Sic’ ‘Em Saturday: Grab a CAPE, CCSS Warriors!
Council for American Private Education CAPE and its connections to Common Core standards and private education policy.
Continue ReadingTag: assessments
FTF: CHEA, CTE, CCSS, and America
I know you recognize CCSS (Common Core State Standards). You probably know that CTE is short for Career Tech Education (which is post-secondary speak for adult CCSS). But, do you what CHEA stands for? Council for Higher Education. This is the group responsible for ensuring that your students attend a post secondary school that is […]
Continue ReadingRMT: National Humanity, Common Core Style
Could it be possible to have an independent federal agency for humanities align us all via Common Core? That’s the riddle for today, April 12, 2015. NEH, National Endowment for the Humanities: Before we get into what NEH does or who is involved, let’s assume you aren’t familiar with ‘humanities’. According the Act of 1965 […]
Continue ReadingSic’ ‘Em Saturday: Open Letter to CCSS Assessments
Open Letter to CCSS Assessments post highlights the issues around assessments and encourages readers to engage in the discussion.
Continue ReadingWYBI: Job Development Grants and CCSS?
Known by a bevy of names, let’s see what we can learn today about CCSS and job development investments grants. Are they only in NC (where I first learned about them) or are these in other states? If so, what are the educational implications? The Name Game: As knee deep into CCSS as NC is, […]
Continue ReadingFOM: Elected Officials Vow To Us or CCSS?
Today’s anti Common Core “Fib-o-Meter” post will be a bit different from my usual ones. Why? Because it has struck me as rather bittersweet lately that those who are elected to serve us appear to be vowing more and more to Common Core (and all that goes with it) than we, the people. So, follow […]
Continue ReadingTech Thursday: CCSS Workforce Pushing Labor Reform
This post connects Common Core workforce alignment to Higher Education Act reauthorization highlighting business workforce partnerships career pathways and policy groups like CLASP plus concerns about federal accountability and expanded postsecondary data collection through IPEDS and NCES.
Continue Reading