Category Archives: VAM

Corporate America Might Need Common Core, But Our “Outputs” Don’t

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Highlighting Members' Needs

“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 →

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How to Create a Negative School Climate 101

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Highlighting Members' Needs

Dear Mr. Gates and Mr. Duncan,               I thought I had better get this to you now while it is still on my mind. At the end of the last school year, I was informed that I would be teaching 7th … Continue reading →

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VAM: “My life’s work will be reduced to one word based on a single test on a single day. We are more than this.” ~ Ohio Teacher

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Highlighting Members' Needs

Dear Bill and Melinda, A teacher sent us a message about a one of the new systems of reform you have pushed into place: Value Added Measures. There have been many before me who have written about this as “junk … Continue reading →

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