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Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin Misunderstands Testing and School Quality
On May 4, 2017, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin (@GovMaryFallin) was interviewed by NewsOK.com capitol reporter Dale Denwalt (@denwalt) about the current Oklahoma budget crisis. The full interview is 18.5 minutes long. Near the end of the interview, Dale asked Governor Fallin about her reasons for vetoing a bill which would have eliminated the U.S. history…
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Oklahoma Legislators: Don’t Repeal Common Core Standards, Instead Reject High Stakes Testing
If you are an Oklahoma legislator, please watch the following 6 minute video and thoughtfully consider this message about Common Core State Standards. There is a great deal of public anger in Oklahoma today regarding education and education policy, and it is important to both understand and constructively respond to these emotions. As an elected…
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Why Are Thousands of Oklahoma Teachers Protesting Today at the Capitol?
Today will be a historic event in Oklahoma education history: Thousands of Oklahoma teachers, parents, and others are gathering for a rally on the steps of our state capitol in Oklahoma City. According to today’s Tulsa World article, “Education funding rally: Thousands of Oklahomans expected to descend on Capitol, press for more school dollars,” State…
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Getting it WRONG: The Economist on Educational Technology, Testing and School Reform
Where do I begin? Two articles published in The Economist‘s print and online magazines at the end of June 2013 are filled with errors and misleading statements concerning educational technology, testing, and school reform. The articles, “E-ducation: A long-overdue technological revolution is at last under way” and “Catching on at last: New technology is poised…
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Hallelujah: Oklahoma Withdraws from Common Core PARCC Testing Consortium
It took five months after I shared this tweet with our Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Janet Barresi, but it’s done. Thanks to a tweet this evening from Shawn Blankenship, I learned Oklahoma has officially withdrawn from PARCC, one of two consortia putting together high-stakes tests for the Common Core State Standards. According to…
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Speaking Out Against Common Core High Stakes Testing & Corporate Driven Education Reform
I posted the following comments and links on the April 1st NewsOK.com article, “Conspiracy theories about Common Core should be ignored.” I agree the idea that the Common Core movement is a “UN black helicopter / world government agenda” is silly. That argument is unfortunately a “straw man” for issues and problems with Common Core…
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Buckling Down Down for Oklahoma Standardized Testing Military Style [VIDEO]
Administrators, teachers and librarians in Mid-Del Schools at Steed Elementary (just east of Oklahoma City) created the following 14 minute video as a motivational tool for students “buckling down” for standardized testing this week in Oklahoma. The “testing window” opened on Tuesday, April 10th. Mid-Del’s new Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Pam Deering, portrayed the “commanding…
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Multiple Choice Testing on an iPod Touch with NearPod
“Technology integration” can mean many different things to many different people. Some folks advocating for “blended learning” these days intend to virtually chain students to screens and online computer aided instruction (CAI) systems for hours each day. (Hopefully those folks aren’t leading your school or state department of education.) While some CAI programs can be…