Within weeks of the release of the Common Core State ELA and math standards, textbook publishers had already launched marketing campaigns for their ?CCSS-aligned? curriculum materials. What that label really meant, exactly, was open for much debate.
Film critic Roger Ebert penned a damning critique of the too-often-used practice of giving struggling students a retold version of a more complex literary classic. He talks in particular about The Great Gatsby. The entire article is worth reading, but his most salient point is this
Here's one for you: Rosa Parks : Civil Rights Movement ::? _________ : Current Education Reform Movement [caption id="" align="alignright" width="203" caption="Photo by ElvertBarnes"][/caption]
Whether you're in a small class or a large class, it doesn't take a Google science fair winner to see that
Fordham Institute President Chester Finn discusses the Atlanta cheating scandal in an op-ed posted today on CNN.com.
?[Education has been] hijacked by a group of self-styled 'reformers' who believe that public education in America should consist of islands of excellence staffed by passers-through, instead of dynamic school systems staffed by professionals.'' * ?Randi Weingarten, leader of AFT
