WYBI: Upskilling America, Part 1
While I was doing some anti CCSS snooping on another subject, I stumbled across the “Workforce Development Institute” (part of […]
Would You Believe It Wednesday
Sic 'Em Saturday
Sic’ ‘Em Saturday: Using Community Colleges for More ‘Core’
how community colleges are tied to Common Core alignment, dual enrollment, career pathways and policy recommendations
Tech Thursdays
Tech Thursday: CAPS via Career Pathways is Still CCSS!
This post reviews Education Week coverage of CAPS and Dr Tom Trigg and shows how career pathways career clusters and business partnerships promote college and career readiness while still aligning to Common Core.
Would You Believe It Wednesday
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
Tech Thursdays
Tech Thursday: Common Core Military Special
This post spotlights Common Core impacts on military families including an infographic claiming 82000 military students in the CCSS line of fire and links to DoD Army RAND and Achieve materials tied to CCSS and military readiness.
Sic 'Em Saturday
Sic’ ‘Em Saturday: Google’s “CS First”
Have you heard of “Google CS First”? Well, by the end of the anti CCSS “Sic’ ‘Em Saturday”, you’ll know
Would You Believe It Wednesday
WYBI: CCSS and NGSS, Where Dumb Meets Dumber!
For the “Would You Believe It?!” file: Next Generation Science Standards AND Common Core, together in union to dumb down
Would You Believe It Wednesday
WYBI: Crystal Clear Common Core
What could be more frustrating than a parent who has no idea what Common Core resources his or her offspring
Tech Thursdays
Tech Thursday: CCSS Workforce Pushing Labor Reform
This post connects Common Core workforce alignment to Higher Education Act reauthorization highlighting business workforce partnerships career pathways and policy groups like CLASP plus concerns about federal accountability and expanded postsecondary data collection through IPEDS and NCES.