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Tag: competency based learning

ESSA in a Nutshell

February 23, 2016Lynne Taylor13 Comments on ESSA in a Nutshell

Anti CCSS Warriors, the ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) is meant to be tough. It is meant to embed educational reform as we have never before seen. It was meant to be SO tough, no one would ever truly know the rotten insides lurking underneath the ink. It is full of CCSS, CCR, CTE(Common Core […]

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ESSA and Digital Overload

February 4, 2016March 18, 2023Lynne Taylor24 Comments on ESSA and Digital Overload

Look into the ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) for all the digital parts of education via College and Career Readiness (the new ‘Common Core’ name). (*Note:  in the ESSA, ‘Standards’ is innocently stated as “Challenging State Academic Standards”). Why do I point this out? The law (ESSA) uses both phrases for education!

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The School Board Special, Part One

January 23, 2016Lynne Taylor10 Comments on The School Board Special, Part One

This Weekend News begins a special series for all those ‘anti CCSS Machine Warriors’ out there running for their school boards this election year. No matter if it is a local school board race or a state-wide race, this compendium is for you!! If you should have an issue you would like more information on and […]

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Weekend News: Heads Up, Higher Ed CTE Update

September 12, 2015Lynne Taylor8 Comments on Weekend News: Heads Up, Higher Ed CTE Update

This Weekend News is an update to the continued Common Core/Career Tech Education/Aligned Apprentices efforts our post secondary students are facing. What can we do to fight this? How can we inform others? Read on, my fighters!! A White House “Fact Sheet”: Dated September 9th, 2015, this news release gives us several key pieces to the […]

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FOM: CCSS/CTE “Hype”, D.C. Style

June 26, 2015December 12, 2019Lynne Taylor1 Comment on FOM: CCSS/CTE “Hype”, D.C. Style

In the scheme of things lately, we anti CCSS (and CTE) warriors shouldn’t be surprised at the amount of hype being used to drown out the truth about the presence (or from the hypester’s perspective the non-presence of) Common Core Standards and it’s adult version, Career and Technical Education. However, it’s a “Total Truth” that […]

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WYBI: CCSS Supporter Profiling Higher Ed Degrees

April 22, 2015Lynne Taylor6 Comments on WYBI: CCSS Supporter Profiling Higher Ed Degrees

Back in 2011, The CCS/CTE/CCR (Common Core Standards/Career Tech Ed/College, Career Readiness) and other higher education institutions got a ‘leg up’. Thanks to Lumina’s desire to be a part of the “Goals 2025”. What IS the ‘leg’? What is Goals 2025? How does Lumina play a part in this; better yet, what is Lumina? Come […]

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