Granite School District teacher Ann Florence has been fired during Spring Break so Granite School District could avoid as much of a media storm as possible. This action is unconscionable. Please read this post to the end and take action by emailing the people below your thoughts about them firing a wonderful and experienced teacher. … Continue reading Teacher Fired for Criticizing Standardized Test
Stuart Harper, physics teacher in St. George, previously wrote an article that was published on this site. Through his own research he had concerns and dared to voice them in a system that doesn’t like unique thought and demands conformity. I can’t tell you how many teachers I’ve received emails from expressing support for our … Continue reading Utah Physics Teacher Stuart Harper Resigns over Common Core
I received this email from math teacher and football coach Malin Williams who gave permission to post it with his name. *************** My name is Malin Williams. I teach math at Enterprise High School in the Washington County School District. This letter is being typed at home on my own computer and on my own … Continue reading Math Teacher Malin Williams Speaks Out
Saturday, March 1st, Autumn Cook from the Left/Right Alliance was a guest on Weston Clark’s radio show, The Progress Report, which airs on K-Talk 630 am. Immediately after her interview, a teacher from Granite school district who “supports the idea of a common core” shared these interesting thoughts on the amount of testing students are … Continue reading Granite School District teacher on Common Core Assessments
Teacher Mercedes Schneider spoke on a panel last week at the Network for Public Education Conference. She is from Louisiana and holds a PhD in applied statistics and research methods. Listen to her brief speech as she shreds Common Core. Then read her excellent article on how Gates is funding the Department of Education to … Continue reading Teacher Mercedes Schneider Shreds Common Core
Browsing the web there are more and more teachers speaking out against Common Core. Here’s one by teacher Elizabeth Natale that is a sad commentary on the plight of teachers. “Teaching is the most difficult — but most rewarding — work I have ever done. It is, however, art, not science. A student’s learning will … Continue reading More teachers coming out against CC
Amazing news. Blue state New York looks to be the first on its way to fully dropping Common Core, and it’s a push from teachers who saw first hand the damage done to children with Common Core’s high stakes adaptive testing. I never would have thought the NY teachers union was taking its marching orders … Continue reading NY Teachers want Common Core GONE
Iowa teachers recently took a survey about their views on Common Core. We always hear from state officials how teachers have embraced Common Core, yet we hear from many teachers how they hate it and it is damaging their students and crippling their ability to tailor any educational experiences for children. The results of the … Continue reading Survey shows Common Core opposition in Iowa teachers
Christel Swasey recently posted to her blog, “82 Teachers Talk Back to NEA, Debunk Common Core.” It links to an article the NEA posted entitled, “10 Things You Should Know About the Common Core“. The 82 responses Christel originally posted are now up to 185. I’m not going to copy paste all the comments but here … Continue reading To the discouraged Common Core teacher
This is one video not to miss. Calling the standards shallow and dehumanizing, veteran Indiana teacher Bonnie Fisher testifies to state legislators telling them that Common Core’s opponents’ arguments are all correct. Her testimony is 7 and a half minutes. Then there is about 15 minutes of questioning by the legislators. The first legislator’s comments … Continue reading Veteran Teacher Tells Legislators that Opponents of CC are Correct