From a story at The Washington Times - author is Robert Holland ANALYSIS/OPINION: One constant in the education world over the past 25 years has been the periodic release of reports warning that American workers will be unable to compete in the global economy unless education becomes a seamless web of government-managed workforce preparation. Think Common Core State Standards (CCSS), most recently. But in the 1990s, CCSS had a precursor in the Goals 2000/School-to-Work crusade for nationalized education standards, and soon it may have a successor, which could be a rebranded Common Core enforced through the considerable powers given the U.S. secretary of Education in the new Every … [Read more...]
Will Public Education Survive the Next Administration?
From an article at Save Maine Schools - author is Emily Talmage Donald Trump has called Common Core a “disaster.” The leaked DNC emails refer to the standards as a “political third rail.” At this point, however, the controversial standards may be more of a red herring than anything else. While the public remains largely in the dark, a massive upheaval of our public school system is well underway, and recent proposals from both major political parties indicate that the transformation will move full speed ahead regardless of who is elected president this fall. The new system is designed to expand the education market by allowing out-of-district providers – including online … [Read more...]
Hillary Clinton’s plans for Centralized Control of Lifelong Education
Originally published on: http://www.eagleforum.org/educate/marc_tucker/ In 1995 I attended the National Governors Association Meeting for Governors’ Education Advisors in Chicago. The top education “reformers” of the day were there to bring all the states together to support their plans. One of the presenters was Marc Tucker, president of the National Center on Education and the Economy, funded by the Carnegie Foundation. Marc Tucker worked hand-in-hand with Hillary Clinton in the 80s when she was First Lady of Arkansas and then when Bill Clinton was elected President in 1992. Their group also included Michael (Mike) Cohen who later became head of ACHIEVE, which wrote the Common Core … [Read more...]
The Problem With Definitions
This article from Missouri Education Watchdog: > > > Anne Gassel December 28, 2015 > > > The now infamous Bill Clinton quote “It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is,” comes to mind when you look at how changing definitions of formerly well understood words can create chaos. The definition of a high school diploma used to have a fairly common understanding. The definition of a good school used to be well understood, as were special needs and gifted. I doubt you would find agreement about these definitions today. Most recently the New York Times questioned what a high school diploma means (although they are jumping … [Read more...]