RMT: Will You Help?
RMT: Will You Help? urges readers to take part in education reform advocacy, emphasizing the importance of citizen support and policy accountability.
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RTM: Connecticut’s Stake in CCSS?!
By special request, today’s “Riddle Me This Sunday” post is all about Common Core in Connecticut. So, what’s the riddle? Just when did CCSS start there? CT has a special connection to Common Core. So, let’s delve in, shall we?? A bit of background: One of my followers lives in CT and has provided me […]
Continue ReadingRMT Sunday: Beware of ‘Project AWARE’?!
Today’s “Riddle Me This” is geared toward finding the connecting ties between the federal overreach in education, the students, families, CCSS, 21st Century Community Centers, and more. “Now is the Time” Initiative: So as not to confuse you, the full title for Project AWARE is “Now is the Time” Project AWARE. I make a point […]
Continue ReadingRMT Sunday: History Repeating?
For this “Riddle Me This” Sunday post, I’m wondering how APUSH, The Bill of Right Institute, and Common Core all fit together. First up, the article that has me pondering: This past Thursday, a News and Observer article (Raleigh, NC) revealed that the State Superintendent has made a proposed choice to use the “Bill of […]
Continue ReadingRMT: Whom Shall We Send?
“Riddle Me This” Sunday, the last one before Thanksgiving 2014. Common Core Standards has had so many of us fighting non-stop this year that we may find we’ve taken little time to focus on much else. I know it’s been hard for me. However, we’re only as strong as our weakest link. So, today’s riddle […]
Continue ReadingRMT: VP, Unions, Career Tech, and Common Core?
unions, Career Tech and Common Core education policy connections
Continue ReadingMom’s Musings: An Open Letter, Revisited
The following is an open letter I first published in November 2014. As the “Common Core Diva”, I, like all moms out there, am hopping mad about the overreach into our children’s lives. Yet, my mother’s heart still yearns to protect our kids. I wish for all the moms out there to have a great […]
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