Tag: Common Core

A Connecticut middle school teacher who wrote that the Common Core State Standards are preparing students to be “workers, rather than thinkers” has touched a nerve throughout the country and intensified the debate further about the controversial new standards. Elizabeth

Common Core State Standards (CCSS) proponents frequently use the talking point that the standards initiative was “state-led.” A group of governors (National Governors Association Center) and state school officers are often said to have coordinated the standards. A closer look,

Last year, the depth of frustration with New York’s Common Core burst into the public when parents and teachers confronted State Education Commissioner John King in Poughkeepsie, NY, with their concerns and difficulties.  Nobody is happy about it – not the

When the new legislative season begins on February 5, Connecticut State Senator Joe Markley (R-16) will introduce a bill that blocks officials from spending $1 million on an advertising campaign for Common Core. “Why should the government spend a million

Almost 200 people attended a joint House-Senate committee, this week, at the capitol in Boise, Idaho, and many wore anti-Common Core buttons. Parents and educators spoke out against the standards. House Education Committee chairman Reed DeMourdant and Senate Education Committee

Catholic schools have long produced graduates who show higher levels of achievement on standardized assessments than those from public schools. Yet, 100 Catholic dioceses embraced the Common Core standards based on the promise that they would provide a “rigorous” foundation

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce spent more than $50 million on lobbying efforts last year and will surpass that this year as it ramps up its efforts on amnesty, Common Core, and the destruction of the Tea Party that is

Nationally renowned educator and expert on creating academic standards asserted last night, on Breitbart News Sunday, that Common Core fails to teach science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) at a college-readiness level. Dr. Sandra Stotsky joined Breitbart News Executive Chairman

A Hillsdale College professor has penned a book he hopes will serve as a user’s guide for parents, citizens, and state lawmakers to help them fully grasp what will actually happen in classrooms where the Common Core standards are being

The Oklahoma GOP has passed a resolution to oppose Common Core standards in the state, promising to protect the Oklahoma education system. RESOLVED, The State Committee of the Oklahoma Republican Party stands in opposition to Common Core Standards (by any

Kentucky State Representative Tom Kerr (R-Taylor Mill) has filed a bill to repeal Common Core,  House Bill 215. “Common Core takes the control of local schools out of the teachers and parents that are involved with the children and their

A Common Core-aligned elementary school homework assignment in a Jefferson County, Colorado school district tells children that by 2512, Kansas will be an oceanfront state, that the “Smokey” Mountains [sic] will become the “Smokey” Islands [sic], and that a sharp

The Alabama State Board of Education gave the impression they listened to the people and started the 2014 legislative season with changes to Common Core in english and math. However, a closer look shows nothing changed. State Superintendent of Education

While Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) seemed to hint this week that his state would drop the Common Core standards, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) gave a clear signal Thursday that she was determined to drop the new education

A Tennessee business coalition, Businesses for Tennessee Prosperity, announced it supports the Common Core standards. This group includes members of the state’s regional chambers of Commerce, the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Tennessee Business Roundtable.  However, there

Governor Mike Pence (R) of Indiana may have delivered his strongest message yet that his state will drop the Common Core education standards. During his State of the State address Tuesday, Pence said, “When it comes to setting standards for

When Dr. Sandra Stotsky was asked to become a member of the Common Core Validation Committee, she assumed her vast experience in developing English Language Arts standards would be useful to the design of the new academic standards.  What she

Two of the more prominent leaders in the Washington establishment’s war on the Tea Party made seven- and eight-figure salaries during the 2012 election cycle.  According to recent IRS 990 filings, Steven Law, the president of Karl Rove’s American Crossroads network,

The Alabama Tea Party rallied against Common Core on the Montgomery capital steps early Tuesday morning. State Senator Scott Beason (R-Gardendale) joined them with a copy of his fifth grade daughter’s reading assignment. The reading assignment Beason reads to the crowd

The Florida Department of Education suggested it will only make minor changes to the Common Core standards; however, activists do not think the changes went far enough and want Governor Rick Scott (R) to call for more public hearings. The education

While proponents of the Common Core claim that the new standards are focused on “college and career readiness,” more evidence is surfacing that a central purpose of the initiative is social justice and income redistribution indoctrination. Social justice indoctrination in

The secretary of the South Dakota State Education Department states she is ready to defend the Common Core standards in the upcoming legislative session. “We’re going to stay firm, and hopefully the message will be clear that it’s the right

The 2014 South Dakota legislative year will concentrate on education with an emphasis on the controversial Common Core standards. In the spring, the Department of Education will begin using tests based on Common Core in math and English, and legislators

Maryland Speaker Michael Busch (D) heard complaints from the Teachers Association of Anne Arundel County and one major complaint was Common Core. Busch admitted he does not know how Common Core was implemented. “To tell you the truth, I don’t