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Joseph A. Ricciotti: Politics, Profits, and the Common Core; BY DIANE RAVITCH

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One of the most alarming reports concerning the corporate education reform movement and the growth of Common Core in the country was published by Lee Fang in the Nation magazine: how public education is now considered as the last "honeypot" for venture capitalists and Wall Street investors.This is what is happening today with accountability- based reform or a better term is corporate education reform. These policies throughout the country and especially with the less affluent children in urban schools, we find that parents are seething with discontent as they observe and witness the massive failure rate of their children on Common Core tests. Unfortunately, teachers cannot be a part of the Common Core revolt as any dissatisfaction or criticism on their part could be construed as insubordination with possible loss of employment. READ THE TRUTH...
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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have additional Master' Degrees in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side Middle School, which (more...)
 

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