FTF: Hey, Parents! The CCSS Roundup is Coming for You!
Post alerting parents about CCSS and the expanding impact of Common Core policy
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Monday Musings: Purposed Embedding for the Core
Post on how Common Core is embedded in education policy and systems
Continue ReadingFTF: Romancing the CCSS
If you’ve followed my blog long, you know that each Tuesday I feature a file of some sort that’s from the CC past. A few months ago, a devoted follower requested I supply documents from the ‘dark period’ for CC. What she shared was, the overabundance of proof that’s been uncovered from before the Core […]
Continue ReadingSic’ ‘Em Saturday: NC’s CCSS Survey Now Open!
NCS CCSS Survey Now Open post highlights the North Carolina State Common Core survey launch
Continue ReadingWYBI: Up Close with the NSF
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 since 1950. President Truman signed the […]
Continue ReadingRMT: CCSS Hits the Sour Notes?
The Riddle today: Can CCSS really carry a tune? “Broader Minded”?: We all know the claims about those CC Standards being so much better than all the previous ones. We’ve heard the hot air surrounding how MUCH more ‘broad minded’ we’ll all become because we’ve been ‘given’ better education opportunities. But, have we, REALLY? Somehow, […]
Continue ReadingSic’ ‘Em Saturday: Do You Know NASBE?
Before the CCSS, a Brief History: The National Association of State Boards of Education is a public policy, non profit group since 1958. They are dedicated to helping your state B of E be even stronger. Given CCSS’s grasp on our state Bs of E..we’re in trouble. (more history: http://www.nasbe.org/about-us/about-nasbe/) Enter, Mr. and Mrs. Gates: Click […]
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