tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post9023077820465358134..comments2024-03-28T19:47:39.985-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Content Matters (or "Yet Another Reformster Has an Epiphany")Peter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-78905866615341328382018-04-08T14:52:58.879-04:002018-04-08T14:52:58.879-04:00Reform support for CCSS and content-rich curriculu...Reform support for CCSS and content-rich curriculum is not contradictory. I talked until I was blue in the face about how I supported CCSS because of what I called "the 57 most important words in ed reform": a section that explicitly said standard *could not be met* without content rich curriculum. Before that section was added I didn't support CCSS. But all of that relies on good curricular decisions at the state and local level; it can't be mandated from on high. <br /><br />White's curriculum work in Louisiana shows he has been consistent on this too. <br /><br />https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/on-the-fence-about-common-core-brilliant-new-approach-or-another-fad/2015/12/13/1b5ae298-9fce-11e5-a3c5-c77f2cc5a43c_story.html?utm_term=.9ab6666b609bAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04376800134547710398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-18847820141422283452018-04-08T14:23:14.991-04:002018-04-08T14:23:14.991-04:00How on Gods Green Earth did, "We don't ne...How on Gods Green Earth did, "We don't need no stinkin' facts!" ever become the motto of professional educators? Reformers sold it, but far too many teachers bought it. Constructivism. Discovery learning. The guide on the side. Facilitating. Twenty first century skills. The notion that higher order thinking didn't need a foundation of knowledge. <br />Be thankful that White is calling us out.<br />NY Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08292448959963091160noreply@blogger.com