Mythbusting

In our continuing effort to cut through the BS, here are two recent posts from “The Answer Sheet” that help bust some common myths.

• The Common Core Curriculum is supposed to focus on deeper understanding and more analytical thinking about texts. So how come the assessments are essentially impossibly timed races against the clock?  

• For a real shock, here’s ANOTHER report (this one from Chicago) showing that charter schools do NOT outperform public schools.