tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post7860126391482030901..comments2024-03-28T19:47:39.985-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Is It Time for a TrucePeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-30867880318480129252014-06-22T08:07:25.850-04:002014-06-22T08:07:25.850-04:00Beware the roadbuilders
http://radicalscholarship...Beware the roadbuilders<br /><br />http://radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2014/06/11/gates-moratorium-another-scam-beware-the-roadbuilders-pt-2/P. L. Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11104914800533779546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-15951055466465001512014-06-21T14:43:49.859-04:002014-06-21T14:43:49.859-04:00Gates wants a moratorium because he knows the PARC...Gates wants a moratorium because he knows the PARCC/SBAC roll out next spring will trigger the Great Parent Revolt of 2015. This is when the walls come tumbling down. He never imagined that LOVE would be his undoing. Parents love for their children will simply not allow this to continue. The parent uprising of 2014 here in NY was the tip of the iceberg; the precursor to reformster disaster. And he knows it. Truce my ass. The moratorium is their best chance to continue cashing in, to prolong their gravy train, albeit not a high speed one like they hoped. The Resistance should prefer that the tests go on as scheduled, because they will be the last nails in the CCSS coffin. At least that's what I saw in my dream last night.NY Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08292448959963091160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-28798377456764105192014-06-21T11:05:42.964-04:002014-06-21T11:05:42.964-04:00So the guys at the top want more time to work on a...So the guys at the top want more time to work on accountability for management for accountability of students and teachers (ore or less what I got out of the Thompson quote near the end of the post)..... but who holds Bill and Arne accountable? Certainly not themselves, certainly not each other.<br /><br />It's past time to hold Arne accountable; if he were being judged by the same metrics as teachers and principals and schools and districts, he would have been fired ages ago.CrunchyMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434606158400653601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-49228070811162401312014-06-21T09:07:59.952-04:002014-06-21T09:07:59.952-04:00"Since it's a recommendation from Gates, ..."Since it's a recommendation from Gates, the Arsenal of Reformy Stuff, I don't anticipate any reformsters standing up to say, 'Don't listen to them!' if for no other reason than it's hard to transition from that to 'Could we have our big fat check now, sir?'<br />Actually, New Mexico's Pretend Secretary of Education, Hanna Skandera, said pretty close to that. She said, and I'm paraphrasing, that the idea of telling New Mexico what was best for us was 'ridiculous.' She did use the word 'ridiculous.' She said she wouldn't presume to tell Tennessee what was best for them, which is ironic, since all of us teachers in the Albuquerque Public Schools system got an email from her earlier this year that included a lovely video of her asking why we should go through with the teacher evaluation process, and then answering herself by saying she called a state that had already started the process and 'gotten great results from it', The state was Tennessee, which, if you may already know, has since had a number of problems with their Education Secretary, Kevin Huffman. Ironic, because I thought at the time that Mr. Gates might not like the idea of his moratorium being called 'ridiculous'. Actually, the idea of her asking for the check is one of the few pleasant images I have that include Hanna Skandera...Eric Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06757631495780426421noreply@blogger.com