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Garcetti Kowtows to Teachers' Union Over Tenure

Garcetti Kowtows to Teachers' Union Over Tenure

According to the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, seeing the error of his ways, reversed himself on Saturday, suddenly deciding that the teachers’ unions needed his support after he had hailed last month’s decision in Vergara vs.

GOP's Kashkari Crashes Teachers' Union Confab in Los Angeles

GOP's Kashkari Crashes Teachers' Union Confab in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — Republican gubernatorial candidate Neel Kashkari held a press conference at the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) conference in Los Angeles, demanding school reform and attacking incumbent Democrat Gov. Jerry Brown for doing nothing to stop the violation

Business Insider: Gov. Bobby Jindal Plans to End Common Core

Business Insider: Gov. Bobby Jindal Plans to End Common Core

Business Insider reports that Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) has promised that his state will abandon the nationalized Common Core standards, even though some state lawmakers and education officials are challenging his decision. Jindal issued a series of executive orders

Cochran Vouched for Common Core Plan in 2010 Letter

Cochran Vouched for Common Core Plan in 2010 Letter

JACKSON, Mississippi — Although a super PAC supporting Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) issued an attack ad over Common Core, the controversial federal education standards, Cochran himself vouched for Mississippi’s implementation of Common Core in a 2010 letter to President Obama’s

Common Core Change Agents Operating in Texas

Common Core Change Agents Operating in Texas

Picture a state that rejected the Common Core State Standards, yet strangely, Common Core conferences convene around the calendar with some of the biggest names in progressive education reform.  Yes, that state would be Texas. In fact, Common Core kick-offs

Federal Sex Assault Probe Lists 3 California Schools

Federal Sex Assault Probe Lists 3 California Schools

University of California Berkeley, Occidental College, and the University of Southern California are three California institutions among 55 colleges and universities that are being investigated by the federal government over their handling of sexual abuse complaints, according to NBC Bay Area.

Book Review: Common Core's Rickety Gates

Book Review: Common Core's Rickety Gates

This book review first appeared at The Liberty Fund.  by Jamie Gass, Katherine Apfelbaum Title: Common Core Meets Education Reform: What It All Means for Politics, Policy, and the Future of SchoolingTranslator / Editor: Frederick M. Hess & Michael Q. McShanePublish Date: 2014Publisher / Edition: Teachers

Top Common Core Cheerleader Arne Duncan Coming to Texas

Top Common Core Cheerleader Arne Duncan Coming to Texas

U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan is coming to Austin and the Texas PTA (Parent Teacher Association) is delighted to have him.  Yes, Duncan, the chief cheerleader of the Common Core State Standards will be the headliner at the

Holder's New School Discipline Guidelines: Stop Targeting Minorities

Holder's New School Discipline Guidelines: Stop Targeting Minorities

(AP) Gov’t: End overly zealous discipline in schoolsBy KIMBERLY HEFLINGAP Education WriterWASHINGTONThe Obama administration is urging schools to abandon overly zealous discipline policies that civil rights advocates have long said lead to a school-to-prison pipeline that discriminates against minority students.The

Why Hasn't Arne Duncan Been Fired?

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has yet to offer a sincere apology for his recent statement that “white suburban moms” were responsible for opposition to the Common Core standards. The closest he has come is his statement on MSNBC’s Morning

Arne Duncan: 'I Regret' Insult to Common Core Critics

Arne Duncan: 'I Regret' Insult to Common Core Critics

Education Secretary Arne Duncan has walked back a casual dismissal of Common Core school curricula critics after his comments generated a heated response. Last week, Duncan explained away criticism of his proposed Common Core program to school superintendents as “white suburban