Arne Duncan Tells Newspaper Editors How to Report on Common Core It seems that a big part of Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s job now is giving impassioned defenses of the Common Core State Standards, which he did Tuesday to a convention of American news editors (some of whom may not have even known it needed defending). A…
Shirley McCune, former OBE Senior Director at Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory (MCREL) From the 1989 National Governors’ Conference on Education Total transformation of our society (sound familiar?) Facts and information(knowledge) no longer primary purpose of education The close connection between economic(sustainable) development and human capital(labor) Educator whose job is to work with the social welfare…
Three years after the Department of Education announced a contest called Race-to-the-Top for $4.35 billion in stimulus funds, some parents, teachers, governors, and citizen and public policy groups are coming to an awful realization about the likely outcomes: A national curriculum called Common Core Regionalism, or the replacement of local governments by federally appointed bureaucrats…
The National Center for Teacher Quality is a bogus organization, since it comes to us from a non-scientific point of view and tons of people who know next to nothing about teaching. When an agenda and a bunch of policy ideas are predetermined, and the studies comes later, you know something’s going on. But the…
Dr Sandra Stotsky, the only English Language Arts professor on the Common Core Validation Committee, refused to sign off on the standards because of “poor quality, empty skill sets, the de-emphasis on literature, and low reading levels, such as 8th grade levels for 12th grade students.” She has been relentless in her efforts to expose…
Recently the South Dakota Department of Education released their version of the Common Core Standards “Facts”. They have provided no documentation to their claims. I would like to share the facts about CCS and why the state’s version is false.The South Dakota Common Core Standards provide a clear and rigorous set of expectations for what…
Jeffrey Horn gives a brief synopsis of the book Children of the Core by Kris NielsenHere’s a clip from the article:Nielsen sees CCSS as not mere “standards,” but rather, “an untested, overrated, and dangerous attempt to standardize our workforce training programs (formerly known as public schools) and track students into pre-qualified ranks and positions in…
A two minute video about some of the hidden details about Common Core. Share with your friends. To contact your representatives, click the Take Action – Contact Lawmakers tab above. Thank-you Florence Thompson.
Both sides of Common Core are presented at this forum. It is full of good information. The thing I really noticed, was that the school officials at this forum, only knew the talking points they had been given by Common Core and the State of California. Do your local officials know the truth about Common…
Mr. Fitz, a middle school teacher in Florida, shares his views of what teaching to the test has done to education. “The thing that struck me one night, though, flipping through a brochure with key words like CREATIVITY, PASSION, PERSONAL INTERESTS, COMMUNITY, SIGNIFICANCE, and RELEVANCE emblazoned across the top of each page, was the fact that…
South Dakotans Against Common Core 