Sic’ ‘Em Saturday: CCSS, Too Big for Your Britches

Common Core Fever has caused some states to get too haughty, or too big for their britches. Let’s examine. First, a bit of background: “Too big for your britches”. It’s meaning is ‘one is too conceited, thinks too highly of oneself’. Common Core has given some states, like NC, the dilemma of haughtiness to  an extreme. […]

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FTF: “Create”, “Jcsee”, and the rest of the gang

I only recently heard of “CREATE” and if I’d not really been paying attention, I would of just glossed over it. However, knowing the Common Core Machine has so many overreaching parts, it’s worth a look. CREATE: The acronym for “Consortium for Research on Educational Assessment and Teaching Effectiveness”.  Their goals? Improving student outcomes aka […]

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