Tomorrow, in partnership with U.S. News & World Report, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) will publish the Teacher Prep Review, the first-ever comprehensive evaluation of teacher preparation in the United States. On the even of this momentous occasion, which assuredly will lead to major “reforms” in teacher preparation colleges across the country, let us takeContinue reading “Colleges of Education: Who is evaluating YOU?”
Monthly Archives: June 2013
Manifest Destiny 2.0: Meet the New Colonizers
It’s that wonderful time of year again. That time in June when I can read what I want, rather than reading freshman ten-page papers and syllabi that demand I now coordinate all my courses to the new Common Core Standards. (Author pauses here to wipe the spatters of vomit from her computer screen…). So I’mContinue reading “Manifest Destiny 2.0: Meet the New Colonizers”
The Confabulation of the Common Core (and other observations of human behavior)
We have to concede that as a society we are relatively short sighted, over reliant/dependent on sound bites to formulate opinions, and focused way too much on receiving immediate gratification. These character defects extend way beyond just what’s happening in schools. As with our responses to climate change, the increasing abuses of big data andContinue reading “The Confabulation of the Common Core (and other observations of human behavior)”
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