Ever hear about a deal that is too good to be true?
In MoCo, our BOE likes these deals. Votes in closed session, no accountability, and no oversight.
I wish I never left NY.
Is a deal that doesn't pass in NY good for our kids in MCPS? Probably not, but who is going to say no?
From today's Washington Post:
Pearson Charitable Foundation, the nonprofit arm of educational publishing giant Pearson Inc., has agreed to pay a $7.7 million settlement to New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman after he determined that the foundation had created Common Core products to generate “tens of millions of dollars” for its corporate sister.“The law on this is clear: non-profit foundations cannot misuse charitable assets to benefit their affiliated for-profit corporations,” Schneiderman said in a statement Thursday.Read more here.
The privatization of public education isn't good for the kids. Maryland's Attorney General is running for governor. Has someone thought to ask him if MoCo's current contractor is behaving appropriately? And can't we ask our candidates for BOE - those we know are running and those we'll find out about soon enough - how they feel about the current contract going forward?
ReplyDeleteCommon Core is an abomination. It was created by non-educators and pushed on us by non-educators. David Coleman is considered by many to be "the architect" of CCSS; here are his OWN words on the subject: http://truthinamericaneducation.com/common-core-state-standards/david-coleman-2-years-ago-we-were-a-collection-of-unqualified-people/
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