The Infamous “10,000” Comments On Common Core
A great find to refute the 10,000 comment line we’ve been told from the start about CCSS.
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A great find to refute the 10,000 comment line we’ve been told from the start about CCSS.
Continue Reading‘Would You Believe It Wednesday’ has us looking at aligning school and work for one ‘seamless transition’. Before we get too deep into this topic which will take more than one post, I want to see if you remember an old song from Tennessee Ernie Ford, called “Sixteen Tons”. The reason I am curious is, […]
Continue ReadingIf you were reading my blog last week, you may remember I shared there was a day long webinar featuring the Departments of Education, Labor, and Health & Human Services. In selecting my file for the week to share for today, I remembered I have one from April 2009. In while Common Core is NOT named […]
Continue ReadingRecently, the Washington Post published an article about the U.S. States renaming ‘Common Core’ for their own purposes. (Here’s the link to the article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/common-core-20-common-core-by-another-name/2014/09/09/9d2ed458-3857-11e4-bdfb-de4104544a37_story.html) Now, while the article appears to give ‘just the facts’, my intent is to take a more ‘tongue in cheek’ approach to the states choices of ‘renaming’ the CCSS. First […]
Continue ReadingWe humans are complex, wonderfully made creatures. We’ve been hanging around on Earth for quite a while. We’re anything but ‘common’..So my riddle today is this: Since we’re so complex, how can we expect a set of constricting, common standards to serve us well? Common Core Standards seek to level the educational landscape..NOT enhance it […]
Continue ReadingRecently, I ‘attended’ yet another webinar connected to Common Core and classrooms. It’s amazing to me just how many on-line meetings have taken place over the past few months with new ways to ‘sell’ the Standards, make them ‘easier’ or how you just can’t live without their greatness..Please, give me a break! Here are the […]
Continue ReadingWIOA (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014) Have you read the WIOA (whoa-u) legislation? I’ve skimmed it and have been amazed at what I read. I was even more amazed during the recent webinar hosted by the Department of Education, Health/Human Services, and Labor this past week. Billed as an event to promote “Career […]
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