Ed’s Potpurri
2019-08-13
We are the protectors of our children, we cannot allow them to suffer under this educratic takeover anymore.Continue Reading
Ready or Not…
2016-07-09
College/Career Readiness, the ‘new’ Common Core..and the new ESSA..and the goal of ESSA..and to be continued in the HEA.Continue Reading
FOM: Career Readiness Via Coding
2015-03-06
Throughout our battle against Common Core aligned education, we’ve heard the rhetoric about College/Career Readiness. We’ve heard about being ‘globally skilled’, etc. Join me today as we filter through the “Getting Smart”/MIcrosoft team effort to making coding career readiness. Time to crank up the Fib-o-Meter! Briefly, before we find outContinue Reading
WYBI: Seeds of Gates for CCSS
2015-02-25
In today’s post, we’ll see how the CCSS is being sprouted in ‘compact cities’. All thanks to the SEED Foundation, the Gates Foundation, and more than likely, a few others. The Seed Money: In 2013, the Gates Foundation gave the SEED Foundation $200,000. to help create College Ready Compact Cities.Continue Reading
WYBI: Up Close with the NSF
2015-02-18
How much do you know about the NSF (National Science Foundation) and their ties to CCSS and STEM? Would you believe Arne Duncan was considered an expert by them back in 2007? Yep! It happened. But wait, there’s more… A brief look at NSF’s History: NSF has been around sinceContinue Reading