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Common Core: “Effing the Ineffable”

“’One size fits all’ may be a term of mockery used by people who disdain the top-down solutions of centralized power; in the technocratic vision, ‘one size fits all’ describes the ideal.” – Andrew Ferguson In his column “The Common Core Commotion: Haven’t we seen this movie before?” Andrew Ferguson gives both an historical and […]

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The Problem with the American Federation of Teachers’ Offer to “Rewrite” the Common Core Standards

A very good thing will happen on Sunday, July 13, 2014, at the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) convention in Los Angeles: The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) will be debated on the floor. No behind-closed-doors killing of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) resolution opposing CCSS. As Politico states: Weingarten, for instance, has repeatedly said she supports Common Core, but she […]

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Florida: Sarasota School Board Candidate Marsh supports Common Core “sexuality education standards”

Ken Marsh, while a member of the Sarasota County School District staff, donated to the Keith Fitzgerald for Congress campaign. According to the Florida Family Policy Council Democrats Keith Fitzgerald and Ted Deutch offered HB 169 to the Florida legislature for consideration: “This bill pushes what is called ‘comprehensive sex education’ upon our young people and requires teaching children […]

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Bill Gates and Localizing Common Core and Standardized Testing by Paul DiPerna

“Innovations that are guided by smallholder farmers, adapted to local circumstances, and sustainable for the economy and environment will be necessary to ensure food security in the future.” – Bill Gates The Andrew Carnegie of our time—and as a native of Pittsburgh, I say that respectfully—may want to consider how that same approach can augment education […]

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Florida: Sarasota County School Board Candidate calls those who question Common Core “conspiracy theorists”

Ken Marsh, Democrat candidate for Sarasota County School Board – District 1, has spent 30 years working as a government employee in Manatee and Sarasota Counties. According to Marsh’s biography for the last twenty-years he has worked for the Sarasota County School District. Specifically the positions Marsh held were: Director of Long Range Planning (11 […]

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States Push Back Against Common Core in Their Schools

It’s vacation time for the nation’s school kids and, while they play, states are beginning to push back against the latest effort of the federal government to exert total control over the nation’s schools; Common Core, whose curriculum standards and content rapidly revealed it to be a nightmare. As I frequently note, the word “education” […]

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The United Way Now Promotes the Common Core

United Way Worldwide offers the following as its mission statement: United Way envisions a world where all individuals and families achieve their human potential through education, income stability and healthy lives. Our mission: To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities around the world to advance the common good. The goal of the United […]

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Dr. Duke Pesta on the Shocking K-12 Common Core Sexual Education Standards

If you have young children, grandchildren, nephews, nieces, are an educator, are a therapist, are a religious leader, are an elected official of any party, or care about very young children getting an excellent education in grades K-12, you should take time to listen to the below videos by Dr. Duke Pesta.  Dr. Pesta’s discussion […]

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BREAKING NEWS: Louisiana Governor Jindal Drops Common Core

Jindal just finished a press conference. His words, summarized: PARCC selection did not comply with La state law requiring a bidding process– this voids PARCC agreement. Jindal has asked for a financial audit of PARCC spending and an open, competitive bidding process for assessment. He said that suspending PARCC is what he was able to do immediately via executive order. […]

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Review of Glenn Beck and Kyle Olson’s “Conform: Exposing the Truth about Common Core and Public Education”

HOW TO BREAK THE STRANGLEHOLD Conform: Exposing the Truth about Common Core and Public Education By Glenn Beck with Kyle Olson Simon & Schuster, New York, 2014 PB, 258 pages, US$14.99 978-1-1-4767-7388-9 Reviewed by Mary Grabar | May 29, 2014 How many ways are there to beat the teachers unions? Not teachers, but the ideological union leaders […]

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Behind the Scenes on the Chicago Teachers Union Anti-Common Core Resolution

On May 7, 2014, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) passed a resolution against the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). That evening, I wrote this post and included my own experience and conversations on Lewis’ position on CCSS. In the post, I figuratively note that this is now a battle between Lewis and American Federation of Teachers (AFT) […]