Today, in "The NY Times" the non-educator opinion artist, David Brooks gives us " When The Circus Descends an ironic title for his column which lauds the Common Core standards. This article is the clown act written by a 'pundit' who knows nothing about learning, teaching or the war on public education" and even less about the genuine national standards " the Harvard 3rd level research on "The 8 Principles of LEARNING. Not teaching! LEARNING, which David believes he understands. |
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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...)