Tea party and conservative leaders from across Wisconsin have sent Gov. Scott Walker (R) an open letter urging him to reject the Common Core State Standards. In the letter, dated November 26th, the 61 leaders ask Walker to lead a
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
Proponents of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) often insist that the new standards are not a federal takeover of education. Actually, Common Core supporters could be right in one sense: Common Core is not so much about a nationalization
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
Speaking to a group of state schools superintendents on Friday, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said it was “fascinating” that some of the opposition to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is coming from “white suburban moms who – all
French riot police fired water cannons and tear gas at 30,000 truckers, farmers, fishermen, and food industry workers waving banners of “Right to Work” and hurling rocks and iron bars at police to protest a new “ecotax” on commercial trucking
A coalition group of parents and concerned citizens has called on New York State Education Commissioner John King to resign his position after he cancelled four upcoming forums on the state’s new Common Core standards. King cancelled the Parent/Teacher forums
A new report from Education Action Group Foundation, Inc. (EAG)indicates that a Common Core-aligned teacher guide encouragesthird graders to learn about “rights and responsibilities” through astory about a 1985 SEIU-led janitors’ strike in Los Angeles. Kyle Olson of EAGnews.org wrote
As more states mull a break with the Common Core standards, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan blamed “ideologues and extremists” for standing in the way of the education reform the new standards represent. Steve Contorno at the Washington Examiner reported
Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) directed his state’s Education Board on Monday to pull out of the consortium of states that is developing the new online tests that will be aligned to the Common Core State Standards. According to Valerie
Though 45 states originally signed onto the Obama administration-backed Common Core State Standards (CCSS), the coalition supporting the standards appears to be unraveling. Georgia, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, and three other states have pulled back from Common Core, and Maine and Florida
Non-profit inBloom, Inc., which is operating the database for the Common Core State Standards initiative, plans to have its system for sharing student data ready this fall, and New York State officials are expected to refuse allowing parents to opt
This year, back-to-school means chaos and confusion as many public schools in states that have submitted to the Common Core State Standards are beginning their implementation. Parents, teachers and administrators are preparing for the standardized tests, to be administered next
Though New York Times columnist Bill Keller’s editorial, “War on the Core,” sounds like it’s supposed to be about the Common Core curriculum standards, it’s really just another tirade from the left about conservatives. For example, within his first two paragraphs,
Florida Governor Rick Scott supports Common Core. Scott has openly supported and campaigned for the higher educational standards, which has lead to many of the 2010 grassroots activists, who supported his campaign, to take pause with his decision to push
Parents and educators in New York were shocked last week when student test scores plummeted following the state’s adoption of the Common Core national standards. Even prior to the adoption of the new standards, however, test results were, to many,
In March, conservative writer Michelle Malkin brought to light that at the heart of the controversy about the Common Core curriculum standards is an issue that has little to do with “college and career readiness.” In fact, as Malkin wrote
Student test scores on New York state exams plummeted this year following the state’s adoption of the Common Core national standards. According to the New York Times, in New York City, 26 percent of students in third through eighth grade
The Common Core debate continues to gain momentum. Rising Republican star, Florida Speaker of the House Will Weatherford, has stating that he “is not in favor of a national education curriculum,” and understands the “legitimate concerns” about Common Core’s data
Indiana is the latest state to withdraw from a national Common Core testing coalition, leaving state officials to reconsider the national standards and tests. According to EAGNews.org, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) announced Monday that his state will no longer
While many top Republicans, including former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, have come out in support of Common Core, Republican U.S. Senator Marco Rubio has once again bucked the establishment by stating that he is against the Common Core education standards.
Georgia has now joined the states of Alabama, Utah, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania in withdrawing from the national Common Core tests. With this latest state withdrawal, the program appears to be in danger of unraveling. According to Politico, now that the new
Though most states in the country adopted “Common Core” education standards in 2010, many American parents still know little about them. At the same time that teachers’ unions have joined forces with the institutional left on many issues, and more
As an example of how the new “Common Core” math system will work, a curriculum director recently noted that even if kids get the wrong mathematical result, as long they can “explain” how they arrived at their answer, then that
Heritage.org has released a new report that states that the new Common Core “alignment” by the ACT, SAT, and GED exams “raises questions about the impact Common Core will have on private and homeschooled students and their ability to ‘opt
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education approved plans to spend $30 million to buy iPads for students. The teachers union is unhappy with the decision because they think the money would be best spent on
A high school online class in Florida has not only compared Christianity and Islam as fundamentalist groups, but apparently claims that terrorists act the way they do because of low self-esteem. The Florida Virtual Online Class (FLVS) in World History
In all of today’s tributes and remembrances to the late Andrew Breitbart, there is a common core, a central touch point. Andrew Breitbart was passionately doing something. Andrew Breitbart was accomplishing something. Andrew Breitbart was fighting for something, relentlessly and
The second richest person on the planet, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, has used the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s $37 billion to fund philanthropic interests the world over. But Gates’s investment of $173 million to shape and promote a uniform
National School Choice Week, a grass roots effort that hopes to raise the nation’s awareness of the benefits of school choice, is hosting its first nationwide whistle-stop train tour from Jan. 25th — Feb. 2nd. Over 3,500 events have been independently
Freedom Federation, which represents organizations with a combined membership of 40 million issued the following statement: Mathew Staver, on behalf the Freedom Federation, made the following statement in response to the Senate’s vote to repeal Section 654, Title 10, U.S.C.
Recently the Obama Administration cut funding to Upward Bound, a successful educational program with a proven track record. Upward Bound provides support to participating students in their preparation for college entrance. Upward Bound serves high school students from low-income families
On Wednesday, the chairman of the Missouri state House Appropriations Committee on Education inserted a provision into the budget for K-12 education that included $8 for aluminum for tin foil hats for the purpose of mocking lawmakers opposed to the