Sic’ ‘Em Saturday: Using Community Colleges for More ‘Core’
how community colleges are tied to Common Core alignment, dual enrollment, career pathways and policy recommendations
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Tech Thursday: Common Core Military Special
This post spotlights Common Core impacts on military families including an infographic claiming 82000 military students in the CCSS line of fire and links to DoD Army RAND and Achieve materials tied to CCSS and military readiness.
Continue ReadingFTF: 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 ReadingWYBI: CCSS and NGSS, Where Dumb Meets Dumber!
For the “Would You Believe It?!” file: Next Generation Science Standards AND Common Core, together in union to dumb down our students. As if CCSS isn’t harming them enough, we now have a new layer of anything but real education to look forward to! Anybody Need a NAP? No, I don’t mean a ‘lie down’ […]
Continue ReadingTech Thursday: Difference Between Careers
In our fight against Common Core, we’ve learned that it’s a lie to think CC is only for K-12. We’ve learned it’s before K and after 12th. So, what IS the difference between a Career Cluster and a Career Pathway? They are both Common Core aligned. I often thought they were the same thing, just […]
Continue ReadingFTF: ICYMI, CCSS’s “Present” to Special Needs
Post on how Common Core policies affect special needs education and services
Continue ReadingFOM Friday: CCSS “Can’t Be Wrong”?!
What Could Possibly Be ‘Right’ About Common Core? In today’s post we’ll measure the latest ‘new evidence’ about Common Core in the classroom. Let’s get the Fib-o_Meter fired up! First, the organization: ASCD (formerly, The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) The website: www.ascd.org “Total Truth”, each state has an ASCD Affiliate. So do several […]
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