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’21st century’ attack on standards
Joanne Jacobs — In the name of “21st-Century skills,” California Superintendent Jack O’Connell is trying to water down the state’s high standards , writes Bill Evers on his Ed Policy blog. Indeed, the California standards have been judged among the best in the country by the Fordham Foundation and the American Federation of Teachers. The superintendent says “evolving the standards” would “fully engage both students and teachers in the learning process in a way that sees both parties benefit and helps to better prepare students for success in the economy of the 21st century.” Translation from ...

More California Claptrap From Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell
Discriminations — ... by Joanne Jacobs that points to a post by Bill Evers (who, Joanne points out, was a key player in writing California’s demanding math and science standards), who notes that O’Connell “has set off alarm bells” by stating a desire to California's academic-content standards in order, as O’Connell says, ...