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Florida and Beyond Assessment Snookering: CBE, Common Core, and Embedded Online Testing, No Teacher Required!

September 16, 2021 By Nancy Bailey 8 Comments

Florida’s Governor DeSantis just announced the end of the Florida State Assessment (FSA), and many Floridians are thrilled, just thrilled, thinking this will be the end of the horrible testing cloud that has hovered over children since NCLB. And they’re being led to believe that Common Core is done, but they’re still using iReady and […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Common Core, Competency-Based Education (CBE), Florida, Florida State Assessment, iReady, Online Learning, School Transformation, state assessment

Who’s Behind America’s Superintendents and School Transformation?

February 24, 2020 By Nancy Bailey 4 Comments

The School Superintendents Association (AASA) recently met in San Diego. Superintendents from around the country gathered to discuss what they saw as important to school leadership and public education. The future of education was a prominent theme of the meeting, with the overall focus on one word, transformation. They saluted digital and futuristic learning, reflected […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Pay for Success, School Privatization, School Transformation, Social-emotional learning SEL, Social-Impact Bonds SIMs, Student Privacy, Superintendents, Teacher Recruitment, teachers, teaching, Technology, The Future of Education, The Personalization of Education

School Transformation Double Talk Threatens Students and Teachers

June 12, 2018 By Nancy Bailey 17 Comments

It’s easy to be confused by what is said about schools today. We are told one thing, when quite the opposite is taking place. We are told that with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), education will involve local decision making. Simultaneously, the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation is giving $44 million to affect state […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: customized learning, Digital Learning, Knowledgeworks, north dakota, Online Charter Schools, Online Learning, Personalized Learning, Proficiency-Based Learning, School Transformation, teacher creativity, teachers, Ted Dintersmith, venture philanthrophy

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