They ask Lowery if reforms are being executed too quickly
A panel of state lawmakers grilled Maryland's top school officials Thursday over whether education reforms are being executed too quickly and putting undue stress on teachers.
Senators on the Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee told state schools Superintendent Lillian M. Lowery that they have been bombarded by concerns from teachers and parents.
Many, they said, complained about how the state is simultaneously implementing three big programs: a new testing system, new ways to evaluate teachers and a more rigorous set of education standards known as the Common Core.
"A lot of them have talked about tremendous stress," said Sen. Ronald N. Young, a Frederick County Democrat, adding that some teachers say they're ready to give up and others now take medication for stress.
"Isn't there some way, based on what I'm hearing from teachers, that they can't be given a little more time?" Young asked.
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6 comments:
Dog and pony show...
These clowns in Congress have know what they are doing to our kids said...
Dog and pony show...
November 25, 2013 at 12:40 PM
Um.... These aren't Congressmen they are Maryland State Senators.
Still the same 1:31...they all work hand in hand!
When certain groups fail to learn under Common Core, we'll get rid of that just like we got rid of NCLB. Maybe expecting all kids to earn average achievement or above, no matter what their ability or work ethic, is not feasible.
The accurate term is 'moving the goalposts.'
For all its shortcomings NCLB had been making progress in advancing student achievement, as measured by standardized tests. Basically, no schools and no districts were actually meeting NCLB's mandate but all had made progress of varying degrees.
The solution to missed NCLB targets was to discard the entire program in favor of a lightly tested and unvalidated program - Common Core.
We'll rue the day, and all of our upper level education officials should hang their heads for agreeing to participate in this stampede to lower actual attainment.
I attended a Board of Education meeting the other week about Common Core...it was a total love-fest as the teachers gushed about Common Core (in between gulps of Kool-Aid)...I asked about how history is literally being changed (like the 9/11 terrorist's nationalities being changed, and the blame placed squarely on the USA) and how the kids will be punished for not regurgitating the wrong information on a test--the reply? "Oh, this is Worcester County...it won't happen here". So, never fear!!! (sarcasm alert for those that drink their own Kool-Aid)
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