Comments on: The Global Common Core

By: Dafyd

Dafyd — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 05:56:06 +0000

Just the title of Barber’s program rings alarm bells: “Deliverology” proclaims method over content, which is, of course, madness. In education, it is, above all, content that should produce appropriate methods, from whole school cultural programs (imagine a deliverology target for children in a band!), to specific learning approaches for, say, reading (phonics, anyone) or maths (Sweller’s explicit teaching approach). If these all get crammed into a method first aproach, we’ll sub-optomise everything to the detriment of students (and teachers, I might add).

By: Danger Ahead – Common Core Set to Ruin Education | Tripp Babbitt's Blog

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 09:23:25 +0000

[...] named Christel Lane Swasey (an educator currently on maternity leave) is writing a blog called Common Core: Education Without Representation. She could have called it “Education without Evidence.” She does a good job putting [...]

By: Meet the New Boss (Sir Michael Barber)…Same As the Old Boss (Marc Tucker) | Conservative Teachers of America

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:35:50 +0000

[...] following is excerpted from The Global Common Core on Sir Michael Barber and how he is taking Marc Tucker’s plan, adopting/adapting it to fit [...]

By: calchaspss

calchaspss — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 07:09:41 +0000

This is disturbing news. Barber is a zealot who just doesn’t understand the damage that he is causing to children.

This is a link to the complete John Seddon video on Barber’s ‘Deliverology’

http://www.thesystemsthinkingreview.co.uk/index.php?pg=18&backto=18&utwkstoryid=257&ind=9

By: Education Reform: We “won’t get fooled again”…or will we? | Grumpy Opinions

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:07:22 +0000

[...] following is excerpted from The Global Common Core on Sir Michael Barber and how he is taking Marc Tucker’s plan, adopting/adapting it to fit [...]

By: Niki Hayes

Niki Hayes — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:21:24 +0000

I’m reminded of the science fiction movie of the 1950′s called “The Blob.” (That movie title should be italicized, but I don’t know how to do that in this message.) As the Blob ate electrical power, it grew exponentially in size and strength and gobbled up humans along the way. A smart, young, high school student, Steve McQueen, figured out the Blob didn’t like freezing temperatures. That simple bit of knowledge saved his town and, of course, the world. Clarity of purpose trumped the monster’s voracious plan.

I honestly don’t know how we, the ignorant and uncaring public, are going to trump the voracious appetite of those put in leadership positions of educating our children. Have we let the monster grow to uncontrollable power and size? It would seem so. We, the few, are in a real war. We either fight to win or we will see our children destroyed by the intellectual and power-hungry elitists and leaders among us.

By: jenni

jenni — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:12:37 +0000

Absolutely excellent work Crystal. It is becoming clearer every day that what we’re dealing with here is the ‘transformation’ of a Republic to a banana republic through socialization/globalization of public education. America is not Britain – or Venezuela. We must take a stand now or we WILL lose our Republic because of this nonsense.