from the stash of CCSS downloads I’ve been able to collect. Today’s feature: “ST and SEL”. Huh?! What’s “ST”? What’s “SEL”? “ST stands for ‘systems thinking’. “SEL”, is short for social and emotional learning’. ST and SEL _ Soled Partnership As my files go, this […]
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