Schlepping Down The Education Trail
2019-04-02
A special in-depth look at the transforming of our nation’s education. Led by smucks.Continue Reading
Is There Anything Else?
2016-10-10
Successful people can truly ONLY be considered as such when THEY are at THEIR best, not someone else’s expectation, or, worse: mandated by the CCSS Machine.Continue Reading
Weekend News: CCSS School Officials Alignment
2015-10-18
While our attention is focused on the re-authorization efforts of the CCSS/CTE, data mining, high stakes assessments laden HR5, S1177 and the HEA, we need to stop and consider that also included in these bills are the teachers, the principals, the superintendents, and all the other school officials in between.Continue Reading
Weekend News: Your Anti CCSS Back To School Wish
2015-08-08
Warriors, have no fear, I’ve not converted to the supportive side for “Common Core”. I’m still VERY MUCH opposed. However, as we all know, it is the time of year our schools are gearing up for “Back to School”. For many of us, that means MORE CCSS. During this pastContinue Reading
Tech Thursday: Hunting for CCSS/CTE
2015-06-18
Hunt Institute has a long history of being Common Core supportive. While it appears all anti CCSS eyes are on the HR5 (the re-authorization of the NCLB), it’s been proven via documents that the HEA re-authorization is just as CCSS tied! Both have been re-authorized in almost the same timeContinue Reading
FOM Friday: CCSS “Can’t Be Wrong”?!
2015-02-13
What Could Possibly Be ‘Right’ About Common Core? In today’s post we’ll measure the latest ‘new evidence’ about Common Core in the classroom. Let’s get the Fib-o_Meter fired up! First, the organization: ASCD (formerly, The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) The website: www.ascd.org “Total Truth”, each state has anContinue Reading
WYBI Update: Amping Up the Common Core
2015-01-14
For today’s “Would You Believe It” Wednesday post, I’m updating my original article from Sept. 2014 that delved into Common Core Standards via Amplify…and a few others. Here’s the link to the original post: https://www.commoncorediva.com/2014/09/10/will-this-be-delivery-or-dine-in/ As I did yesterday, I’ll only be using excerpts from the original and contrast them withContinue Reading