tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post8550781068385607220..comments2024-03-27T08:53:29.267-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: No, NYT, Common Core Is Not About KnowledgePeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-3164173515229087382015-08-29T22:42:15.209-04:002015-08-29T22:42:15.209-04:00Is math knowledge?Is math knowledge?Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-18536587693861383772015-08-29T17:11:43.351-04:002015-08-29T17:11:43.351-04:00Dienne,
Greene's post is "No, NYT, Commo...Dienne,<br /><br />Greene's post is "No, NYT, Common Core is Not About Knowledge". I assume that he meant the CCSS is not about knowledge, not just the ELA CCSS is not about knowledge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-62601270101482278882015-08-29T08:33:37.695-04:002015-08-29T08:33:37.695-04:00Greene is an English teacher. Some people have en...Greene is an English teacher. Some people have enough sense not to say too much about things they don't know much about.Diennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570040547158789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-22607430402585185272015-08-28T23:38:58.385-04:002015-08-28T23:38:58.385-04:00Any thoughts on the math half of the CCSS? Any thoughts on the math half of the CCSS? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-1327934519147450502015-08-28T17:37:58.422-04:002015-08-28T17:37:58.422-04:00I don't see Common Core as being a useful educ...I don't see Common Core as being a useful education initiative as much as a political agenda. The end game is CC is conformity of the citizens of the future. The teachers I've talked to dislike CC and those who haven't left public education yet are thinking about it or merely dealing with the program in frustration until they can figure the best way to extricate themselves from the system.<br /> <br />My blog post today also addresses the issue of Common Core.<br /><br />Arlee Bird<br /><a href="http://tossingitout.blogspot.com/2015/08/does-government-want-to-control-us.html" rel="nofollow">Tossing It Out</a><br />Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-18011127815214139322015-08-28T14:40:08.782-04:002015-08-28T14:40:08.782-04:00I should clarify that this rhetorical misdirection...I should clarify that this rhetorical misdirection by politeness is a creepy symptom of the inequality of power in the US. <br /><br />It's not how I think people should talk or write. But it can be effective. "I'd agree them to death and destruction," says the narrator of "Invisible Man" at one point. Aaron Lercherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13979600035410099276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-57758965694934716782015-08-28T14:19:35.057-04:002015-08-28T14:19:35.057-04:00I interpreted Wexler's Op-Ed as an elaborate w...I interpreted Wexler's Op-Ed as an elaborate way of damning Common Core by faint praise. I think this is clever rhetoric, addressed to the wealthy funders of so-called "reform," in a publication they are likely to read. <br /><br />It soothes the wealthy funders' egos by saying that the policies they endorse didn't cause the bad "skill-based" trend. We don't want those wealthy folks to get defensive! They are used to having people agree with them, so they have to addressed in this way and given the suggestion that they came up with the conclusion themselves. <br /><br />This Op-Ed purports to agree with the "reformers" by saying Common Core can somehow turn out to be a good thing. But the Op-Ed actually argues for the opposite policy. Aaron Lercherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13979600035410099276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-46272887099549116012015-08-28T10:59:45.801-04:002015-08-28T10:59:45.801-04:00Peter, HuffPost finally has an article on Dyett:
...Peter, HuffPost finally has an article on Dyett:<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dyett-hunger-strike_55dfaffae4b0c818f617648d<br /><br />They have some info the Trib didn't but still left stuff out.Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.com