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Review and Author Interview: Crazy Is Normal by Lloyd Lofthouse.

Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: Originally published at Examiner.com on October 21, 2014 9:00 PM MST What is Common Core? Common Core is a set of uniform national curriculum standards for K-12 developed by DC based organizations under the auspices of the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). These standards are disguised…

Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: The actual U.S. place in the international ranking of all OECD countries from the International PISA test was 6th in reading and 13th in math—not 14th in reading and 25th in math as reported. The 2012, PISA tested about 85,000 students in 44 countries placing the U.S. in the top 13.6%…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: The leading advocates for privatization are funding Marshall Tuck’s campaign for State Superintendent of Education in California. If you want to get rid of public schools, Tuck’s the guy. If you want to improve public education, vote for Tom Torkakson. From the Torlakson website: Pension/School Privateers Invest in Tuck for Schools Chief A handful…

Originally posted on deutsch29: Mercedes Schneider's Blog: We are in an age of so-called “data-driven” education reform. Numbers and analyses are being worshiped as the end-all, be-all evidence of education quality. Student standardized test scores are at the center of the majority of such analyses. Moreover, in order to “drive” the privatization of public education using quantitative data analysis, corporate-reform-bent…

Originally posted on Crazy Normal – the Classroom Exposé: Harvard reports that The Best Thinkers Have 7 ‘Thinking Dispositions’, and they all require critical thinking and problem solving skills. Critical thinking is mentioned twice in the piece. Nowhere does the Harvard study mention the importance of high test scores in math, literacy or science. Harvard says, “So if you want…