Peter Greene has followed the conversation , the reform narratives of "reformers" at EducationPost a blog funded by Broad, Walton, Bloomberg et al for $12 million; he says that the new spin from reformsters is that education is too politicized. He agrees but asks how it got that way? Who took the decision making power away from educators and gave it to legislatures, governors, the President, and Comgress? Not educators." Peter Greene knows who did it: "The Common Core were birthed in politics. They were weaned on politics. And every time they have looked tired and in trouble, they have been revived with a fresh transfusion of politics." David Coleman and Gene Wilhoit called on Bill Gates to use his money and power to convince state governments to legislate systemic changes to education. "The states signed on to an UNSEEN Memo of Understanding (a political tool... read the TRUTH... |
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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have the equivalent of 2 additional Master's, mainly in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side (more...)