https://bluecerealeducation.com Mon, 31 Jul 2023 16:12:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://files.bluecerealeducation.com/2023/06/BowlIcon.png https://bluecerealeducation.com 32 32 https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/we-are-building-religion/ Wed, 17 Dec 2014 14:55:27 +0000 http://localhost:8888/bluecerealwp/blog/we-are-building-religion/ Behold the wisdom of Pearson and its ilk. They’re not out to win an argument – they’re offering to scratch an itch, to meet an apparent need. They have easy answers – textbooks which work in any state that’s not Texas, assessments which, because they’re online, somehow guarantee students have entered modernity, and suites of ancillaries, strategies, terminologies, and priorities. It saves so much time compared to wading through specific student abilities or needs, and if you order today they’ll throw in a new sense of progressive identity and an assortment of Twitter-ready platitudes. We are building a religion; we are making a brand...]]> 96