Katie Osgood, who teaches in Chicago, describes what the Common Core and PARCC have done to her classroom. Whatever the children read is decontextualized, lifeless, bare of interest, skill-based.   They are engaged in “close reading,” following David Coleman’s ideology.   She writes:   My school is drowning under the ridiculous Common Core Standards. Everything … Continue reading Katie Osgood: Forget Winter, Here Comes PARCC!