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They have a great Facebook site.
On the same topic – Truth-out has this really great graphic organizer on Common Cores corporate connections. Enjoy, but don’t despair. We can beat them back.
http://truth-out.org/news/item/18442-flow-chart-exposes-common-cores-myriad-corporate-connections
Who is behind this show “Teach” on CBS tonight? It looks good, but listed under “About Us” it is put out by the same people who did “Waiting for Superman”, but no info about the actual backers. Anybody know?
It’s turning out to be a two hour promo for Khan academy and a supporter of test prep and testing, while feigning respect for teachers.
I don’t know if you have seen this, but I found it a good case for looking more closely at state tests.. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/when-an-adult-took-standardized-tests-forced-on-kids/2011/12/05/gIQApTDuUO_blog.html
Witness loudly…….and sometimes use words……. Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 19:01:20 +0000 To: kast77@hotmail.com
I just thought I would mention that there is a sense in which the new Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts are, indeed, “common.” It’s an older sense of the word, to be sure, but accurate, I think, as a description of what has been foisted upon us:
common, adj. Base, unrefined, vulgar, coarse, of inferior merit or quality
Kind of like “rigor”:
severity or strictness.
plural noun: rigors
“the full rigor of the law”
synonyms: strictness, severity, stringency, toughness, harshness, rigidity, inflexibility, intransigence
“a mine operated under conditions of rigor”
demanding, difficult, or extreme conditions.
plural noun: rigours; plural noun: rigors
“the rigors of a harsh winter”
synonyms: hardship, harshness, severity, adversity;
ordeal, misery, trial;
discomfort, inconvenience, privation
“the rigors of the journey”