Reposted with permission from Wrench in the Gears. Patty Murray, a democratic senator from Washington state, crossed the aisle to collaborate closely with Lamar Alexander on
Category: ESSA
School Transformation Double Talk Threatens Students and Teachers
Reposted with permission from Nancy Bailey’s Education Website. Empowered is a popular word. But in North Dakota they are handing schools over to Knowledgeworks, a foundation that
They’ve Got Trouble, Up There in North Dakota (Dintersmith Strikes Again)
Reposted with permission from Wrench in the Gears. Dintersmith rode into North Dakota via an August 2015 TEDx talk promoting his film Most Likely to Succeed. Greg Tehven,
Competency Based Education (CBE) and ALEC Preparing Students for the Gig Economy
Reposted with permission from Educationalchemy. If the history of public schools in America is the history of labor production and preparation (i.e. 19th c factory model schools
Data Unicorns? Tech Giants and US Dept of Ed Form Alliance to Leverage Student Data — Without Parent Consent.
Reposted with permission from Missouri Education Watchdog. Project Unicorn: Billionaire partners promoting data interoperability and online “Personalized Learning” When the Unicorns “protecting” student data are interoperable
Step-by-step Privatization and Profit: ESSA Delivers Schools to Wall Street with a Bow on Top
Reposted with permission from Educationalchemy. ESSA was designed to open the flood gates for neoliberal profiteers to not only profit from public educations services (I,e. tests or
Learning from Past Mistakes: Seattle Public School’s Greatest Superintendent Misses, Part 1: Joseph Olchefske
Editor’s note: As Seattle Public Schools starts to narrow the field of potential superintendents it’s important to learn from past mistakes. Example one: Joseph Olchefske. -Carolyn
ALEC, iNACOL, and Online Learning Pathways
Original Title:Original Title: iNACOL’s Trojan Horse. Reposted with permission from Save Maine Schools – Helping You Navigate Next-Gen Ed Reform. Under the guise of bringing alternate,
Gambling With Our Futures: Big Data, Global Finance and Digital Life
Reposted with permission from Wrench in the Gears. Through predatory public-private partnerships, global financiers are in the process of digitizing not only our education system, but
Biocapitalism, Corporate Colonialism & Education Policy
Reposted with permission from Educationalchemy. To learn more about how biocapitalism controls bodies and minds of children via public education policy read Clayton Pierce –Education in
Social Emotional Data. The new Cash Cow in the Corporate Assessment Industry
Reposted with permission from Peg with Pen. Big picture – this is about compliance. This is about colonization. Compliance is necessary in order to profit
The MAP Test can now monitor a child’s psyche, or so they think
Original Title: And You Thought Standardized Tests Were Bad. Reposted with permission from Save Maine Schools – Helping You Navigate Next-Gen Ed Reform. NWEA recently received an
