The words “Common Core Standards Initiative” are never mentioned in the 11.25.14 proposed rules issues by the U. S. Department of Education (as shown in the article from EdWeek posted below), but the tentacles of Common Core are definitely there. Under the new rules, teachers’ colleges would be ranked based upon how well their teacher graduates do in raising their students’ scores on the Common Core assessments. Those teachers’ colleges whose graduates do not fall in line with Common Core would lose their federal funding for TEACH grants. TEACH grants provide “$4,000 a year to support the preparation of teachers in high-need subjects who commit to four years of teaching in low-income schools. About $100 million annually is available under the program.” Higher ed institutions that are not rated as “effective” two out of three previous years would lose their TEACH grants. A report card grade issued by the USDOE would have to be posted “prominently and promptly” on each higher-education institution’s website. No college/university wants to post a “bad grade” on its website! The phase-in plan for this new USDOE takeover of our nation’s colleges and universities would begin in 2015-2016. educationviews.org/obama-launching-control-higher-ed/
Posted on: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 05:13:10 +0000
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