Month: May 2013

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Education Transformation

Common Core: Brave New Schools

May 31, 2013 Cherie Zaslawsky Comments Off on Common Core: Brave New Schools

By Cherie Zaslawsky, 5/31/2013 –

The much touted Common Core Standards (CCS) Initiative that is being pushed as a silver bullet to improve our schools is not simply the latest fad in education: CCS is actually an unprecedented program that would radically alter our entire K-12 educational system, affecting content (i.e. curriculum), delivery (largely via computer), testing (also via computer), teacher evaluations (connected to test scores), as well as creating an intrusive database of sensitive information from student “assessments.”

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Sustainable Development

Transforming Your Town: Facilitated Meetings Coming Your Way

May 28, 2013 Andrea Sanchez Comments Off on Transforming Your Town: Facilitated Meetings Coming Your Way

By Andrea Sanchez, 5/28/2013 – Community visioning workshops do little to address the most predominant issues facing our neighborhoods, but go a long way toward padding the pockets of a select few. Businesses and residents sense something is wrong and are rightfully wary. They will find the strings attached to the plans untenable. Watch for these meetings. It is time to point our elected officials in the direction of true representation and transparency. […]