Tech Thursday: High School Equivalency, CCSS/CTE Style
This post uses North Carolina as a case study showing how high school equivalency testing options GED HiSET and TASC tie into CCSS CTE CCR and community college systems.
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Tech Thursday: Career Pathways Meet Competency Based Pathways
This post reviews the Achieve Inc and NASDCTEc push to connect CTE and competency based pathways and highlights policy moves like eliminating seat time competency based credits community wide stakeholder systems and aligning higher education to K 12 CBP
Continue ReadingTech Thursday: Career Tech Education (Federal Style) Update
This post explains why federal career tech education functions like an adult Common Core spotlighting the NCICTE CTE center Perkins funding state CTE efforts Aspen Institute reports and concerns about alignment and data mining.
Continue ReadingMonday Musings: Honor Among CCSS Warriors
Greetings anti CCSS warriors! The beginning of a new work week. The beginning of a new day to war against the CCSS Machine. I’ve a short story for you today…one that’s full of honor among those of us who choose to fight for our students of ALL ages in ALL educational choices every single day. […]
Continue ReadingSic’ ‘Em Saturday: CCSS Rewind
Thanks to my wonderful family and friends, this anti CCSS warrior was able to have a week’s respite from not only fighting Common Core, but my other full-time task of caregiver. So, was I able to do anything for fighting CCSS while I was away? Yes! I’ll be happy to announce just what I was […]
Continue ReadingSic’ ‘Em Saturday: Using Community Colleges for More ‘Core’
how community colleges are tied to Common Core alignment, dual enrollment, career pathways and policy recommendations
Continue ReadingTech Thursday: CAPS via Career Pathways is Still CCSS!
This post reviews Education Week coverage of CAPS and Dr Tom Trigg and shows how career pathways career clusters and business partnerships promote college and career readiness while still aligning to Common Core.
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