Diane Sekula, a local 6th, 7th and 8th grade teacher, discussed with Sid how high-stakes testing and its first cousin, The Common Core, has negatively transformed the nature and character of the public school experience for our children. Authoritarianism has replaced professionalism as scripted lessons, coercion, and intimidation replaced creativity and innovation in the classroom. Blind acceptance of whatever comes down from above and a no-questioning school climate has put the democratic process on hold. Much of our children’s education is being sacrificed on the altar of know-nothing political thinking. Since there is so much more to discuss Diane will return to our show during the summer.
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I have been researching cc for several months and I am anti common core to the bone. The question I have is did this teacher face any repercussions for doing this interview? If she has support at the local level, how can other teachers obtain the same support? In my opinion, Bill Gates, Pearson publishing and others who have a financial gain with common core need to be removed from anything to do with education. The copy write for cc needs to be removed as well, and all parts of the contract that indemnify Gates and others from future damage to our children and the family are dangerous at best and need to be removed because if these things are not the first things to go then all that is going to happen is cc will be rewritten and called something else while the testing will continue even if each individual State has decided to repeal cc. Money talks. Socialism has reared its ugly head and if we don’t remove public funding and if we don’t address cc for what it is, history is bound to repeat itself. This is Hitler all over again. Wake up parents!!!! Speak up, educate yourselves because if you do nothing, it will be too late. And lastly to those who homeschool, 40% of your study material available to you is already aligned to cc so you are next. Pearson publishing has a strong hold on the study material you are ordering.