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Jason Endacott

COMING TO A SCHOOL NEAR YOU: DATA WALLS!

When I was a newly minted teacher in 1998 the public display of our students’ capabilities was limited to posting grade sheets that included complex student ID numbers but no names. The notion of posting the test scores or specific skills of our students was not even a twinkle in the most cold-hearted education reformer’s eye. Then in 2002 after the passage of NCLB the word “accountability” took on new meaning. The frequency of testing increased overall from every three years to every single year while the number of tested subjects actually dropped (politicians don’t care about Social Studies).

BILL GATES WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE HIS LIES ABOUT CCSS

Lying by omission - omitting certain facts or failing to correct a misconception.

The other day one of my colleagues gave me a hard time about referring to Bill Gates as a “shyster”. Fortunately, only a couple of days after I wrote that post, Mr. Gates has presented me with a perfect opportunity to demonstrate why I believe he deserves the “shyster” label. Gates recently wrote an op ed piece for USA Today in which he “dispels” three common myths about the Common Core State Standards. Here I take a look at Gates’ arguments and explain why they are lies of omission.

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A Day in the Life of a Public School Advocate

The life of a university professor is not a particularly difficult one. After 13 years of college and enough student loans to purchase a small suburban home I’ve earned the right to make my own schedule, teach courses in my field of expertise, and work on projects that interest me. EduSanity is one of those projects.

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Arne Duncan – Minister of Education Information

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recently held a press briefing in which he went after “armchair pundits” such as myself who are critical of his efforts to standardize education across the United States. Here’s a partial excerpt:

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