Ed Johnson, an advocate for quality education in Atlanta, provides commentary and data questioning Atlanta’s decision to hire Austin’s current superintendent for Atlanta’s superintendency. According to Mr....
Read MoreTerrill Nickerson commented on the previous post on this blog, 6 Reasons Why the Common Core is Not Progressive Ideology. I thought his comments were important to share as a separate post. Terrill Nickerson has written an...
Read MoreA growing criticism of the Common Core State Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards is that its a way for progressives to inject their philosophies and ideology onto children and youth in...
Read MoreLatest Story An article in the New York Times by William J. Broad got my attention and in this article, I want to use Broad’s research to show how education is being harmed by private funding. The article by William J....
Read MoreThe Common Core State Standards (Common Standards) have been implemented for about four years. According to the developers (the folks over at Achieve) and it’s billionaire financiers, such as Bill Gates, the Common...
Read More> Imagine what it would be like if every school district in the U.S. used the same core (standards) curriculum, and that every few years, new textbooks and media products needed to purchased. If the Common Standards are fully...
Read MoreOn March 5, Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead signed the state’s budget into law. The bill has a footnote that prohibits the Department of Education from spending any funds to check or revise the state’s science standards. The...
Read MoreAccording to Allan Collins, Professor Emeritus of the Learning Sciences, Northwestern University, in this “age of technology,” the very technology which consumes so many of us, has had little effect on mainstream education. As...
Read MoreTechnology is viewed by some as the elixir or cure-all for education, and school districts, with lots of money available through grants such as Race to the Top, technology investments from organization such the Gates...
Read MoreAnthony Cody (Living in Dialog) and Mercedes Schneider (deutsch29) wrote articles on their blogs about the Arne Duncan – Bill Gates – Common Standard’s triumvirate. Cody commented that Duncan and Gates are...
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