Tuesday, President Obama’s verified Twitter account tweeted an image that read “It’s not 1963 anymore” superimposed over an image of Buzz Aldrin saluting the American flag on the moon.The “Equal Pay Act” was signed in 1963, and the image was
It was an education summit of ideas when key influencers and legislators got together to discuss the future of Texas public education before an enthusiastic room of several hundred delegates during a breakout session at the 2014 Texas state Republican
Just one day after calls for congressional investigations into the ties between the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Obama administration that led to states adopting the Common Core standards, the Gates Foundation has announced that it is urging
FORT WORTH, Texas — The Texas GOP went beyond existing anti-Common Core law for the State of Texas and now included a party platform that seeks to cut state education funding for any district that uses the Common Core. Breitbart
The most controversial current issue in education today is clearly Common Core. It’s being more hotly debated than bullying, zero tolerance, sex ed, abortion, or even school lunches. Common Core is the title of a new set of standards that
A group of Milwaukee-area Catholic school parents are outraged over Archbishop Jerome Listecki’s decision to implement the controversial Common Core standards in its 110 parochial schools. As FoxNews.com reports, though some parents have pulled their children out of the archdiocese’s
Writing at National Review Online, conservative commentator Stanley Kurtz observed that history will show the sponsors of the Common Core “made a mockery of the Constitution and the democratic process.” Kurtz is responding to the Washington Post‘s “devastating” report of
In an interview with the Washington Post that summarizes how Bill Gates pulled off the very “swift Common Core revolution,” the Microsoft founder stated, “The country as a whole has a huge problem that low-income kids get less good education
Common Core in California is getting a boost from over 300 California businesses, nonprofits, and children’s groups that released a statement approving of the Common Core State Standards. The statement was circulated by Children Now, a non-profit advocacy group, and
FORT WORTH, Texas–Some of the most combative debates at this week’s Texas State Republican Convention have focused on proposed amendments and additions to the official Republican Party of Texas Platform. The Platform Committee met for hours on Wednesday night, and
There are a number of hot button issues happening outside of the 2014 Texas Republican State Convention; however, a huge one is playing out inside the Fort Worth Convention Center — public education. The “Educating Our Children” subcommittee has been working hard to
On Friday Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) once again blasted the Common Core standards and the federal overreach that comes along with them, but he says his office is “still finalizing our options” on how to extricate the state from
At the Texas GOP Convention on Friday, Senator Ted Cruz addressed a nearly-packed arena of enthusiastic Texans. He gave an impassioned speech about the steps that must be taken in order to restore liberty, which is “under assault,” in the
Raymund Paredes, Commissioner of Higher Education at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) threw down the gauntlet in a May 30, 2014 San Antonio Express News opinion piece “Common Core Controversy in Texas Distracting, Unneccessary” in which he declared
FortWorth — In the first major go-round on the official opening day of the Texas State Republican Convention, a strong “Educating our Children”subcommittee resolution to stop Common Core in Texas was initially adopted into the party platform. The following resolution plank
Gov. Mary Fallin (R) of Oklahoma has signed a bill that will repeal the Common Core education standards in her state and replace them with standards to be developed by the state of Oklahoma. The new standards must be proven
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
Achieve, Inc, the Bill and Melinda Gates-funded education organization that was instrumental in the development and implementation of the Common Core standards, has announced the launch of a new assessment tool that the group touts will “enable district leaders to
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) has signed a bill that requires her state to drop the Common Core standards and replace them with new content standards for school year 2015-2016. Haley’s signature on the bill, H3893, on May 30
While thousands of people from across the nation are urging Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) to sign her state’s Common Core repeal bill, Oklahoma Business and Education Coalition executive director Phyllis Hudecki and Michael Brickman, national policy advisor of the
Milwaukee, Wisconsin-area Catholic school parents are fuming mad at their archdiocese’s decision to implement federal Common Core (socialized education) education standards in their schools. The Common Core debate has reached a fever pitch around the country,with some states backing out
On Tuesday North Carolina’s House Education Committee voted 27-16 to require state officials to begin studying replacement standards for the Common Core, though it appears lawmakers are anxious about breaking completely from the nationalized standards. The bill, HB 1061, which
Although the Louisiana state legislature recently approved a bill whose language would cement the state to the Common Core standards and the PARCC multi-state assessments, Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) could still veto the bill or choose one of several other
Greg Gutfeld says he cannot figure out President Obama’s Bergdahl trade. On Fox News Channel’s The Five on Monday, co-host Gutfeld said, “It sounds like a Common Core math problem – five high risk terrorists for one mysterious hostage.” Watch
Denton Independent School District (ISD) parent Jenny Williams was stunned by the flyer she found in her son’s fifth grade reading intervention packet–“3 Key Ideas for Parents (about the Common Core).” On May 23, Williams met with Ginnings Elementary administrators
As the June 3rd primary date dawns in Alabama, the Common Core standards have emerged as “the one issue every Republican must address,” writes Tim Lockette at The Anniston Star. Lockette continues: Anti-Core activists, who see the new school standards
Thousands of parents, teachers, and concerned citizens are urging Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) to sign a Common Core repeal bill that was overwhelmingly approved by the state legislature. Fallin has until Saturday, June 7 to decide whether to sign
Parents are winning the battle against Common Core federal education standards. Not only are states leaving the program; politicians who support Common Core have felt the heat in recent elections. Michelle Malkin says the defeat of several Common Core supporters
A test question on a Chicago Public Schools (CPS) assessment asking seventh graders to compare differing views on immigration, including one written by a fictitious Bush administration official whose name sounds almost exactly like that of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe
Potential presidential hopeful Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) asserted Thursday night that he is “against the Common Core,” and that he doesn’t want Louisiana to participate in the nationalized standards. If what he says is true, then Louisiana parents want to
On Friday, Gov. Jan Brewer (R) announced that Arizona will withdraw from the increasingly controversial Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), a Common Core test consortium, of which it is a governing state. As azcentral.com reports,
Last week, an inflammatory Top 10 list in an article flagrantly and falsely accused Texas of being “The Most (Overtly) Racist State in America.” The list was published by a non-profit education organization called Empathy Educates. One of this group’s
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) said Thursday evening he is opposed to the Common Core standards and does not want his state to participate in them. Jindal, considered to be a potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate, spoke to an audience
As the school year winds down, high-stakes testing isn’t the only controversial classroom issue to shelve until the 2014-15 school year. Grade inflation looms in the background. It’s a huge problem from public to private school and colleges and universities. It has
Members of grassroots parent groups fighting to defeat the Common Core standards in Louisiana knew they were up against tough and well-funded competition in the form of special interest groups lobbying for the nationalized education standards. What parents did not
A top adviser to former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is trying to spin that Bush’s embrace of Common Core will not hurt him if he becomes a presidential candidate in 2016. “Common Core issue much more of a paper tiger
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
In the wake of the Oklahoma state legislature’s overwhelming approval of a bill to repeal and replace the Common Core standards, Restore Oklahoma Public Education (R.O.P.E.) has begun a letter-writing campaign to urge Fallin to sign the bill. Gov. Mary
Oklahoma is the most recent state to try to eliminate the Common Core standards. Many Oklahomans deserve credit for the bill Gov. Mary Fallin (R) may sign this week. The truth, however, is there will be no end to the Gates
Gov. Mary Fallin (R) is poised to make the final decision on whether her state of Oklahoma will truly be the first state to fully repeal the Common Core standards without rebranding or renaming them. As Breitbart News reported Saturday,