The Florida Department of Education this week shared a handful of examples showcasing “problematic elements” of recently reviewed textbook materials for students, some of which provide a chart measuring “racial prejudice,” which suggests that conservatives are more prejudiced than liberals.
Parents want to be able to send their children to school without worrying about indoctrination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said on Tuesday.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) defended the Florida Department of Education for rejecting dozens of books due to what it says is the infusion of Common Core and Critical Race Theory (CRT), as the governor made it clear that such material “doesn’t meet the standards” of the Sunshine State.
The Florida Department of Education rejected 41 percent of submitted mathematics textbooks — “the most in Florida’s history” — as they were deemed “impermissible” due to their references to Critical Race Theory (CRT), use of Common Core, and the “unsolicited addition of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in mathematics.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Friday signed a bill designed to ensure curriculum transparency for parents, promising “education, not indoctrination” in the Sunshine State.
Biden Education Secretary Miguel Cardona offered his priorities for education which center on equity and inclusiveness in public schools.
A report of the results of elementary and middle school students’ performance on a standardized assessment of reading and mathematics showed more students began the 2021 school year below grade level.
A measure of long-term trends in the assessment of 13-year-olds’ reading and math achievement has revealed a statistically significant drop in scores over the past eight years, another outcome that points to the failure of the Common Core State Standards.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a bill to end the use of annual academic assessments that are aligned with the Common Core Standards.
Education researcher Stanley Kurtz said Secretary Cardona’s comments appearing to back away from Critical Race Theory amount to “bogus window dressing.”
The Texas legislature approved a bill that would ban the teaching of concepts associated with Critical Race Theory and Action Civics.
South Dakota lawmakers are using the “letter of intent” to block education bureaucrats from applying for federal grants to teach Critical Race Theory.
Conservatives outraged as Gov. Ron DeSantis’s Education Commissioner blocked from FSU search for new president.
A “Civics Alliance” is urging Sen. John Cornyn to withdraw his support for a bill that backs “action civics” based on Critical Race Theory.
Joe Biden claimed offering four more years of public education to students will allow them to “compete in the 21st century.”
A national parents’ organization that grew out of the battle against the Common Core State Standards is calling for state legislatures to ban Critical Race Theory (CRT) in K-12 schools.
The Biden administration proposed a rule that urges the development of K-12 civics instruction based on Critical Race Theory programs such as the “1619 Project.”
Stanley Kurtz warns the proposed “action civics” curriculum will teach students how to community organize for leftist causes with a woke education program based on Critical Race Theory.
The same Washington establishment that championed the Common Core standards and encouraged more federal involvement in education has endorsed a civics initiative that seeks to indoctrinate K-12 students into woke “action” political organizing, under the guise of restoring “unity.” In
Democrat wins in the Georgia Senate runoffs would give a Joe Biden administration a clear path to spend billions more in taxpayer dollars on government schools that have already failed low-income students, despite billions already spent on progressive initiatives like the Common Core Standards.
The man who spearheaded Common Core and called parents opposed to it as “white suburban moms” now says he backs “local control” of education.
A national parents’ coalition that formed around the anti-Common Core movement told Breitbart News it is “thrilled” President Donald Trump has exposed the “indoctrination” of America’s children that has been occurring for decades in government schools.
Two Wall Street Journal reporters write that the national experiment in remote learning, courtesy of the coronavirus pandemic, has failed.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced Tuesday his state will partner with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to “reimagine” its school system as New Yorkers navigate toward a post-coronavirus “new normal.”
A study reveals a historic drop in U.S. student reading and math scores since the adoption of the Common Core standards more than a decade ago.
Dr. Karen Effrem, a pediatrician and education freedom advocate, died on February 12 at the age of 60 after a ten-year battle with breast cancer.
A national parents’ organization is releasing a film that seeks to expose the “lies and government schemes” of federally-run education.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced Friday he is officially putting an end to the Common Core Standards in his state and replacing them with standards that “embrace common sense.”
Results of an international assessment found American teens showed no improvement in reading, math, and science compared to the 2015 results.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick promoted Common Core in 2010, leading to his state’s fall as a model in education for the nation.
Results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation’s Report Card, shows U.S. school children have made “no progress” in reading or mathematics over the past ten years.
Ralph Abraham, despite being outspent on the airwaves by his opponents, with a media establishment desperate to sink him, has a unique advantage. Abraham flies himself and key staff around the state in small airplanes and helicopters he owns.
Six members of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission have recommended to the White House and Congress the continuation of Obama-era race-based school discipline practices that employ leniency for students of color and other minority groups.
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) used Twitter on Sunday to pander to teachers’ unions and the #RedforEd movement in advance of next week’s debates between 20 candidates vying for the 2020 Democrat nomination for president.
Joe Biden told members of the nation’s largest teachers’ union that if elected president, he would raise teachers’ salaries by tripling Title I funding from $15 billion to $45 billion per year.
A college-level writing teacher urges Common Core financier Bill Gates to “please, please” stay away from the world of higher education.
Students who take the SAT college entrance exam will now be assigned an “adversity score” to inform schools of their social and economic background, including the crime rate in their neighborhoods and the poverty levels of their high schools, says the College Board.
Parents raised concerns that an SAT test question asked students to write an essay on an excerpt from an op-ed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
A bill that would repeal the Common Core State Standards in Alabama has cleared an education committee vote and now heads to the state Senate for debate.
A new study released Monday finds the most popular education topic today is social and emotional learning (SEL), which amounts to the “psychological training of children starting at a young age.”
