WYBI Wednesday: ICAPs, Common Core and More!

Recently, one of my fellow anti-Common Core Warrior friends in Colorado shared with me (along with others on Facebook) about ICAPs and Colorado. Individual Career and Academic Plans combine not only Common Core Standards, but Workforce, College Career Readiness, Career Tech Education AND IEPs (for those with learning disabilities)! So, being who I am, I […]

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WYBI Wednesday: National Center for Post Secondary Research and CCSS

It’s “Would You Believe It Wednesday” and I cannot think of a better follow up for this week’s “From the File Tuesday” about SHEEO, the CCSSO, and CCSS than today’s eye-opener of a research paper by the NCPSR (National Center for Post Secondary Research) describing in detail the purposed implementation of CCSS!! In our above […]

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WYBI Wednesday: Almost Snookered into Common Core

The 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 […]

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