On February 12th, the Alabama House (HB254) and Senate (SB190) Republicans introduced a bill that would repeal the Common Core State Standards Initiative by prohibiting the Alabama State Department of Education from adopting the Common Core and end the collection and sharing of data on students and teachers except in specific circumst [...]
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Alabama Leads by Repealing Common Cor...
On February 12th, the Alabama House (HB254) and Senate (SB190) Republicans introduced a bill that would repeal the Common Core State Standards Initiative by prohibiting the Alabama State Department of Education from adopting the Common Core and end the collection and sharing of data on students and teachers except in specific circumst [...]
STAR Testing A District To Death
When the superintendent wishes to throw himself a party, he tends to do it right. Last Thursday during the Board’s Work Session meeting (which they call “work sessions” so they can exclude public comments at the end), the Superintendent had Alabama Representatives singing his praises for his PTA Superintendent of the Year a [...]
What Does It Mean to be a Well-Educat...
I’m well aware by the questions I’m asked that my readers are among the most educated people in Huntsville, so I need your help with a central question that is at the heart of every single posting I’ve written over the past year.
It’s a question that I cannot, and should not, attempt to answer on my own. Any individua [...]
Why Should You Care About Special Edu...
Yesterday I argued that Dr. Wardynski was hoping to divide the city of Huntsville over the issue of Special Education funding. He seems to be hoping that he could silence me and others of his critics by showing that special education costs more than regular education.
As I have seen with the special education community, I am hopeful that the [...]
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