Let’s look the governor, the commissioner of education and the State Board of Education in the eye and say: No Sale.
Ann Policelli Cronin
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Op-ed: Foul shots in the classroom: A Fable
The Common Core requires the teaching of 200 narrow skills each year, skills that will never foster students’ growth as readers and writers. The Common Core keeps students on the foul line, practicing limited skills.
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Op-ed: Flawed at the core
Connecticut should create new national standards, in an open and transparent way, written by those who know how to teach, with the goal of developing students’ minds and promoting their achievement as complex thinkers and motivated learners.