Saturday, January 25, 2014

Why I want to give up teaching: Common Core, Smarter Balance

Why I want to give up teaching: Common Core, Smarter Balance - Courant.com:

"I no longer have the luxury of teaching literature, with all of its life lessons, or teaching writing to students who long to be creative.

My success is measured by my ability to bring 85 percent of struggling students to "mastery," without regard for those with advanced skills.

Instead of fostering love of reading and writing, I am killing children's passions — committing "readicide," as Kelly Gallagher called it in his book of that title."

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