Jeb Bush’s Ardent Advocacy for Common Core | Diane Ravitch’s blog
Conservatives are backing away from Common Core in response to angry parents who see it as a federal takeover of their local schools. Several states have dropped the Common Core assessments or the...
View ArticleMicrosoft Cashes in on Common Core and Online Testing | Diane Ravitch’s blog
Are you ready for the new standards? Check out how Microsoft can help your school. via Microsoft Cashes in on Common Core and Online Testing | Diane Ravitch’s blog.
View ArticleThe Reading Wars Continue: Scientific Literacy vs. Balanced Literacy | Russ...
The reading wars are back with us again. Carmen Farina, the new schools chancellor in New York City, said recently that she wants to see more aspects of “balanced literacy” put back into instruction in...
View ArticleAnthony Cody: These Tests are Designed to Fail Students | Diane Ravitch’s blog
Anthony Cody points out the contradiction between claims that the Common Core will prepare students for college and careers and the reality that the Common Core tests are designed to fail most...
View ArticleTeachers union takes on Common Core | Stephanie Simon – POLITICO.com
By STEPHANIE SIMON | 7/11/14 6:52 AM EDT The American Federation of Teachers will open its annual convention Friday morning with a startling announcement: After years of strongly backing the Common...
View ArticleThe Problem with the AFT Offer for Teachers to “Rewrite” the Common Core |...
A very good thing will happen on Sunday, July 13, 2014, at the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) convention in Los Angeles: The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) will be debated on the floor. No...
View ArticleThe Excellent But False Messaging of the Common Core Standards | Diane...
Have you ever wondered about the amazingly effective campaign to sell the Common Core standards to the media, the business community, and the public? How did it happen that advocates for the standards...
View ArticleZephyr Teachout blasts New York’s and Cuomo’s support of Common Core | lohud.com
Zephyr Teachout The Fordham law professor who is challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic ticket outlines her concerns about Common Core, and education plan for New York. In 2008 Microsoft...
View ArticleMom: My kindergartner was ‘work-sheeted to death’ | The Washington Post
By Valerie Strauss July 19 at 10:16 AM This year I have posted a number of pieces (here, here, here and here, for example) about the travesty that is now kindergarten in many public schools. Today,...
View ArticleNew York Now Leads the Way in the Movement Against Common Core- At The Polls...
Something truly extraordinary has happened in the New York State Gubernatorial race-something with broad national implications. A big money Democratic Governor, Andrew Cuomo, who thought he was going...
View ArticleEducators who support Common Core call new tests ‘a travesty’ – The...
By Valerie Strauss Many parents and educators in New York are awaiting the release of results of controversial Common Core-aligned standardized tests that were given to students this past spring. Here...
View ArticleLouisiana Circus Continues! | Diane Ravitch’s blog
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal signed the agreement to adopt Common Core. But when Common Core turned toxic among conservative voters, Jindal declared he would pull his state out of Common Core and...
View ArticleDoes Kindergarten-Ready Really Mean Common Core-Ready? | Critical Classrooms,...
This is an embarrassing but necessary post for me to write. Writing helps me wade through the tangled – often muddy – weeds in my brain, and perhaps what I have to share will be useful to those...
View ArticlePearson Set Cut Scores for NYS | CURMUDGUCATION
Over at lohud, actual journalists like Gary Stern have been working long hours trying to pry loose some facts from the state of New York, and it’s worth the while of folks from all states to see what...
View ArticleMoms winning the Common Core war | Stephanie Simon – POLITICO.com
By STEPHANIE SIMON | 7/29/14 5:06 AM EDT Updated: 7/29/14 12:24 PM EDT The millions have proved no match for the moms. Supporters of the Common Core academic standards have spent big this past year to...
View ArticleTesting for Social Justice | Peter Greene – EdWeek
The CCSSO-CGCS announcement heralding High Stakes Tests 2.0 (More Better Less Testing) included plenty of Not New Things. Cerebus, the three-headed reformsters spokesperson, delivered a backhanded...
View ArticleDewey, Testing Companies, and the Origin of the Common Core | Julian...
The purported benefit of the Common Core State Standards over previous sets of standards is the development of critical thinking skills across all subjects, seen as a key lever for increasing American...
View ArticleClassroom of the Future: Student Centered or Device Centered? | Anthony Cody...
A basic question is emerging as our schools are urged to embrace the Common Core State Standards and the computer-based learning systems aligned to the standards. Are these digital devices becoming...
View ArticleCommon Core revolt goes local | Stephanie Simon – Politico
School districts from New Hampshire to Oregon are revolting against the coming Common Core tests. Even as political leaders in both red and blue states continue to back away from the standards — New...
View ArticleDistrict Superintendents In Ohio Rebel Against Common Core Test Mania | Diane...
Thanks to Common Core and the federally-funded PARCC exams, children in Ohio schools will be tested 10 hours to demonstrate their proficiency or lack thereof. District superintendents say (as do...
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