Education Reform in Common Core Land
Americans have been “sold” the Common Core State Standards by leaders who have carefully crafted their words and shaped the narrative of the education reform movement. As Humpty Dumpty declared…
‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.’
‘The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you CAN make words mean so many different things.’
‘The question is,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master—that’s all.’
~ Lewis Carroll, “Through The Looking-Glass”
Humpty Dumpty reformers with their penchant for eduspeak rely on a litany of phrases and “educationese” to justify and sell their reforms to trusting parents using co-opted and redefined terms such as grit, rigor, college and career ready, data driven, personalized, flipped, transformational, outcome,Education Reform in Common Core Land | Johnathan Chase | LinkedIn:
