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White Coat Research to Assure Maximum Benefit from the Common Core Standards
White Lab Coats for Competition in the Global Economy Coleman has launched a petition at http://www.FollowMe.edux urging people to contact members of the already-anointed Gates Foundation Brotherhood: governors and Council of Chief State School Officers and state departments of education and state boards of education and ASCD and AFT, the National PTA, and the person in charge of Sovereignty Tribal Curriculum implementation in Washington state, and Technet and Khan Academy and Thomas B. Fordham Institute and MetaMetrics and New Visions for Public Schools and Alliance for Excellent Education Inc and Research for Action Inc and Common Core Inc and and New Venture Fund and Achievement Network. And more. Tell The Gates Brotherhood about David Coleman's unique plan to increase staff attention while watching the Hunt Institute videos promoting the Common Core State [sic] Standards. First the teachers. Then the students. Put on those lab coats! Which school in America will be the first to fully implement White Lab Coat Rigor among staff and students? Contact Thomas Friedman, definitely a cutting-edge kind of guy. He'll be sure to come up with some workers in the global economy anecdotes. Contact NBC News Education Nation, telling them about this solutions-focused initiative to improve the state of education in America. White Lab Coats for National Security Colin Powell knows about the importance of clothing, and his America's Promise received half a million smackers to set up a Common Core Action Team Collaborative. Speaking of the military, The Military Child Education coalition received a grant "to develop and execute an advocacy campaign in support of the implementation of Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in multiple states by leveraging the voices and actions of its network of military families and uniform leadership." You can take a guess what that "uniform leadership" is all about. The National Writing Project is on the Gates Gravy Train. They have not released any information regarding their attire when giving or receiving Common Core writing advice. But we do know they received big money from Gates to work with the Literacy Design Collaborative. And the templates produced by those folk should scare the bark off anyone's maple tree. The Bill and Melinda Gates Fund has already pumped a lot of money into professional development films promoting the Common Core. The Foundation features David Coleman in a short film on its website. Offering grants to cash-strapped districts to purchase lab coats Districts is the next logical and patriotic step. Science is Cheaper than Pedagogy The scientific paper about wearing lab coats, Enclothed Cognition, is available at the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology website for $31.50. That's a lot cheaper than most things being hawked under the name of Common Core proficiency at NCTE. At NCTE, Supporting Students in a Time of Core Standards: K-12 Book Package and Virtual Conference Recordings costs $535. The K-12 book package and Virtual Conference recordings include four grade-level books, and 13, 60-minute recordings. This collection provides insights and resources for teachers, administrators, and policymakers working with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). $535.00 You can get a unisex vented lab coat for $19.78. Short-sleeved for $16.98. We know that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation values professional development. They gave $999,795 to Learning Forward "to audit states' and districts' professional development to align resources, time, and policies to support implementation of Common Core and innovative professional development tools" Located in Dallas, Texas, Learning Forward's Board of Directors includes Linda Darling-Hammond. Professional Development Entrepreneurs Take Note: Learning Forward explains, "The grant from the Gates Foundation will fund the development of an iPD solution, which will provide educators at the state and district levels, a resource to audit their professional learning and use the results to improve decision making and practices." The Anneheim conference program (billed as next door to the happiest place on earth) does not include a session on the benefits of wearing lab coats. Opportunity knocks.
— Susan Ohanian |
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