By Anthony Cody. We have been seeing the fallout from heavy handed monitoring and enforcement that is coming to us with the new Common Core tests. As I pointed out Sunday, this sort of security is made necessary when you have created a system where heavy consequences are attached to success on these tests. …
A few years ago I freaked out. Rigoberto Ruelas, an LAUSD teacher, jumped off a bridge on the Los Angeles Crest Highway after the LA Times published his unsatisfactory teacher rating. A teacher myself, his death cut to the quick, and I found myself protesting in front of the Times, running with Occupiers, learning …
