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NEA partners to develop standards for measuring 21st century skills
Rich Gibson Comment: It is not possible to split foreign policy and
domestic policy. The education budget is a war
budget. The crux of the US education project is
to produce students so witless they will support
the poor of their home nation going off to fight
and die for the rich. Bill Blum noticed this
recently when he reminded us of this quote from
the song about racism from the Broadway classic
show, "South Pacific" "You've got to be taught" ...
You've got to be taught
from year to year.
It's got to be drummed
in your dear little ear.
You've got to be taught
before it's too late.
Before you are 6 or 7 or 8.
To hate all the people
your relatives hate.
You've got to be carefully taught.
NCTE members should ask association leaders why they've led the organization into
participating in this scam, where they encourage teaching 4th graders to leverage their relationships with peers.
Press Release
Education collaborative strives to ensure global competitiveness for students
WASHINGTON - February 23, 2009 - NEA is pleased
to announce its partnership with the Council of
Chief State School Officers, the National
Governors Association, Achieve, Inc., the
Alliance for Excellent Education, the Hunt
Institute, the National Association of State
Boards of Education, and the Business Roundtable, in a new state-led initiative to improve the access of every student to a complete, high-quality education that provides the skills and knowledge needed to thrive in the 21st century.
The Common Core State Standards Initiative is
working to produce a common core of voluntary
state standards across grades. The K-12 standardswould cover English/language arts, math, and eventually science. The initiative plans to be an inclusive and transparent process that will include input from education, civil rights and business leaders among others.
"NEA welcomes the opportunity to participate in
this effort to provide manageable, high-quality
standards for adoption by states to guide efforts to improve education," said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel. "We are pleased that the voices of classroom educators will now be a part of this process. NEA's members and staff have been working diligently to transform public education to ensure that every student has access to a great public school. The work of the collaborative directly aligns with NEA's goal to transform public education and our ongoing role with The Partnership for 21st Century Skills," Van Roekel said.
While applauding this collaborative effort to
establish better quality academic standards, NEA
is also committed to promoting standards for
learning that support and provide resources for
schools, teachers and students. International
benchmarking against academic standards must be
comprehensive and include accountability for
child well-being, facilities and supplies.
NEA remains an advocate of including other
essential areas of schooling, such as civic
responsibility, in education transformation
efforts. NEA also believes it is critical that
standards and the assessments associated with
them also provide appropriate accommodations and
modifications for both students with disabilities
and English Language Learners.
In response to NEA's becoming a partner with this
initiative, CCSSO Executive Director Gene Wilhoit
said, "The engagement of NEA in the Common Core
State Standards Initiative is a major and
essential development. The voice of teachers is
absolutely critical to this important work and
adds tremendous value to the initiative."
— Press Release
NEA
2009-02-23
http://www.nea.org/home/30696.htm
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