tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997838873455865285.post6354380787304099870..comments2023-12-30T01:08:45.828-05:00Comments on Learning in Maine: Should Maine Adopt CCSS?Jim Burkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12683223394880936587noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997838873455865285.post-52641038440920765092010-08-05T11:32:03.163-04:002010-08-05T11:32:03.163-04:00There is a huge difference between adopting standa...There is a huge difference between adopting standards and actually creating the infrastructure necessary to translate them into action. Will the Maine DOE and State Board help districts to quickly align instructional supports, evaluation systems, textbooks and professional development?<br /><br />A quote from the CA State Board of Ed Meeting:<br /><br />"The success or failure of this venture will depend to a great extent on the substance and the adequacy of the implementation plan," said Greg Geeting, chairman of the state's Academic Standards Commission, during public comment at the Monday board meeting. "If you leave this meeting today thinking that you have done a great thing, you will be sadly mistaken if the implementation plan is skimpy or underfunded."Bethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3997838873455865285.post-13600321645475937782010-08-04T13:16:21.086-04:002010-08-04T13:16:21.086-04:00While pundits still argue and complain, we finally...While pundits still argue and complain, we finally have a step forward in education. For decades (if not centuries)we have been in educational crisis, and while thousands of great people have worked hard to address the issue and progress has been made, on a more global scale we are all running around in a thousand (locally controlled and funded) directions. I love democracy, but when we are all working towards different targets (SAT to prove student achievement!???!),we lack the ability to develop a functional national plan. Professional associations all have national standards why not use the same effective tool to measure our work with students and eliminate the confusing world of apples and oranges that we live in. My advice is to adopt the standards as a baseline, and then develop assessments for it that we can all share. Is Mr. Gates dangerous? I think the answer is yes, but the additional reality is that we made him dangerous by allowing an educational infra-structure that is so desperate for funding and direction that there a people that will accept help from anywhere. Suck it up folks we have grabbed a tiger by the tail, the trick now is to steer it where we want it to go, or accept the direction it chooses.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03069192072256727557noreply@blogger.com