America’s Edge Pennsylvania, America’s Promise, American Enterprise Institute, “evidence-based” approaches, Bill Gates, Chicago-based MacArthur Foundation, education metrics, ESSA, Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking act, Hanover Provident Capital in Alexandria, VA, Harlem Children's Zone, health outcomes metrics, John and Laura Arnold Foundation, K12 Inc., Lamar Alexander, Michael Milken, Partnership for America’s Economic Success, Patty Murray, Paul Ryan, Paul Tudor Jones, Pay for Success, Pennsylvania’s Pre-K Counts, Pew Charitable Trusts, Poverty, Pritzker, ReadyNation, Resolution Trust Corporation, Robert Dugger, financial policy analyst and venture capitalist, Sara Watson, social impact investing, Student-level data, The Brookings Institution, The New York State Early Childhood Advisory Council, the Robin Hood Foundation, Tudor Investment Corporation, Urban Institute, Virginia Early Childhood Education Foundation, Washington State Institute for Public Policy, workforce metricLeave a comment

Is Robert Dugger setting up Robin Hood to steal from the poor?

June 21, 2018June 20, 2018 seattleducation2010

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 the Every Student Succeeds Act, which included Pay for Success provisions. She also teamed up with Paul … Continue reading Is Robert Dugger setting up Robin Hood to steal from the poor?

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundaton, Career Connected Learning, ESSA, Knowledgeworks, No Child Left Behind, North Dakota, North Dakota - ND 2186, OECD study in 2015, personalized learning, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, Superintendent Kirsten Baesler, Ted Dintersmith, Tony Wagner, vocational trainingLeave a comment

School Transformation Double Talk Threatens Students and Teachers

June 18, 2018June 13, 2018 seattleducation2010

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 will convert schools to technology. The only way teachers will be empowered is if they sign on … Continue reading School Transformation Double Talk Threatens Students and Teachers

1:1 device initiatives, ALEC, ALEC Innovation Schools and School Districts, Bill Gates, Bill Gates / Gates Foundation, Common Core Standards, Competency Based Learning, Education Reimagined, ESSA, Future Ready, gig economy, Great Plains Software, Greg Tehven, iNACOL, Ken Kay, Knowledgeworks, Learning Ecosystem, LRNG city, Marcus Lingenfelter, Mass Customized Learning (competency-based education), Microsoft, Most Likely To Succeed, North Dakota, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21), personalized learning, School ReTool, social impact investing, STEM, Strive Together, Susie Wise, Teach for America, Ted Dintersmith, Tom Vander Ark, Tony Wagner, Work-Based LearningLeave a comment

They’ve Got Trouble, Up There in North Dakota (Dintersmith Strikes Again)

May 29, 2018 seattleducation2010

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, founder of the Fargo-based tech incubator Emerging Prairie who has ties to social impact investing … Continue reading They’ve Got Trouble, Up There in North Dakota (Dintersmith Strikes Again)

ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Career Pathways, College and Career Ready, Common Core Standards, Competency Based Learning, digital badges, ESSA, gig economy, iNACOL, K-12 LinkedIn Data Badges, National Network of Business and Industry Associations, Pay for Success, Pearson, personalized learning, The Business Round TableLeave a comment

Competency Based Education (CBE) and ALEC Preparing Students for the Gig Economy

April 4, 2018April 5, 2018 seattleducation2010

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 for a factory society) it holds true that we are now trying to create gig-driven … Continue reading Competency Based Education (CBE) and ALEC Preparing Students for the Gig Economy

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Data Unicorns? Tech Giants and US Dept of Ed Form Alliance to Leverage Student Data — Without Parent Consent.

March 15, 2018 seattleducation2010

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 with the Unicorns taking it, parents and lawmakers might want to pay attention. According to Technopedia, … Continue reading Data Unicorns? Tech Giants and US Dept of Ed Form Alliance to Leverage Student Data — Without Parent Consent.

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Step-by-step Privatization and Profit: ESSA Delivers Schools to Wall Street with a Bow on Top

March 13, 2018 seattleducation2010

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 curriculum) but to completely own it… “Social impact bond projects are very definitely privatisation. PFI/PPP projects … Continue reading Step-by-step Privatization and Profit: ESSA Delivers Schools to Wall Street with a Bow on Top

American Institute for Research (AIR), Calvert Education, Competency Based Learning, Don Nielson, Educate Online, Education Industry Association (EIA), ESSA, Flex Academies, Joseph Olchefske, Middle College, Mosaica Education, Inc., Northgate Mall, Seattle Pubic Schools, Seattle Public School Board, Seattle Superintendent Dr. Nyland, Simon Youth Foundation, Social Emotional Learning SEL, Springboard Education in America, LLC, Superintendent Joseph OlchefskeLeave a comment

Learning from Past Mistakes: Seattle Public School’s Greatest Superintendent Misses, Part 1: Joseph Olchefske

March 11, 2018 seattleducation2010

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 Leith From February 5, 2017: THE BALLAD OF JOSEPH OLCHEFSKE: MIDDLE COLLEGE, ED-REFORM MARKET FAILURE, AND … Continue reading Learning from Past Mistakes: Seattle Public School’s Greatest Superintendent Misses, Part 1: Joseph Olchefske

ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundaton, Carnegie Corporation, Competency Based Learning, Digital Learning Now, ESSA, iNACOL, Nellie Mae Foundation, Office of Technology at the U.S. Department of Education, Online Learning Pathways, Susan PatrickLeave a comment

ALEC, iNACOL, and Online Learning Pathways

January 20, 2018January 20, 2018 seattleducation2010

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, online learning “pathways” to students, iNACOL leaders meet with politicians and corporate leaders to come … Continue reading ALEC, iNACOL, and Online Learning Pathways

biocapitalism, Class Dojo, Common Core Standards, Competency Based Learning, corporate colonialism, data surveillance tactics, ESSA, High Stakes Testing, Lamar Alexander, Local Control, McKinsey Global Institute, No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, Social Emotional Learning SEL, social impact bonds1 Comment

Biocapitalism, Corporate Colonialism & Education Policy

November 13, 2017 seattleducation2010

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 the Age of Biocapitalism: Optimizing educational life for a flat world. Pierce explores how generations of … Continue reading Biocapitalism, Corporate Colonialism & Education Policy

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