informing and fighting back against education overreaches to save hearts and souls
Have you heard of “Springboard”? According to the ‘College Board’s’ website, the product line is a foundation. The description also goes on to tell you how great it, how it’s been proven, and so on. (http://professionals.collegeboard.com/k-12/prepare/springboard) What’s interesting is that to find out about Springboard, you have to go the site’s ‘K-12 Services’. Oh, gee, […]
Continue ReadingHow many of you like math? Of all the subjects I had to learn, Math was not my favorite. My students, also, weren’t huge fans. However, knowing math is crucial, we carried on and were successful. Common Core Standards and math has been written about repeatedly. So, I’m not going to tackle it in depth. […]
Continue ReadingSocrates and Plato would shudder if they were around today to see what Common Core Standards have done to critical thinking. I’d like to think they would be leading a protest of some epic proportion. I’m sure they could be successful at raising the people’s attention to the issue of usurping education. I’m pretty sure […]
Continue ReadingFirst up, The ‘file’: I’m focusing today on a ‘file’ that’s full of so many educratic Common Core/College-Career-Readiness buzz phrases, it could start its on fertilizer patch! If you’ve followed me for long, you know I’m one to look behind the words thrown around meant to impress us with how great CCSS is (and all that […]
Continue ReadingThe phrase, ‘The turnip truck is not parked right outside!’ or it’s close ‘relative’, ‘No, I did not just fall off the turnip truck!’ are classics here in the South. We typically use them when it comes to someone who’s less that intelligent. Seems like many of the Common Core Standards folks have that opinion […]
Continue ReadingHi followers, fans and anti Common Core fighters. This week, I am breaking my own schedule to bring you some of the latest breaking news I know you will not only find revealing, but vital in our fight. I‘ll be upfront, this post is long AND important! What’s the big deal? Why are you so […]
Continue ReadingLast Wednesday (October 2nd), I wrote about my recent attendance to a ‘NC Workforce Learning Summit’ and promised you a follow up. Common Core Standards are so ingrained in NC, it is truly despicable. **NOTE: While I am basing this off what I discovered here, in NC, do not assume if you live elsewhere, you […]
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