Current education policy, which started with No Child Left Behind, then went into overdrive with Race to the Top and now Common Core and SBAC testing, has turned our schools into test prep factories, sucking the joy out of teaching and learning.
Common Core Standards
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Op-ed: Common Core raises question: Who is in charge of education?
The Common Core standards were built on the foundation of No Child Left Behind, which has been a complete failure in many ways.
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State panel: Teachers must be evaluated on multiple standardized tests
The state panel that crafts the requirements on how districts evaluate their teachers has approved changes that restrict districts from using a single standardized test when grading their teachers.
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Op-ed: Buyers beware (of Common Core)
Let’s look the governor, the commissioner of education and the State Board of Education in the eye and say: No Sale.
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Op-ed: Common Core a huge leap forward for Connecticut
It’s unfortunate to read about the confusion and misinformation being spread about the Common Core Standards, which, in fact, focus on developing the skills that colleges and employers say students need to know in order to succeed.
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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.
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Op-ed: Common Core and other education mandates are the problems
Strip the mandates and return control and the money to the towns and cities and let them, in conjunction with parents and teachers, best decide how to educate their children and use their resources.
