This is what happens when local school board members do their own research into the Common Core. Dr. Stotsky retired from the University of Arkansas in December 2012.  She is now Professor of Education Emerita.  She was Senior Associate Commissioner in the Massachusetts Department of Education from 1999 to 2003, where she was in charge…

The Cardinal Newman Society has published a guide to the Common Core Standards and their potential impact for Catholic schools and students. You can find this guide at Cardinal Newman Society Catholic is Our Core.

Tuesday, 4/8/14 is election day in Sioux Falls. There are two candidates for the one open position on the Sioux Falls School Board. The incumbent, Douglas Morrison, and challenger Roger Russell are on the ballot for this position. Both candidates participated in the Chamber of Commerce and League of Women Voters Candidate forum. I want…

With the timeline for adopting Social Studies standards, fine arts standards and K-12 technology standards in 2015, the South Dakota Department of Education is looking for applicants for a work group that will review and revise South Dakota social studies, fine arts and K-12 technology standards. They are looking to inlcude the following list of people…

Eliya Ahmad, seventh grader at MS 447 in Brooklyn, wrote the following poem on the back of her testing booklet, April 2, 2014. She liked it, copied it down on scrap paper, and would like to share it widely. –  Dohra Ahmad, Eliya’s mother  April used to be poetry month,  Where we’d learn about rhythm…

Parents from all over the state of South Dakota have been contacting me in the last week sharing their experiences with the SBAC tests and their efforts to prevent their children from being used for research for SBAC. I’m going to start with responses from schools and the SD DOE to parents requests to opt…