Spin Cycle, Anyone?!
2016-11-12
Between ESSA, WIOA, HEA, and College/Career Readiness, America’s getting hung out to dry.Continue Reading
Bees in NC’s Bonnet, Parts 1 and 2
2016-10-05
Local led? It doesn’t always mean what you think it does.
See how NC’s ‘breeding’ for the CCSS Machine is impacting the USA.Continue Reading
ESSA and Teacher Pay
2016-02-18
In the shift from one federal education law to another, we need to know how the CCSS Machine is going to pay our teachers. More specifically, how the ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) will reward, or punish, them. In the picture above, you can see the comparison between the ESSA’sContinue Reading
Weekend News: Looking at the 2016 NC Primary, Part One
2016-01-17
Greetings this weekend, my trusted anti CCSS Warriors (To be more accurate since the ESSA{Every Student Succeeds Act} passed into law, maybe I should refer to you as the CCSS*/CTE*/CCR* Warriors? But no matter what label is slapped over the ‘CCSS’, peel them back and it is STILL Common Core!)Continue Reading
RMT: Don’t Look Now, NC! CCSS/CTE Overload!
2015-07-19
While all our heads were turned toward D.C. this past week, our states kept rolling on in their CCSS/CTE ways. The ‘riddle’ today (since it is “Riddle Me This” Sunday) is “What did NC get while while ESEA re-vamping was happening in Washington, D.C.?” In short, the answer is ‘CCSS/CTEContinue Reading
FOM: A “New” CCS (Coalition for Community Schools)
2015-06-19
The “Fib-o-Meter” is back and ready to bust open the fallacies, fibs, half truths, or whole truths about the OTHER CCS (Common Core Standards). Today’s look is into the IEL (Institute for Educational Leadership) and its CCS (Coalition for Community Schools). Is it tied to the Common Core? If so,Continue Reading