Lately, common core standards have become an issue for fierce debate: particularly in the state of Georgia. Paul Broun, a Tea Party senate candidate, went so far as to say, "I want to abolish the Department of Education and get rid of Common Core forever." Many conservative politicians compare Common Core to the Affordable Healthcare Act stating that congress, "passed the bill" before Continue Reading
Educational Acronyms are Gratuitous (TTT)
Jefferson famously remarked that the only two certainties in life: death and taxes.I would add to this list that, without question, there will be a new educational initiative with a clever acronym each year for the rest of time. In fact, check out Greene County's cheat sheet of commonly used acronyms. For those of you keeping count, that's ten pages of educational acronyms...and I'm Continue Reading