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ESSA in a Nutshell

February 23, 2016Lynne Taylor13 Comments on ESSA in a Nutshell

Anti CCSS Warriors, the ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) is meant to be tough. It is meant to embed educational reform as we have never before seen. It was meant to be SO tough, no one would ever truly know the rotten insides lurking underneath the ink. It is full of CCSS, CCR, CTE(Common Core […]

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ESSA and Teacher Pay

February 18, 2016March 18, 2023Lynne Taylor21 Comments on ESSA and Teacher Pay

In the shift from one federal education law to another, we need to know how the CCSS Machine is going to pay our teachers. More specifically, how the ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) will reward, or punish, them.

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Competency Pathway Update

February 16, 2016Lynne Taylor3 Comments on Competency Pathway Update

An updated look at the co-joined movement to unite Career Tech Education, CTE, the adult arm of ‘Common Core State Standards’ (CCSS) to CCR (College and Career Readiness) via the Competency Pathways (CP). If you haven’t heard of the CPs, you will know it after reading this.   First, A Look Back: I first shared the […]

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Big Bucks for Post Secondary Ed

February 13, 2016December 12, 2019Lynne Taylor7 Comments on Big Bucks for Post Secondary Ed

In this final in-depth look at the massive amount of taxpayer money being requested to continue the CCSS Machine’s overreach into education (at all levels), we will see what portions of the almost $70 billion will go to post-secondary education. A part of Common Core, Career Tech Education, College and Career Readiness, I have researched […]

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Fed Ed Budget for Teachers/Leaders

February 12, 2016Lynne Taylor7 Comments on Fed Ed Budget for Teachers/Leaders

It is no secret how fed up most American teachers are with Common Core Standards. Now iron-clad bound by the ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act). What MORE CCS (aka: Competency Based Education, College and Career Readiness, or Challenging State Academic Standards) will they be subjected to? What about the other school leaders (principals, superintendents, school […]

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Fed Ed, 2017, Are You Ready?

February 11, 2016Lynne Taylor12 Comments on Fed Ed, 2017, Are You Ready?

Usually, on Thursdays, I delve into the CCSS Machine’s overreach into post-secondary education, but today I am focusing on the President’s Fiscal Year Budget request he has just given Congress. Why should, we, those opposed to Common Core, College and Career Readiness, Career Tech Education, and all the rest of the CCSS Machine’s grinding America […]

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State Digital Education

February 8, 2016Lynne Taylor6 Comments on State Digital Education

Anti CCSS Warriors, if you have seen my last two articles, then you know the ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) has mandates for digital education embedded, a massive and invasive data collection study in the works and more. But what about the digital education push from your state’s level?In case you haven’t read the articles, […]

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