tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post3462985719188913087..comments2024-03-27T08:53:29.267-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Common Core CementPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-24732314020481478182014-06-05T19:54:13.581-04:002014-06-05T19:54:13.581-04:00Brookings called recently for the CCSSO to start r...Brookings called recently for the CCSSO to start reviewing educational materials to enforce its copyright. The Thomas B. Fordham Institute just let slip in an op-ed that "a group of foundations" has funded a new organization to do just that--to serve as the CCSS educational materials Censor Librorum and Thought Police.<br /><br />So, it may seem beyond belief that they are going to try to enforce that copyright, but that is, indeed, just what is in the works right now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-61792336264891012362014-06-05T14:24:05.661-04:002014-06-05T14:24:05.661-04:00Cross posted at
http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink... Cross posted at <br />http://www.opednews.com/Quicklink/CURMUDGUCATION-Common-Cor-in-Best_Web_OpEds-Change_Common-Core_Focus_Review-140605-43.html#comment493076 with this comment and links:<br />Read the fact sheet and see what Fairtest had to say about COMMON CORE.<br /><br />What is happening in 52 states this travesty written wholly by NON-EDUCATORS, is already conquering because no one knows what is happening in the almost 16,000 school districts... for example<br /><br />In NY, A Conversation About Tests New York Teachers Can't Haveand this one about the The Pseudo-Science of New York's Common Core Tests<br />Student: Standardized Tests Taking a Toll in New Mexico Classrooms<br /><br />In New Mexico: Standardized Tests Taking a Toll in New Mexico Classrooms<br /><br />IN Oregon:Oregon Teachers Seek Common Core Testing Moratorium<br />In Maine:Why Standardized Testing is Ruining Maine Schools, Hurting Our Kids<br /><br />This excellent article on AlterNet offers more insight:<br />"The high-stakes standardized testing attack has always exacted the highest toll on communities of color. And activists of color are playing leading roles in the movement to curb these abuses. In the name of closing the achievement gap, entire communities of color in cities around the country have seen classrooms converted to test prep centers, where the time spent on studying strategies for eliminating wrong answer choices has pushed out inquiry, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, the arts, and culturally relevant pedagogy. Two clear examples of standardized tests supporting institutional racism are Chicago and Philadelphia, where the tests are being used to label schools in communities of color as "failures" and then shut them down at unprecedented rates."Submitted on Thursday, Jun 5, 2014 at 12:00:42 PMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-67079998973379134372014-06-05T10:41:54.014-04:002014-06-05T10:41:54.014-04:00then there is the tying of salary to test results,...then there is the tying of salary to test results, despite legal contracts. Bah humbugCarol Willette Bachofnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10851607014763514265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-22721585406589414132014-05-22T00:32:15.584-04:002014-05-22T00:32:15.584-04:00Test Prep and High Stakes Testing--that is the cru...Test Prep and High Stakes Testing--that is the crux. And if teachers didn't get enough of testing and high stakes consequences from NCLB, look out! For those that buy into the testing as necessary or positive--maybe you should get out of teaching--you are only doing damage not good!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04511535550721307265noreply@blogger.com