From Utah’s Republic: • 1988: Marc Tucker became the president of the National Center for Education and the Economy (NCEE) where he joined up with Hillary Clinton, Mario Cuomo, and Ira Magaziner to get states to move away from local control of their schools and migrate to national standards. (link) • 1990: George H. W. Bush signed an…

From Laurie H Rogers:As an education advocate, I’m asked regularly how we fix our public schools. After six and a half years of advocacy, I’m no longer confident we can. Solutions exist, and they’re neither difficult nor expensive to implement. But most board directors and education administrators won’t do those things, and no one can make…

If this teacher feels this way, imagine how the children feel… http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/05/23/veteran-teacher-resigns-disgust-youtube

In defense of traditional math: What is reform math, anyway? Note from Laurie Rogers:When you explain the flaws of reform math and excessive constructivism to parents, they tend to see it right away. When you explain the flaws of reform math to proponents of reform, they tend to dismiss all concerns with some variation of, “You just don’t…

http://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2013/05/iowa-puts-common-core-assessments-on-hold/

“The issues involving psychological testing and privacy are issues that should be of concern to every parent with a child enrolled in public school. The power granted federal and state education administrators via the regulations of CCSS are unprecedented in nature. Some parents will be quite comfortable with CCSS even in light of the issues…

Common Core – The New IRS -You Know – For Kids

Hear from one of the two professors that was part of the National Validation Committee on Common Core.  Their love for children have made them some of the staunchest fighters against Common Core.  Listen and understand why Professor Sandra Stosky, the only English Language Arts Professor on the committee, wants America to wake up.  In…