A MUST READ: What is going on there has nothing to do with education, nothing to do with children, and everything to do with politics, power, and money.
"n the modern era of education reform, each state has tried to create its own special brand of educational dysfunction. If the point of Common Core related reforms was to bring standardization to the country's many and varied state systems; it has failed miserably in fifty different ways. What Indiana provides is an example of what happens when the political process completely overwhelms educational concerns. If there is anyone in the Indiana state capitol more worried about education students than in political maneuvering and political posturing, it's not immediately evident who that person might be. The current marquee conflagration of the moment is the announcement of a new Big Standardized Test that will take twelve hours MORE... |