Remember when MSNBC’s Melissa Harris Perry enraged a nation in that infamous MSNBC promo where she said, at “we’ve always had kind of a private notion of children?,” adding “we haven’t had a very collective notion of ‘These are our
As Ronald Reagan said in 1964, our republic’s main public policy fight of the era is “[w]hether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a
Real Clear Politics (RCP) has referred to New York State as “Ground Zero” in the national debate about Common Core, and it is an apt title given the vociferous battles among all the key players–the governor, the State Board of
Texas bans Common Core was the headline read around the nation on June 10, 2013 when Governor Rick Perry signed HB 462, the legislation that was supposed to impede the use of the federally led education mandate, the Common Core
House Bill 5 (HB 5) is the education legislation that created the new Texas College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) during the 83rd Legislative Session. Since becoming law, HB 5’s been kicking up a lot of controversy. For starters, HB
An article in Politico on Friday set forth the premise that some states are defiantly dropping required courses for high school graduation because of a “standards rebellion,” which the Obama administration is viewing as “the dumbing down of America.” Stephanie
As a public school educator in Louisiana who is opposed to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), I participated in a panel discussion on February 4th for the West St. Tammany Chamber of Commerce. The panel was composed of two
In an op-ed in USA Today Wednesday, Bill Gates writes that the Common Core State Standards are to be “commended” because they will “improve education for millions of students” and that arguments against the standards are “shrouded in myths.” After
The representative of an Iowa homeschool organization says that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) will be addressing her group in March because “what he stands for is what we’re about – education freedom.” As reported by Breitbart News’ Tony Lee, Cruz,
Forty-two U.S. House members have signed onto a resolution condemning the Common Core State Standards as destructive to American education, Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) announced in a press release on Wednesday. The resolution, H. Res. 476, denounces the use of
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) blasted the New York State Board of Regents’ proposal to delay the impact of the Common Core assessments on teachers and students until 2022 as yet another attempt to delay the state’s new teacher evaluation system.
In 2012, terrorist and activist Chicago professor Bill Ayers told his followers that the left had “absolute access to the community, the school… the classroom,” and that is where it should do its “movement-building.” In October of 2009, when speculation
Friday morning’s “Fox & Friends” illustrated three clearly liberal-biased lessons in Common Core curriculum…
The National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC) has endorsed the Obama administration’s Common Core State Standards and is planning to launch a nation-wide campaign to salvage the increasingly unpopular initiative. Considered to be the leading voice for 16 million Hispanic
In Common Core and other federal education matters, no name stirs up more controversy than inBloom, the 2013 nonprofit rebrandedfrom predecessor Smart Learning Collaboration (SLC). Originally launched with nine states on board, inBloom has been accused of everything from collecting to tracking
St. Louis, Missouri- Former Congressman and school teacher Allen West spoke at Constitutional Coalition’s 25th Anniversary Educational Policy Conference, where he received a standing ovation for condemning Common Core educational standards Florida Eagle Forum sent out a press release stating
Some of the nation’s top Common Core experts are weighing in on former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee’s recommendation to the creators of the initiative to “rebrand it, refocus it, but don’t retreat.” As Breitbart News reported on February 1st, Huckabee
Mississippi Republican Sen. Thad Chochran is in trouble, and the GOP establishment is pulling out all the stops to save him. A pro-Cochran super PAC associated with former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is already on the airwaves to define upstart
Channeling Hillary Clinton’s philosophy of “It takes a village to raise a child,” a panelist at a Center for American Progress (CAP) forum on the Common Core standards said their critics were a “tiny minority” whose lack of support for
Outraged parents. Fleeing teachers. Anxiety-ridden and medicated students. Fuzzy math. Crazy historyassignments posted on Facebook. Longitudinal databases. Silencedcommunity members at school board meetings in YouTube footage.Newfangled public school pathways of college and career readiness underthe banner of “STEM” (science, technology, engineering and math)
Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, introduced the Learning Opportunities Created At the Local (LOCAL) Level Act, which would stop the federal government from forcing education standards on the states with
At a conference of the Annual Strategic Data Project (SDP) last year, Common Core “architect” and current president of the “non-profit” College Board, David Coleman, praised the collection of student data via the Common Core State Standards initiative. Furthermore, he welcomed
Rhode Island State Representative Gregg Amore (D-Dist.65, East Providence) submitted 2014-H 7095, a bill which would create a group of 21 members, including two parents of students enrolled in Rhode Island public schools, to examine Common Core standards and delay
Though former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee told his Fox News Channel audience in early December he was no longer supporting the Common Core standards for which he had avidly campaigned, his message to one of the groups that created the
In the wake of the National Education Association’s (NEA) decision to support the Common Core State Standards yet urge changes in the initiative’s “implementation,” Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-WFP) called for a slowdown of a new teacher evaluation program in
Though he never mentioned the controversial Common Core State Standards by name, President Obama took credit for funding the initiative in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, promising to urge expansion of the funding to include pre-K students,
Though the authors and supporters of the Common Core standards have repeatedly stated the standards are a “state-led” initiative, former Obama senior adviser David Axelrod was recorded speaking the truth at a University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) debate on
The headlines coming out of New York’s education milieu over the weekend were variations of “NY teachers’ union withdraws support for Common Core.” As the Washington Post reports: The Board of Directors of the New York State United Teachers, a
From state academic standards and tests to charter and virtual schools, the K-12 education world has changed in the 30 years since President Ronald Reagan’s landmark “A Nation at Risk” commission diagnosed the myriad problems with public schooling in America.
As National School Choice Week (NSCW) gets underway, supporters of education freedom for parents and their children are facing opposition from both the Obama administration and the new Common Core State Standards that could eventually force all students in America
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
On Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125 from 7PM EST to 10PM EST, Breitbart News Executive Chairman and host Stephen K. Bannon will discuss the galvanization of the Tea Party with on-the-ground reports from the Tea Party
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
