Financial Education - Let's Add More to Teacher/Student Workload
It's hard to say what is going on but Rep. Sharon Tomiko Santos appears to be taking a sharp turn to the ed reform side. The newest evidence comes from the Seattle Education blog:
Washington State Representative Santos was a primary sponsor for yet another nonsensical bill, House Bill 1121.
From the Washington State School Directors Association (WSSDA) Watch List, is the following description of the bill:
Directs the partnership to work with OSPI to integrate financial ed into common core and career and college standards.
Directs districts to offer a course students can take at school or home (meaning online).
Districts are encouraged to grant credit. Allows the partnership to seek federal and private funds (guess who from).
This is puzzling because under the leasing agreements for Common Core (you do know that those standards are privately held, right?), a district/teacher can only change 10% of them. I suspect a whole subject like "financial ed" would be a significant change.
Also to note, there are states that are now writing into their graduation requirements that all graduates have take at least one on-line course. Is this bill an effort in that direction?
I also see major ed reformer Rep. Chad Magendanz (as well as a surprise - Rep. Gerry Pollet) on the list of co-sponsors.
Seattle Ed investigates:
Going through the list of Santos’ contributors, as well as Representative Magendanz‘ donors, one contributor pops up, K12 Management/K12 Inc., see This Goes Under “Cashing In On Ed Reform” : K12 Inc. (We are in the process of finding out how many other legislators have received funding from K12 Inc./K12 Management.)
K12 Inc. is a for-profit company that sells online courses to school districts and they are making millions of dollars doing just that although their track record is far from admirable.
And one guess what one of their courses is, the elective “Personal Finance”.
Again, how's that work on McCleary going, Rep. Santos (given you want to keeping adding to the workload for districts/teachers)?
Washington State Representative Santos was a primary sponsor for yet another nonsensical bill, House Bill 1121.
From the Washington State School Directors Association (WSSDA) Watch List, is the following description of the bill:
Directs the partnership to work with OSPI to integrate financial ed into common core and career and college standards.
Directs districts to offer a course students can take at school or home (meaning online).
Districts are encouraged to grant credit. Allows the partnership to seek federal and private funds (guess who from).
This is puzzling because under the leasing agreements for Common Core (you do know that those standards are privately held, right?), a district/teacher can only change 10% of them. I suspect a whole subject like "financial ed" would be a significant change.
Also to note, there are states that are now writing into their graduation requirements that all graduates have take at least one on-line course. Is this bill an effort in that direction?
I also see major ed reformer Rep. Chad Magendanz (as well as a surprise - Rep. Gerry Pollet) on the list of co-sponsors.
Seattle Ed investigates:
Going through the list of Santos’ contributors, as well as Representative Magendanz‘ donors, one contributor pops up, K12 Management/K12 Inc., see This Goes Under “Cashing In On Ed Reform” : K12 Inc. (We are in the process of finding out how many other legislators have received funding from K12 Inc./K12 Management.)
K12 Inc. is a for-profit company that sells online courses to school districts and they are making millions of dollars doing just that although their track record is far from admirable.
And one guess what one of their courses is, the elective “Personal Finance”.
Again, how's that work on McCleary going, Rep. Santos (given you want to keeping adding to the workload for districts/teachers)?
Comments
There's a lot of research out there that the American public's financial literacy is crap on average, and that this perpetuates the divide between rich and poor. Trying to break that down isn't such a bad thing.
I have a problem adding it when:
- Common Core is just getting started
- the state doesn't fully fund what we have
- it's tied to online learning
Let's get basics down and then move on. (And not forget music/arts, health, etc., either.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/04/idaho-online-class-requir_n_1076119.html
It was then repealed after voters said no way to Tom Luna's big tech plan.
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/nov/19/idaho-repeals-online-graduation-requirement/
CT
Shocked
I agree with Melissa, how about focusing on McCleary and getting the schools fully funded before we add more stuff the schools have to do?
HP
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I am a concerned parent, not necessary an education expert so some of these details are new to me.
I find it ironic that "Common Core" is not "common" at all but rather proprietory.
More ironic is that a distric with its own personal finance problems would offer classes on finances. Finances is not just about numbers, it is about values and priorities. My checkbook will never balance if I am wasteful no matter how carefully I add and subtract.
-Shocked
-Shocked
So these are the numbers that United Opt Out has so far for Colorado -
ThunderRidge High School (1200 opt outs - we think it's over 65% of students but don't yet have exact numbers per class/not counting seniors)
Fairview High School 82% opted out
Boulder High School 65% opted out
Centaurus High School 23% opted out
Monarch High School 17% opted out
Broomfield High School 4% opted out
Palmer High School - Juniors have 70% opted out
Monument Academy Charter - 57% opted out (prek to 8th grade)
James Irwin Elementary 40% opted out
Chery Creek High School 70% opted out and their testing doesn't start until next week so could be greater
The Classical Academy (central) Charter in Colorado Springs 25% opted out!
Hopefully this is a sign of the beginning of the end for reform!
"Happy Camper"
Math class would be a great place to introduce concepts like compound interest, how much it really costs to repay an auto, house or payday loan, and issues associated with college financing.
Yes, it used to be that simple.
Today's "Discovery" Geometry students are required to memorize definitions of "conjectures" which I somehow made it through advanced calculus without ever having to do.
Yes, it used to be that simple.
WSDWG
Reality Sucks
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