What Do We Care About When We Care About Education?
For whom are the "Common Core Standards" being developed?
According to David Coleman, the principal figure behind the Common Core Standards that have become the darling of the great educational reform of the 21st Century, “As you grow up in this world you realize people really don’t give a sh!t about what you feel or what you think.” He’s right about one thing: I really don’t give a sh!t about what David Coleman thinks. What amazes me is that anybody else does. Corporations are throwing money at him, and all of it is sticking. Publishers with an eye toward edupreneurial profits align their products with his priorities. And Arne Duncan, upon Coleman’s designation as President of the College Board, has opined that Coleman has a “remarkable track record of success in our field, including founding …
Athens Mama
11:32 pm on Saturday, September 8, 2012
Echo. Echo. Echo. Phenomenal article. I don't know a whole lot about David Coleman or the depth of meaning in that particular quote, but I do know that what you write about is the basic warfare of today's typical education environment. Warfare, because, I've been in a school where I was told not to smile too much. Where, first thing in the morning, kids were sometimes coached to wolf down food … more ›