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Category Archives: Standardized Testing
NYC teacher: “THIS is what the Common Core is doing to our children; it’s heartbreaking and wrong”
Bill, You yourself said the authoritative voice is that of the teachers. Read what this Brooklyn, NY teacher – whom I hold in high regard – has to say about your Common Core package. – Katie Lapham “Today after school … Continue reading
Corporate America Might Need Common Core, But Our “Outputs” Don’t
“Kill poverty not human beings. Stop putting the value of money over the value of lives.” – Mahatma Gandhi December 8, 2013 Dear Allan Golston, This is in response to your editorial America’s Businesses Need the Common Core, which was posted … Continue reading
Posted in Bill Gates, Capitalism, Common Core High Stakes Testing, Common Core Implementation, Common Core State Standards, Edreform, Gates Foundation, Impatient Optimists, Measuring Effective Teaching, New York, Obstacle to Learning, Privatization, Profit, School has become testing facility, Standardized Testing, Uncategorized, Unique Talents, Value Added Measures, VAM, War on Public Education, War on Teachers
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Freedom to Teach, Freedom to Learn: A Year at Mission Hill
Chapter 8 – The World of Work What “college and career ready” really means Bill, “College and career ready” is one of your ed reform slogans that’s repeated ad nauseam. Your way of achieving this goal is to use the … Continue reading
Recent Audits of “Gates-led” Ed Reform Spending
Bill, On August 27, 2013, Mercedes Schneider posted on her blog – deutsch29 – a thorough, eye-opening audit of your Common Core spending. The following day, Diane Ravitch linked to it, and her readers’ comments reflect the outrage that so many of … Continue reading
Freedom to Teach, Freedom to Learn: A Year At Mission Hill
Chapter 3: Making it Real Dear readers, I watched chapter three of A Year At Mission Hill with a heavy heart, almost tearful. The way in which educators teach and students learn at Mission Hill is exactly what I’ve viscerally yearned … Continue reading
Every single one of my students “failed” the state test this past school year, and only 1 student passed in the entire 3rd grade at my school. Does this mean my colleagues and I are poor teachers?
Mr. and Mrs. Gates, “You can lead a horse to water, but cannot make him drink.” This old saying pretty much sums up the education profession. Teachers and other education professionals devote their lives to imparting knowledge to children day … Continue reading
Posted in End High Stakes Testing, Measuring Effective Teaching, Special Education, Standardized Testing
Tagged 3rd Grade Retention Policy, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Corporate Education Reform, Deaf, Deafness, End High Stakes Testing, Gates House of Cards, Gates House of Cards Action, High Stakes Testing, Special Education, The Bill and Melind, You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink
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If implemented fully, the reforms you promote will have crippling effects on student learning, teacher quality, and public education in general.
Dear Bill and Melinda, I believe your involvement in the current educational “reform” movement began with good intentions. However, it seems to me that your educational philosophies, particularly your enthusiasm for the use of high-stakes testing, are dangerously misguided. If … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Education Reform, End High Stakes Testing, Standardized Testing
Tagged CCSS, Common Core State Standards, Common Core Tests, Corporate Education Reform, Edreform, End High Stakes Testing, Gates House of Cards, Gates House of Cards Action, High Stakes Testing, NCLB, PARCC, Public Education, Race to the Top, SBAC, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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School Psychologist: The biggest obstacle to “learning how to learn” is high stakes testing.
Dear Bill and Melinda, As a School Psychologist, I love nothing more than good data. After thirteen years on the job, I still get a thrill every time I score a cognitive or academic test. There is something very solid … Continue reading
Posted in High Stakes Testing, Obstacle to Learning, School Psychologist, Standardized Testing
Tagged Assessments, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Corporate Education Reform, Data, Gates House of Cards, Gates House of Cards Action, High Stakes Testing, School Psychologist, Special Education, Students, teachers, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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My children are YOUR future! THEY are so much more than a number!
Dear Mr. Gates, MY STUDENTS ARE MORE THAN A TEST SCORE!!! They are musicians and athletes. They are volunteers and part time workers. They are dancers, gymnasts, and martial artists. They are writers, painters, and gamers. They are skaters, fishermen, … Continue reading
Posted in High Stakes Testing, Standardized Testing
Tagged Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, End High Stakes Testing, Gates House of Cards, Gates House of Cards Action, High Stakes Testing, More than a number, More than a test score, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates, test scores, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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Great Teachers Once Enabled America to Go to the Moon, but Now…
Dear Bill and Melinda, Nancy Papas has a few words for you after reading our blog post: Post Scripts: Important voices that we don’t want to leave out – Facebook Comments to Teachers’ Letters to Bill Gates: “Many of our very best … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Education Reform, Standardized Testing, Teacher Resignations
Tagged Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Corporate Education Reform, High Stakes Testing, Indiana, Microsoft, standardization, Teacher Resignations, teachers, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates 