A state representative in Florida said publicly, at an education conference no less, that the Common Core is a conspiracy to turn your kids into homosexuals. Really. Florida State Rep. Charles Van Zant said that the company hired to build the state’s new Common Core-aligned assessment is secretly attempting to use the test to make… Continue reading Lawmaker Says Common Core Will Turn Kids Gay. Seriously
The results of a new Quinnipiac University poll shows, contrary to what a certain irate blogger has been spouting, Governor Malloy’s approval rating for education is on the rise. According to a press release sent out this morning, “voters approve 45 – 39 percent of the way he is handling education.” As education news site… Continue reading New Quinnipiac Poll Shows a Rise in Approval of Malloy’s Education Policy
As we’re witnessing in Connecticut, “the ideological circus” has descended on the Common Core. According to New York Times columnist David Brooks in his latest opinion piece on the Common Core State Standards, pundits and extremist special interest groups from both the right and left are inciting hysteria. Brooks writes: We are pretty familiar with… Continue reading New York Times: When the Circus Descends (on the Common Core)
After last week’s public hearing on the Common Core, the New London Day published a fantastic must read editorial which outlines why Connecticut Republicans have come out of the woodwork to oppose the Common Core State Standards. If your guess was for the “children of Connecticut,” unfortunately, you’d be wrong. According to The Day, the… Continue reading New London Day: “Any Roll-Back of Common Core is a Step Back for Our Kids”
Jon Pelto must suffer from selective hearing. Going on his account of events alone, you’d think the only people who testified at last week’s Common Core hearing were his buddies who came out in support of House Bill 5078. Pelto completely ignored the teachers, advocates and school leaders who spoke out against halting the Common… Continue reading Pelto Hides The Truth About the Common Core Hearing
If Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor’s aim was to “mislead” parents, why would he publicly announce that there were no state sanctioned consequences for parents opting their children out of the Smarter Balanced Assessment? The answer is, he wouldn’t. No, the reality is the only people trying to mislead parents are Jon Pelto and his “opt-out”… Continue reading Jon Pelto Opt-Outs of Reality
Wendy Lecker says there’s “a crisis of low standards.” See? I can take things out of context too! In a recent editorial for the Stamford Advocate, lawyer-turned-irate-activist Wendy Lecker bashes U.S. Commissioner of Education Arne Duncan for saying “low standards” caused America’s staggering achievement gap. Except that’s not what Duncan really said. Nice try, but… Continue reading Wendy Lecker Misquotes Duncan And Then Argues Another Point
In a series of posts about the Connecticut Education Association (CEA) poll-powered press conference against the Common Core, I’ve looked a variety of issues. We’ve spoken about who was asking the questions on the poll and why. We looked at the data they gathered but didn’t want to share. Now let’s take a look at… Continue reading CEA Polls Only the White and Wealthy
I want to make this very, very clear: The following statistics were taken directly from the Connecticut Education Association’s (CEA) own poll. [Greenberg Quinan Rosner Research, 2/20/2014] When the CEA dragged out the megaphone this week to rally the troops against the Common Core, they neglected to mention the following information from their own survey.… Continue reading CEA’s Own Data: Teachers Support the Common Core
Would you like to never be judged at work? Would you like an accountability holiday? Who wouldn’t? That’s what the union asked their members, according to the survey questions asked by the Connecticut Education Association (CEA). [Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, 2/20/2014] That is the pudding in their proof that Common Core implementation should be stalled.… Continue reading Freedom From Accountability? Why Not?
