Category Archives: Education Fraud

Nation’s Report Card: Common Core delivering education stagnation

Posted on 12 April, 2018 by Richard P Phelps

Nation’s Report Card: Common Core Delivering Education Stagnation …at the Independent Voter Network website, https://IVN.us

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New in the Nonpartisan Education Review: Dan Koretz’s Big Con

Posted on 26 November, 2017 by Richard P Phelps

The Testing Charade: Pretending to Make Schools Better, by Daniel Koretz [book review] Reviewed by Richard P. Phelps http://nonpartisaneducation.org/Review/Reviews/v13n1.htm

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Does Common Core add up for California’s math students?*

Posted on 10 September, 2016 by Wayne Bishop

As this public school year begins, districts across California are reporting student performance on new exams based on California’s adaptation of the controversial Common Core federal standards. Students and parents have good reason to be anxious about the newly released … Continue reading →

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Trickle Down Academic Elitism

Posted on 31 October, 2015 by Will Fitzhugh

When [mid-20th century] I was in a private school in Northern California, I won a “gold” medal for first place in a track meet of the Private School Conference of Northern California for the high jump [5’6”]—which I thought was … Continue reading →

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Wayne Bishop’s observations on the Aspen Ideas Festival session, “Is Math Important?”

Posted on 19 July, 2015 by Wayne Bishop

Editors’ Note: David Leonhardt is Washington Bureau Chief for the New York Times, won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on economic issues, and majored in applied mathematics as an undergraduate at Yale. Mr. Leonhardt chaired the panel, “Deep Dive: … Continue reading →

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Jay Mathews: pt 1 of 3 pt Review of Caleb Rossiter ‘s new book: “Aint Nobody Be Learnin’ Nothin’: The Fraud and the Fix for High Poverty Schools”

Posted on 17 May, 2015 by Erich Martel

Mayor, Council Members, State Board of Education Members, This is assigned reading.  It’s time to take off the rose colored glasses and stop the routine affirmations of “I support education reform” without looking past the polished press releases.  Please stop … Continue reading →

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