informing and fighting back against education overreaches to save hearts and souls
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.
Continue ReadingHappening just days from is the “National Opportunity Summit” in Washington, D.C. How this connects to Common Core is about to be revealed. Join me as we learn all we can. Clothed as ‘opportunity’, it smacks of ‘ultimatum’. The Nation: Website: http://opportunitynation.org/the-opportunity-summit/ Known as “Opportunity Nation”, this group is part of the “Be the Change, Inc.”, […]
Continue Readingexamples of officials and organizations that publicly oppose Common Core yet support policies or actions that further federal education overreach.
Continue ReadingFor 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 with what’s happened since then. I […]
Continue ReadingThank you for joining me last night as I went in-depth on the topic of a CCSS aligned work force. It is my hope you were able to glean helpful information to aid your battle in your state. ‘Women on the Wall’ archives each call, so if you missed anything, you can access it from […]
Continue ReadingLast week I shared with you detailed information about the U.S. Dept. of Labor’s grant awards given in rounds to help align data mining with the U.S. Dept. of Education. The connector? CCSS aligned Workforce. For a reminder of last week’s post, see this picture. In the past few days, Missouri Education Watchdog (as well […]
Continue Reading“Want to implement a seamless pre-K through college educational pathway? Drive education and training off business needs? Address skills gaps? Package workforce board and community college offerings to help businesses hire “right-fit” employees?” The above quote is from a workforce collaboration between the NC Dept. of Public Instruction, private corporations and NC Community Colleges. “Key partnerships” is what #Align4NCWorks, the strategically designed […]
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