Comments on: PARCC and ISBE’s Ungodly Stand Against Chicago’s Children

By: jcgrim

jcgrim — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 23:09:34 +0000

I’m glad you brought up PreK. The national Pre-K financing is so full of creepiness I don’t know where to begin. Head Start has a national infrastructure in every community in the country and the Obama Administration is totally bypassing a system & infrastructure already in place.

It seems that the Obama administration is promoting national Pre-K as a new investment plan for the banksters rather than expanding Head Start.
In 2013 a school system in Utah financed their preschool with the school system that is financed by Goldman Sachs & J.B.Pritzker. http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/08/07/37preschool_ep.h32.html?tkn=PZNF%2Fyi60RsoRgtRpL%2B2b5ASuLpkqFuFzg6n&print=1

Read into this article and notice that one of the bets the Pre-K investors are making is a reduction in future Special Education students. They’re incentivizing NOT giving services to kids who may need them so the banksters will get bonuses if SPED numbers drop. How disturbing is this?

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By: Troy LaRaviere

Troy LaRaviere — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 20:51:34 +0000

… and I am extremely fortunate to have them.

thank you sir

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By: Victor Harbison (@VictorHarbison)

Victor Harbison (@VictorHarbison) — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 20:50:42 +0000

You rock my good sir! Teachers are lucky to have you.

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By: Chicago Principal Troy LaRaviere Chastises State Board about Its Negligence | Diane Ravitch's blog

Sun, 19 Apr 2015 19:00:08 +0000

[…] In this post (which I am late posting), he speaks directly to the chair of the State Board of Education, Reverend James Meeks. […]

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By: retiredbutmissthekids

retiredbutmissthekids — Sat, 04 Apr 2015 04:21:36 +0000

Or whatever new, improved “standardized” (but specifically for pre-K, of course, although there will be no quality-control attached to it) test Pear$on will undoubtedly offer.

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By: Troy LaRaviere

Troy LaRaviere — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 17:41:25 +0000

It will not likely be based on PARCC, but on an early literacy screening.

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By: Jon Lubar

Jon Lubar — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 16:56:59 +0000

An observation: The investors in the pre-K deal are likely looking at a very low ROI due to the manufactured failure rates of tests like the PARCC and SBAC. The manipulation of cut scores will prevent any large number of students from reaching the level that would result in a payout no matter how well they actually do. Will the investors sue the testing corporations?

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By: Patricia Breckenridge

Patricia Breckenridge — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 12:24:12 +0000

Stop testing innocent, naïve, vulnerable, dependent children on frustration reading level.

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