More Education Deform Buzz Words I'm Sick Of

Readers added some fine examples of education deform jargon and buzz words that many people are just plain sick of to this post from last week.

Here are some:

High Performing Charter Schools (which often are high performing because they toss anybody who doesn't perform at that level out - see here)

Bold Reform.

Transformational Change.

The Best and Brightest.

Teachers as "Human Capital" and children as "Valuable Assets."

STEM

Data-Driven Instruction

Quality Review

Let me add a few more of my own:

Blended Learning

Adaptive Instruction

PARCC

Virtual Learning.

And let me add "Common Core Assessment" to the list once more because it is the buzz word of the year.

When did "Test" become a four letter word?

When the powers that be decided it was too scary to talk about "Common Core Testing" being added to every subject in every grade all the year through.

That's why we're going to have "Common Core Assessments" in every grade in every subject all the year through.

Don't worry - these aren't high stakes tests, they're common core assessments!