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(I deleted a thread because it felt small and petty but *stomps foot* citation practices matter! Now, more than ever, given all things GenAI!)

(This is not the first time I've given into the temptation to offer unsolicited feedback this weekend. I also moderated a Braver Angels last week and maybe my brain needed to release an opinion or two after holding mine in for several hours.)

I am, admittedly, a little curious what the people who picked her think Beecher did for American education. Her Tl;Dr as it were.

What is the throughline for these people?!?

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STILL LIVID ABOUT THIS.

(I can't tell from this picture if they spelled her name correctly. But I can see the font on his name is larger than the other two.)

OK! So! I think the tension at hand is what the story you're seeking to tell. That is, why is the creation of the standards relevant to the story you want to tell about current events?

Oh! I do not disagree with that at all.

My frustrating is with making David Coleman as some sort of Rasputin CCSS overlord from the beginning of the project means criticism becomes about a man, not standards creation.

Understood. I have to run right now but I'll revisit this thread as soon as I can.

I hear ya!

I'm offering unsolicited feedback which is always the worst!

Correct version of what?

That doesn't mean he was! He was a spokesperson for the project. Teachers were part of the process! What do you gain by ignoring and/or erasing their efforts?

Well. That's one approach!

In any event, have a good day!

Apologies if I was unclear: claiming David Coleman was the author of the CCSS ELA standards misrepresents the work that went into the development of the standards. It's recasting events of history in service to a narrative.

It does not say also involved.

No. It's not. But again, I'll ask - to what end?

Why, in the year 2026, does it matter what David Coleman said or did in 2012? Hate for the College Board is good! Re-writing the history of the CCSS in service to that hate is not.

And yet, when I offered a screenshot that makes it clear Coleman wasn't the author, you re-skeeted one saying he was! And then shared someone who agreed with you.

And truly, it is what it is - you use him as foil in your advocacy. Which is, I would say, taking dramatic license with the past.

I AM LIVID.

To what end? That is, will you change your mind if I do the work of digging up all of the names on the various workgroups? Will @annieabrams.bsky.social?

None of what you just said refutes my statement.

I'm doing a petitioning shift this morning and I'm fairly confident the fire of my rage will keep me warm the entire time.

It's like those banners were put up explicitly to make me angry.

BEECHER WOULD HAVE BEAT HIS ASS INTO THE 17th CENTURY.

My point wasn't that he wasn't involved. He was.

He did not write the standards.

I respect and understand that we disagree on the role and purpose of the the Common Core standards. And typically, I'd be interested in a conversation with you about what leads you to believe Coleman wrote them but it has to be said:

Coleman did not write the Common Core State Standards.

Black and white photo of Marjane Satrapi with the quote: "The world is not divided between East and West. You are American. I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same."

Once again.

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I'm begging my fellow politicians, Illinoisans, and Americans to realize that right now, we aren't fighting over policy or political party.

We're fighting over whether we're going to be a country rooted in empathy and kindness — or one rooted in cruelty and rage.

Nope.