Susan Ohanian

Syracuse school district keeps teacher ratings at Henninger High School

Can you imagine being an experienced teacher and receiving the official notification that you have added zero value to your students' school experience? And then told that data don't lie?

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Early Childhood Standards of Common Core are Developmentally Inappropriate

Thank you, Conservative Common Core bashers! May some Progressives follow your lead.
This presentation comes from the Pioneer Institute working with the Heartland Institute and The American Principles Project.

Bill and Melinda Gates Money at Work

Who knew that Jonah Edelman is alive and well--and pumping the Common Core! I stumbled on this information by way of a Tweet by Vicki Phillips, Director of Education - College Ready at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, who issued two shout outs in praise of Edelman's work--a Huffington Post piece One Thing All Parents Should Know about the CommonCore, in which Edelman is humping a new film made by Stand for Children.

Early Childhood Standards of Common Core are Developmentally Inappropriate

Thank you, Conservative Common Core bashers! May some Progressives follow your lead.

Superintendent Slams Testing

Should first-graders really be expected to know how to explain why Mesopotamia is the cradle of civilization? Kudos to the Vorheeseville Central School District superintendent in New York for speaking up--and explaining to the community how test scores are manipulated.

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