Race to the Top!
January 22nd, 2010 by dunnj
What’s going on out in education land? I think the ground is shaking. No, the quake hasn’t come yet, but the earth is shaking, and the quake will begin with the eruption of Mt. Race to the Top.
I just got back from working with a group of educators whose charge it was to advise Governor Gregoire about whether or not we wanted to race. Specifically, I was asked to provide input about reading. I was asked to answer questions like “How is the draft of the new national reading standards similar, different, better, or worse than WA reading standards?” “How should the draft of the new national reading standards be changed?” “Would it do WA students a disservice to replace WA standards with whatever the final draft of the new national standards will be?”
The reading group of which I was a part thought that a revised set of reading national standards could work for WA students. Because I was also a fly on the wall, it was clear the writing group had serious concerns.
I also think we all need to know that I was told point blank that Governor Gregoire has no intention of entering us in the race if it in any way causes WA students to receive a substandard education. On the other hand, missing out on the ENORMOUS amount of money involved would also put WA students at a disadvantage. You can see the issue.
If you want to know more, check out these links
- US Deparment of Education’s Race to the Top page
- The Common Core State Standards Initiative page on the National Governors Association website
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Thank You!
January 21st, 2010 by dunnj
Thank you Mr. Chris Snyder for teaching me how to build this website as well as the Erratics website. You have been the wind under my life long learning wings 
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