Anonymous
03/22/2015 20:34
Subject: Re:"Teacher of the Year" quits over Common Core tests
Anonymous wrote:
Groan. One book, one question, is going to "wring the love of reading out of kids?" Doing some serious eyerolling at the author of that article.
Cut me a fucking break.
Your use of language indicates you could have used some more good literature in your life.
I've probably read more good literature in my life than you ever will.
You might have read some, but you certainly didn't get much out of it.
The article shows what happens when you get those so called "experts" from the "computerized data testing club" to write the standards. Yeah, they probably read a ton of good literature. It shows.
Anonymous
03/22/2015 20:33
Subject: "Teacher of the Year" quits over Common Core tests
Ah, so kids should just read, have fun and let's all just call it a day. Never bother seeing if they actually connected to anything, if they actually understood what they were reading, or if they can cogently explain any of it. Might as well just be reading the Sunday comics.
Makes one wonder what the point of reading was in the first place.
Makes one wonder what the point of reading was in the first place.
Anonymous
03/22/2015 20:27
Subject: Re:"Teacher of the Year" quits over Common Core tests
Anonymous wrote:
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/7/71/454172/common-core-parcc-wring-love-literature
Another teacher weighs in........title says it all.
Groan. One book, one question, is going to "wring the love of reading out of kids?" Doing some serious eyerolling at the author of that article.
Cut me a fucking break.
I'm sure she and other teachers have many more examples, but it's useful to use one to get the gist of the problem.
Forcing the humanities to become like the sciences should not be a goal of education.
Anonymous
03/22/2015 20:23
Subject: Re:"Teacher of the Year" quits over Common Core tests
Anonymous wrote:
Groan. One book, one question, is going to "wring the love of reading out of kids?" Doing some serious eyerolling at the author of that article.
Cut me a fucking break.
Your use of language indicates you could have used some more good literature in your life.
I've probably read more good literature in my life than you ever will.
Anonymous
03/22/2015 20:22
Subject: Re:"Teacher of the Year" quits over Common Core tests
Groan. One book, one question, is going to "wring the love of reading out of kids?" Doing some serious eyerolling at the author of that article.
Cut me a fucking break.
Your use of language indicates you could have used some more good literature in your life.
Anonymous
03/22/2015 20:19
Subject: Re:"Teacher of the Year" quits over Common Core tests
Anonymous wrote:http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/7/71/454172/common-core-parcc-wring-love-literature
Another teacher weighs in........title says it all.
Groan. One book, one question, is going to "wring the love of reading out of kids?" Doing some serious eyerolling at the author of that article.
Cut me a fucking break.
Anonymous
03/22/2015 20:01
Subject: Re:"Teacher of the Year" quits over Common Core tests
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/7/71/454172/common-core-parcc-wring-love-literature
Another teacher weighs in........title says it all.
Another teacher weighs in........title says it all.
Anonymous
03/18/2015 14:55
Subject: Re:"Teacher of the Year" quits over Common Core tests
Some specious logic there, it's like saying, "Joe works for IBM, and receives a salary from IBM... on his way home he buys some weed - therefore IBM is supporting the marijuana agenda"
Don't think you know how these grants work.
Anonymous
03/18/2015 13:26
Subject: Re:"Teacher of the Year" quits over Common Core tests
Anonymous wrote:
What's your contention? Council for a Strong America, whoever they are, received $2.2 million from the Gates Foundation in July 2013, and they are now contacting Catholic school leaders, therefore the Gates Foundation cares what Catholic school leaders think?
Not PP, however, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that Gates gave them money to support their propaganda.
Some specious logic there, it's like saying, "Joe works for IBM, and receives a salary from IBM... on his way home he buys some weed - therefore IBM is supporting the marijuana agenda"
Anonymous
03/18/2015 12:23
Subject: Re:"Teacher of the Year" quits over Common Core tests
Anonymous wrote:The Gates Foundation gave them money to educate and engage stakeholders about the Common Core and teacher development. And then put up the grant on the Gates Foundation's searchable website. So much for secret conspiracies
Never said it was a secret conspiracy. It is, however, interesting that so much private money is being used to push this and what the effect of that is.
How much private money is being used to push against it? The Koch brothers and their buddies don't put their contributions on line in a searchable database.
Anonymous
03/18/2015 12:21
Subject: Re:"Teacher of the Year" quits over Common Core tests
The Gates Foundation gave them money to educate and engage stakeholders about the Common Core and teacher development. And then put up the grant on the Gates Foundation's searchable website. So much for secret conspiracies
Never said it was a secret conspiracy. It is, however, interesting that so much private money is being used to push this and what the effect of that is.
Anonymous
03/18/2015 10:47
Subject: Re:"Teacher of the Year" quits over Common Core tests
Anonymous wrote:
What's your contention? Council for a Strong America, whoever they are, received $2.2 million from the Gates Foundation in July 2013, and they are now contacting Catholic school leaders, therefore the Gates Foundation cares what Catholic school leaders think?
Not PP, however, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that Gates gave them money to support their propaganda.
The Gates Foundation gave them money to educate and engage stakeholders about the Common Core and teacher development. And then put up the grant on the Gates Foundation's searchable website. So much for secret conspiracies.
Anonymous
03/18/2015 10:35
Subject: Re:"Teacher of the Year" quits over Common Core tests
What's your contention? Council for a Strong America, whoever they are, received $2.2 million from the Gates Foundation in July 2013, and they are now contacting Catholic school leaders, therefore the Gates Foundation cares what Catholic school leaders think?
Not PP, however, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that Gates gave them money to support their propaganda.
Anonymous
03/18/2015 10:15
Subject: "Teacher of the Year" quits over Common Core tests
What's your contention? Council for a Strong America, whoever they are, received $2.2 million from the Gates Foundation in July 2013, and they are now contacting Catholic school leaders, therefore the Gates Foundation cares what Catholic school leaders think?
Anonymous
03/18/2015 10:07
Subject: Re:"Teacher of the Year" quits over Common Core tests
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".
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2013/07/OPP1082143
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".
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2013/07/OPP1082143
Council for a Strong America
Date: July 2013
Purpose: to educate and engage stakeholders about the Common Core and teacher development
Amount: $2,200,000
Term: 26
Topic: Global Policy & Advocacy, College-Ready
Regions Served: GLOBAL|NORTH AMERICA
Program: United States
Grantee Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Grantee Website: http://www.councilforastrongamerica.org/