A Fox In The Hen House
Learning isn’t a one-size-fits-all, so why should all education be a workforce based one?
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Does It Really Matter?
More evidence you need to know how to carry on!
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ESSA and Digital Overload
Look into the ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) for all the digital parts of education via College and Career Readiness (the new ‘Common Core’ name). (*Note: in the ESSA, ‘Standards’ is innocently stated as “Challenging State Academic Standards”). Why do I point this out? The law (ESSA) uses both phrases for education!
Continue ReadingWeekend News: The State of CCSS’s SEL
During this busy time, anti CCSS Warriors, we have much distracting us in this War Against the Core (Common Core, that is). For today’s “Tech Thursday”, I’d like to draw your attention to the Gates Foundation funded ASCD (Association for Supervision of Curriculum Development) and their push for SEL (Social Emotional Learning). SEL is a […]
Continue ReadingCCSS Follow Up System: More than Money Will Follow Your Students
Post on CCSS follow up systems tracking students beyond school and policy concerns
Continue ReadingFOM: Congress 2015
Oh, my dear anti CCSS Warriors, I am SO glad you are still here! We’ve had time to shake the surprise off our faces, get our hearts back to a more healthy rhythm, and, recognize those members of Congress who stood up for our students and voted “NO”. Thankfully, some of the Senators listened to […]
Continue ReadingFOM: CCSS/CTE “Hype”, D.C. Style
In the scheme of things lately, we anti CCSS (and CTE) warriors shouldn’t be surprised at the amount of hype being used to drown out the truth about the presence (or from the hypester’s perspective the non-presence of) Common Core Standards and it’s adult version, Career and Technical Education. However, it’s a “Total Truth” that […]
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