With the adoption of the Common Core State Standards (45 states have adopted, not Texas), the government has implemented national educational standards and is once again threatening schools with funding and closure if the national standards are not met! "The costs of the tests, which have multiple pieces throughout the year plus the computer platforms needed to administer and score them, will be enormous and will come at the expense of more important things. The plunging scores will be used as an excuse to close more public schools and open more privatized charters and voucher schools, especially in poor communities of color," (Rethinking Schools, 2013). Thereby, when a school cannot pay to take the exams on the computer, has a low SES, then the government comes and shuts it down and then opens a private school! Corporations win! Kids lose! Scary times.. The privileged send their kids to private school and condemn the teachers; lets put the blame on the government who had corporations write national standards that are designed to fail schools and improve enrollment in their private and/or charter schools! The full article is below commondreams.org/view/2013/06/26-2
Posted on: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 12:08:46 +0000
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