tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post6618812168398044696..comments2024-03-27T08:53:29.267-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Still Pushing the Common CorePeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-91426062404578850522018-02-05T18:47:30.781-05:002018-02-05T18:47:30.781-05:00NY Teacher: Spot on!!! "the lack of oxygen&qu...NY Teacher: Spot on!!! "the lack of oxygen" aka real knowledge. Thank you!WKHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11140488043949689706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-53510925340863677792018-02-03T21:36:35.442-05:002018-02-03T21:36:35.442-05:00What, no reassurances of college and career readin...What, no reassurances of college and career readiness?<br />How about those 11 year olds with deeper mathematical understanding? Kids chock full of higher order, critical thinking skills? What about those 21st century skills? Let's nor forget how they would weed out ineffective teachers and identify all those inner city failure factories? Whiter shirts and fresher breath?<br /><br />The Common Coercion was a lot like requiring an atmosphere of pure nitrogen in our classrooms. A simple, inert, non-toxic, elemental gas that has no benefits - and of itself is relatively harmless. It wasn't the nitrogen that killed a generation of students - it was the lack of oxygen.NY Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06584135103498426410noreply@blogger.com