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Since it’s Monday, I thought I would share with you some musings about the educational fables Common Core Standards have created for us. (I’ll continue to refer to the CCS throughout the rest of the post by giving it a book title of ‘Common Fables of Education’). Unlike Aesop’s book, ‘Common Fables of Education’ ( in […]
Continue ReadingSince it’s “Riddle Me This” Sunday, I have a set of notes which has been sitting by my laptop for at least 2 weeks and every time I look at it, I keep asking myself why technology would jump at the opportunity to align most of ‘itself’ to Common Core Standards. Especially when you consider […]
Continue ReadingYes, October is here and that means Halloween will bring out all kinds of treats..and tricks. Common Core and all that goes with it are some of the worst tricks ever to be played upon us, the citizens of America. With some of us not too crazy about Halloween, you can go as ‘all […]
Continue ReadingThis is the 3rd post for FOM Friday dedicated to you, my followers, who’ve requested a look at your state’s superintendents of education. I’m honored you continue to seek out my help in your quest for the truth. Today’s post has a look at 5 states. In alphabetical order: AZ, FL, LA, MS, NY. Arizona’s […]
Continue ReadingHow do you think Common Core, Career Pathways and the Workforce Opportunity Act all intersect?! One U.S. Dept. of Education official called the Common Core System ‘The hope for the future, the glue that holds Workforce together while the Career Paths serve as the engine.’ This statement and many more like it were expressed in […]
Continue ReadingIf you were reading my blog last week, you may remember I shared there was a day long webinar featuring the Departments of Education, Labor, and Health & Human Services. In selecting my file for the week to share for today, I remembered I have one from April 2009. In while Common Core is NOT named […]
Continue ReadingRecently, the Washington Post published an article about the U.S. States renaming ‘Common Core’ for their own purposes. (Here’s the link to the article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/common-core-20-common-core-by-another-name/2014/09/09/9d2ed458-3857-11e4-bdfb-de4104544a37_story.html) Now, while the article appears to give ‘just the facts’, my intent is to take a more ‘tongue in cheek’ approach to the states choices of ‘renaming’ the CCSS. First […]
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