Simple Math (coming to a state near you [1])
Common Core Standards adopted
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Silence from teachers, professional organizations, parents
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New tests, more tests, pre-tests, post-tests
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Silence from teachers, professional organizations, parents
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test-prep textbooks/ test-prep software aligned with CCS
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Silence from teachers, professional organizations, parents
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VAM teacher accountability, teacher merit pay
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Silence from teachers, professional organizations, parents
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Hiring TFA recruits, expanding corporate charter schools
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Silence from teachers, professional organizations, parents
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The end of universal public education*
*Hint: 1% wins again
[1] Like in South Carolina: Student testing to change (Charleston, SC, Post and Courier)
Monday, February 13, 2012
Simple Math
“One of the violences perpetuated by illiteracy is the suffocation of the consciousness and the expressiveness of men and women who are forbidden from reading and writing, thus limiting their capacity to write about their reading of the world so they can rethink about their original reading of it.” Paulo Freire, Teachers as Cultural Workers
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