Trekkers and Trackers
2018-06-13
The CCSS Machine is a notorious ‘tracker’ in education. It doesn’t care if you enjoy your journey. It doesn’t provide quality education..it steals human dignity!Continue Reading
Assessment Quest, Parts 1 and 2
2016-07-11
Wait until you see the in-depth trail this quest led me on! Continue Reading
FTF: Loose Ends are Still Strings
2016-04-12
Weaving loose ends together for education, the ESSA is one big ball of yarn.Continue Reading
Tech Thursday: Lifelong Skills or Lifelong Sentence?
2016-01-14
Anti CCSS Warriors, the above picture is one I featured in a previous article, but serves my topic for today very well. Since the ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) is now law, CCSS (Common Core State Standards) will NOT be a phrase you see. BUT it will be there allContinue Reading
Weekend News: Training for Assessments, Pearson Style
2015-11-15
Yes, anti CCSS Warriors, we know how toxic the CCSS aligned assessments are. We also know how life altering those CTE/CCR assessments are when it comes to laying out a career track our students our students are locked into. We also know how much Pearson Publishing is making off theseContinue Reading
Tech Thursday: The Tough, the Dedicated, the CCSS Warriors
2015-07-16
Though you may be a weary anti CC Warrior today, you are STILL a warrior! We’ve miles to go, no matter what our day may hold in our Common Core aligned state of being. Yes, we’ve had some defeats, we’ve also had VICTORIES! Today’s post is dedicated to help youContinue Reading
FTF: CCSS Frying Pan into the Fire
2015-06-09
A recent round of supposedly good news for us anti CCSS Warriors, deserves a closer look. As we’ve seen in the past, what’s reported as victories for defeating the CCSS Machine, we’ve learned the news is always bittersweet. It’s like 2 steps forward, one step back; or jumping from theContinue Reading