This is a tremendous victory for the parents and teachers of the state who became “the force” for good against the dark side of standardized testing and Common Core.
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Common Core Wars: The Empire State Strikes Back Against the Common Core – Will Other States Follow?
This very surprising turn of events indicates that Cuomo is yielding to the pressure of angry parents and exasperated teachers who have been crying foul regarding the standards since their implementation in 2010.
Read More »Schools Need To Teach More Than Academic Subjects
It is not enough for our children to become academically adept anymore – they need to know how to get through school and move on to a life where they can be successful and happy adults.
Read More »Common Core Wars: Parents Opting Out of Testing Can Change Education for the Better
Parents and teachers are forging an alliance to take back education, which in essence means eliminating most or all of these standardized tests in favor of something really radical – a day devoted to actual teaching!
Read More »Common Core Wars: A New Hope – Making Education Personal
The problem with standardized testing and state assessments has been glaringly obvious for years – they test students as if they are all the same student.
Read More »Common Core Wars – The NY State Senate Strikes Back
We need to get back to teachers teaching instead of teaching to the test. This report is a sign that we are getting there.
Read More »Common Core Wars – The Phantom Menace: Parents!
The debacle of Race to the Top, Common Core State Standards, and standardized testing continues to metastasize into an out of control disease, and many parents are becoming aware of the pernicious effects on their children’s school experience.
Read More »Common Core Wars: New York State Begins To Face Reality About Standardized Testing
The CCSS were created to bring a deeper and more meaningful education to students. There is nothing wrong with that, but there is a salient difference between teaching for rigor and relevance and teaching to the test.
Read More »Common Core Wars – A 1912 Exam Reminds Us How Far We Have Fallen
A test like this one elucidates the obvious – most high school and college graduates could not pass it, never mind our current eighth graders.
Read More »The War on Error: NY State’s Misguided Attempt To Publicize Teacher Evaluations
While there is no question that we need to improve instruction, public humiliation of teachers should not be part of the equation.
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