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Common Core’s Revisionist History
Common Core was a state-led effort. Right? The problem with the internet is nothing truly disappears. EAGnews.org used the Wayback machine (an internet archive site) to capture this quote off of Corestandards.org from March 5, 2010: “The Common Core State Standards Initiative is a state-led effort coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA […]
Just What Are 21st-Century Skills
We keep hearing that phrase, “21-Century skills.” Just what are those skills that we keep hearing our students need? Are they really any different from any other century’s? As discovered by Anne Gassel of Missouri Education Watchdog, here is the list from a poll done by Gallup: Collaboration Knowledge construction Skilled communication Global awareness Self-regulation […]
Formal Response to CCSSO Student Data Privacy
National Anti-Common Core Statement on the State School Chiefs’ Letter Regarding Data Privacy We the undersigned organizations, representing millions of families and teachers across the nation, issue the following statement in response to the January 23rd, 2014 letter by thirty-four chief state school officers to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan regarding student data privacy: […]
Standardized
Part of the amazing thing about the opposition to Common Core is how truly grassroots it is. There are people all over this great country and state who have taken a lot of time and effort to help inform people about the many frightening issues that began with No Child Left Behind and now continue with the Common Core Education […]
Huge Privacy Concerns- Did you know?
Did you know that your child’s Social Security Number is being collected and linked to their unique Student ID? Did you know that your child’s personal identifiable information is being stored in a data warehouse to be used by researchers? Did you know that anyone with an “educational” purpose can have access to this data […]
John Eynon
This is the first in a series I hope to have on the candidates for superintendent. I have contacted both Jana Jones and Randy Jensen but heard nothing back. (Take note of the Voter Guide tab) I look forward to hearing more from John on Common Core and everything else Idaho Education. Public School Teacher and Education […]
Correction
I don’t usually Common Core on Sunday. I take that day of rest thing very seriously. However something has come up that I felt was very important to correct. Wednesday at the Statehouse I made an error and I wanted to correct the information as quickly as possible. Meridian School District is not eliminating their gifted math track. It […]
Dog and Pony, Smoke and Mirrors
They tossed me a bone. Let’s face it, that’s what Wednesday’s joint Education Committee hearing amounted to… Let’s start with the understanding that the two men who put the forum together support Common Core. On January 9th, I was informed of the panel they planned to hold and asked to help get experts to sit on the […]
Do local schools district have the right to chose their own curriculum as Superintendent Tom Luna claims?
Do local schools district have the right to chose their own curriculum as Superintendent Tom Luna claims? by Isaac Moffet In September 2009, I along with a local school district, a parent and a student sued Tom Luna, members of the Idaho Charter School Commission and the members of the Idaho State Board of Education […]
Support Idaho Teachers. Opt Out Now!
There are good teachers. Lots of them. And parents recognize a good teacher when they see one. Right now these good teachers are stuck in a system that won’t allow them to do what they do best how they best know to do it. Google it and you find stories all over the internet of teachers […]
