By: gitapik

In reply to kelsey.

Well said, Michael and kelsey. I’ve been saying this a lot, lately, too:

Is this legal?

If not, then what are our recourses? Can we initiate and sustain massive class action lawsuits (notice I used the plural)? If so, I think the time is now. I would definitely chip in.

I do not know Ms. Danielson, so I can’t speak for her true motives. Perhaps she’s tried speaking out against the misuse of her frameworks but is being silenced by the media, as has been the case with so many other people sounding the alarm. I don’t know.

It’s disillusioning to question our leaders in this way, but question we must. We were, thankfully, brought up and educated to question authority.

I just don’t understand where Randi’s coming from; lauding Gates, TFA, CCSS, etc when it seems so obvious to be against the public’s interest. And now, Danielson. We were recently told at a team teacher meeting to align our ABLLS standards with the CCSS standards and those with the rubrics from Danielson. All of which, according to the authors of ABLLS and Danielson, is developmentally incorrect for the student population we’re teaching.

There’s a post on this blog in which Coleman blatantly states that they need to write better tests so that the teacher’s can teach to them in confidence (no quote, but that’s definitely the idea he’s putting forth). What happened to the claim that these standards are just meant to be a framework from which teachers can base their own assessments and lesson plans?

I’m posting this on as many threads as possible: is there a serious lawyer in the house? Do we have recourse? If so, then we need to act, now.

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