"Teacher of the Year" quits over Common Core tests

[Anonymous]

Um, no. Sorry, that one's already been debunked in this thread like 30 times, including with citations that came straight from the teachers unions.

Good. Can you produce the list of teachers? Their names are not on the development committees?

[Anonymous]

New York state teachers' union:

he Board of Directors of the New York State United Teachers, a union with more than 600,000 members, has approved a resolution that withdraws its earlier support for the Common Core State Standards “as implemented and interpreted” by the New York Education Department.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/01/26/ny-teachers-union-pulls-its-support-from-common-core-urges-removal-of-state-ed-chief/

[Anonymous]

The power of money.


http://www.cardinalnewmansociety.org/CatholicEducationDaily/DetailsPage/tabid/102/ArticleID/3551/Gates-Funded-Lobby-Pushes-Common-Core-in-Catholic-Schools-Targets-Newman-Society.aspx

A Washington, D.C., organization funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation—which has invested millions of dollars to develop and promote the controversial Common Core school standards—is contacting Catholic school leaders in an effort to reverse declining support for the Common Core and to oppose The Cardinal Newman Society’s “Catholic Is our Core” initiative.
Sara Pruzin, a state operations associate for the Council for a Strong America (CSA) and former communications intern for U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, unwittingly contacted a Cardinal Newman Society leader to rally Catholic support for the Common Core. She sent an email on August 28 to Dr. Daniel Guernsey, director of the Newman Society’s K-12 Education Programs, at his office at Ave Maria University in Florida, asking him to consider writing op-eds and letters to the editor in support of the Common Core.
“We are concerned about the strident attacks coming from parts of the Catholic community, which we believe are inaccurate and meant more to divide than to inform,” Pruzin wrote. “We feel that it is important to respond to the negative statements about the Common Core, rather than let them go unanswered.”
Pruzin later confirmed that her criticisms were aimed at The Cardinal Newman Society, and her email was part of a major effort to build support among Catholic educators. She said the Gates Foundation grantee has reached out to about 50 Catholic educators and leaders, including superintendents in a dozen states and officials at the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA)—which is also a recipient of Gates funding to promote the Common Core.
CSA received $1.7 million from the Gates Foundation in July 2013 “to educate and engage stakeholders about the Common Core and teacher development through a range of communications activities”. These have included rallying retired military officers, police officers, business leaders and others to advocate Common Core in many states.

[Anonymous]

Reasons why the Catholic system is not adopting CC. Reasons #6, 7, and 8 are most interesting.

http://www.cardinalnewmansociety.org/Portals/0/Mail/Renewal%20Report/pdf%20for%20web%20Final.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

And regardless of whether they call it Smarter Balanced or Badger or Cheesehead or whatever they like, it's still a test that is geared toward NCLB and Common Core compliance.

There is no such thing as "Common Core compliance". Common Core is a set of standards, not a regulation or a law.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

New York state teachers' union:

he Board of Directors of the New York State United Teachers, a union with more than 600,000 members, has approved a resolution that withdraws its earlier support for the Common Core State Standards “as implemented and interpreted” by the New York Education Department.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/01/26/ny-teachers-union-pulls-its-support-from-common-core-urges-removal-of-state-ed-chief/

Yes, the implementation and interpretation of the Common Core standards by the New York Education Department is widely agreed to have been terrible.

Nonetheless, the New York state teachers' union could have withdrawn its support for the Common Core standards, period, without the qualification about the implementation and interpretation by the New York Education Department. And yet they didn't. Why didn't they? (I really hope that nobody answers this question with, "Because they were paid off by the Gates Foundation." Some people are seriously fixated on the evilness of Bill Gates.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Reasons why the Catholic system is not adopting CC. Reasons #6, 7, and 8 are most interesting.

http://www.cardinalnewmansociety.org/Portals/0/Mail/Renewal%20Report/pdf%20for%20web%20Final.pdf

Why should people who do not, and do not plan to, have children in the Catholic school system care what the Cardinal Newman Society says about the Common Core standards?

I guess I'll just add this to the long list of things about which the Cardinal Newman Society and I disagree.

[Anonymous]

Why should people who do not, and do not plan to, have children in the Catholic school system care what the Cardinal Newman Society says about the Common Core standards?

Because the Catholic schools have pretty much gone along with the standards of the public schools for years. They have the largest nonpublic school system in the US.

[Anonymous]

Because the Catholic schools have pretty much gone along with the standards of the public schools for years. They have the largest nonpublic school system in the US.

They have to buy textbooks. Most publishing companies align their texts with the standards most used: Common Core.

[Anonymous]

Yes, it's very convenient for the publishing companies to have one set of standards that is used nationwide. It makes their job cheaper and their profit margins higher. Of course they love CC.

[Anonymous]

A Washington, D.C., organization funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation—which has invested millions of dollars to develop and promote the controversial Common Core school standards—is contacting Catholic school leaders in an effort to reverse declining support for the Common Core and to oppose The Cardinal Newman Society’s “Catholic Is our Core” initiative.

Apparently the Gates Foundation cares about what the Catholic school leaders think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

A Washington, D.C., organization funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation—which has invested millions of dollars to develop and promote the controversial Common Core school standards—is contacting Catholic school leaders in an effort to reverse declining support for the Common Core and to oppose The Cardinal Newman Society’s “Catholic Is our Core” initiative.

Apparently the Gates Foundation cares about what the Catholic school leaders think.

Which Washington, D.C., organization?

Not to mention that "an organization which has received funding from the Gates Foundation is contacting Catholic school leaders" is significantly different from "the Gates Foundation is contacting Catholic school leaders".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Yes, it's very convenient for the publishing companies to have one set of standards that is used nationwide. It makes their job cheaper and their profit margins higher. Of course they love CC.

Is this the opposite of the supposed GM motto? What's good for the publishing companies is bad for America?

[Anonymous]

"Is this the opposite of the supposed GM motto? What's good for the publishing companies is bad for America?"


No, but the conflict of interest is pretty apparent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Is this the opposite of the supposed GM motto? What's good for the publishing companies is bad for America?"

No, but the conflict of interest is pretty apparent.

What conflict of interest? For-profit companies only have one interest, which is to sell their stuff.