About Darcy Pattison
Darcy Pattison is a children’s book author and writing teacher. She often provides professional development to educators in the area of English Language Arts. She was the keynote speaker for ELA Grades 6-8 for the 2012 Smarter Online Common Core Educator’s Roundtable webinar from The Principal Center.
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Hi,
I’ve enjoyed perusing your website. You have a lot of great information. What academic credentials do you have?
Sincerely,
Nancy LeCrone
Sure. I have a B.A. from the University of Arkansas and a M.A. from Kansas State. I taught Freshman Comp at the University of Central Arkansas for six years. You can see my publications here.
Darcy
I am impressed only by the unreasonable difficulty of the questions on the practice exams. Having high percentages of failing students proves nothing. Its is a sadistic approach to education which is causing nothing but misery for students and parents.
It is interesting how someone with no experince teaching elementary or middle school students can write the common core for those ages. Often times academia and practicality are at odds.