The Puzzling and Contradictory Nature of the Common Core State Standards (Common Core) initiative. The Common Core is a multi-billion dollar initiative that was adopted by 45 states and territories, while only five states...
Read MoreLast week, the Georgia legislature passed a bill in the Senate (SB 167) that will essentially opt the state out of the Common Core State Standards in mathematics and English language arts and other projects, ideas, technologies...
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Figure 1. Carl Sagan and the Universe. Copyright sillyrabbitmythsare4kids, Creative Commons...
Read MoreFigure 1. Unbound Learning Learning is limited by the test-based and standards-based accountability system that holds the reins on the curriculum of American schools. One of the consequences of this system of...
Read MoreThis is Part One of Bill Moyers’ interview with astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. Tyson is director of the Hayden Planetarium, at the American Museum of Natural History. In the interviews with Moyers, Dr. Tyson...
Read MoreFigure 1. High School mathematics teacher. Creative Commons Attribution.[/caption] The Georgia legislature has already passed a bill in the Senate (SB 167) that will essentially opt the state out of the Common Core State...
Read MoreIn an article published at the PeachPundit, the author, Charlie Harper suggests the Georgia Senate Bill 167 is an anti-science bill. In this post, I want to add to Mr. Harper’s conclusion that the action of the Georgia...
Read MoreWill Georgia follow Florida by releasing teacher VAM-like scores? In Florida’s case, the Florida Times-Union released links to all 116,723 teachers’ VAM scores in an extraordinary unethical move that has happened...
Read MoreGeorgians should be aware that our state legislators are at it again under the Gold Dome changing key aspects of education in our state through the passage of House Bill 897. The partisan bill affects education in the state...
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Figure 1. Words used to describe the statistical model used to evaluate a classroom teacher in...
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