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Tag: common core standards

The Best Practice of Truth and Honesty

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Brandon Melendez

Honesty, they say, is the best policy, or the best practice…but when we look at the way we live our lives, treat our loved ones, and explore our selves its […]

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Ender’s Game and Standardized Testing

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Brandon Melendez

I recently read the 1980s science fiction classic Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card and found it to be a thoroughly enjoyable story despite the author’s personal view point on […]

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Is Any Movement Forward Progression?–A Response to The AFT’s Suggestion of a Teacher Bar Examination

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Brandon Melendez

On December 2nd, 2012 the American Federation of Teachers put out a press release proclaiming their recommendation that American Teachers be required to take something resembling a bar examination as […]

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