informing and fighting back against education overreaches to save hearts and souls
Recently, I was looking through my social media feeds and I stumbled on a known CCSS supporter’s blog which shared that in the modern aligned educational world, our marriages can be fixed by our local schools! Have you heard anything so bizarre?! I must say, of all the CCSS aligned things out there, the last […]
Continue ReadingIn our fight against Common Core, we’ve learned that it’s a lie to think CC is only for K-12. We’ve learned it’s before K and after 12th. So, what IS the difference between a Career Cluster and a Career Pathway? They are both Common Core aligned. I often thought they were the same thing, just […]
Continue ReadingHow about a cradle to career conference? The CCSSO’s (Council of Chief State School Officers) partners of Knowledge Works and Strive Together are hosting one soon! Common Core is sure to be there! The Conference: Titled, “Exploring Communities Convening” and will be held in late March 2015. For the two days (tickets go for anywhere […]
Continue ReadingAs if CCS (Common Core Standards) haven’t reeked enough havoc on our students, I’ve discovered yet ANOTHER dull, boring, and downright yucky website totally devoted to ‘leveling’ reading for our youngest of students. What an unmitigated disaster!! So,here’s today riddle: The website?? Benchmark Education (see: http://www.benchmarkeducation.com/) Where There’s a Benchmark, There’s a Gates: You knew the […]
Continue ReadingCommon Core Standards have been proven to be embedded in our post-secondary schools via Career Pathways, Career Tech Ed AND Workforce Training! So what do you do with your legislators who are opposed to Common Core yet are working overtime to ensure Workforces??? North Carolina’s Story: As you know, I’ve been sharing how the state […]
Continue ReadingFor today’s Tech Thursday post, I’ll be giving an update to my original article titled, “Aligned and Employed” , which looked at Common Core extending from high school to community college.(see: https://www.commoncorediva.com/2014/09/13/sic-em-saturday-aligned-and-employed/) Before we look at what’s new about this subject, please note when you access the original one, it is specific to NC, however, like […]
Continue ReadingBefore we look at how Common Core via the Career Tech Education has impacted “Alternative Education”, we need to know how “AE” is defined. So, for that, I’m using the U.S. Dept. of Education’s Research Report “How Do the States Define Alternate Education?” (I must cite it as the following: Porowski, A., O’Conner, R., & Luo, […]
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