“Learning is Earning” the Rand Corporation way with digital badges and Edublocks
All of the elements are in place: There’s piece work employment without financial security or due process. The opportunity for corporations to pay employees in script instead of actual cash. Smart … Continue reading
Put the brakes on the ESEA reauthorization bill #StopESEA
The ESEA reauthorization bill was released on Monday, November 30th. The bill is over 1,000 pages long and is scheduled for a vote this week on the House floor. It is not possible for citizens to … Continue reading
Obama’s regret: “Taking the joy out of teaching and learning”
Obama’s call to reduce testing to 2% of the school year still requires students to take standardized tests for an outlandish twenty-four hours. And it isn’t even all the time … Continue reading
Common Core Standards: Ten Colossal Errors
This article was written by Anthony Cody and first published in Education Week in November, 2013 and then reposted on his blog Living in Dialogue. Common Core Standards: Ten Colossal … Continue reading
Is Teach for America, Inc. morphing into Leadership for Educational Equity? Is there an image problem here or are they just playing a shell game?
Or are they doubling the money? A job posting in the idealist: Job posted by: Leadership For Educational Equity Senior Director, Supporter Relations About Leadership for Educational Equity Leadership … Continue reading
“Listen: The Movie” challenging the culture of standardized testing
On TV, we have Bill Gates, Michelle Rhee, Arne Duncan and “Waiting for ‘Superman’” talking about failing schools, low standards, and China, but rarely do they ever talk about students. … Continue reading
Diane Ravitch: The Common Core Standards “should have no legitimacy”
From The Fatal Flaw of the Common Core Standards by Diane Ravitch: The reason to oppose the Common Core standards is because they violate the well-established and internationally recognized process … Continue reading
Testimony regarding Race to the Top funds for Seattle and student privacy
The following is testimony that I will be giving at the Seattle School Board meeting on Wednesday, December 4, 2013 regarding the approval of Race to the Top funding that … Continue reading
The Weekly Update: The good news the ed reformers don’t want you to hear, following the money of corporate reform, testing, the Common Core Standards and how it all relates
So much news, so little time. First, the good news from edushyster: The Great Deception How to convince the public to abandon the wishy-washy notion of education for all in … Continue reading
The Weekly Update: Cyber buck$, high stake$ testing and charter school$. It’s all about the children, right?
The Weekly Update for the News and Views You Might Have Missed Some of our state representatives are not asleep at the wheel. On Friday I posted information regarding two … Continue reading
Part 1: High stakes testing : A little history
I will be posting a series on high stakes testing and opting out on this blog. Why? In other states where high stakes testing has become the norm, parents and … Continue reading
The Weekly Update: Gates’ test metric is imploding, disappearing students in El Paso, Pearson sells a blank art book and takes down 1.5M ed sites.
The Weekly Update for the news and views you might have missed. Let’s start with Bill Gates. Posting this article gives me great sadness. I feel no anger and frustration, … Continue reading
