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2012 Democratic Party Education Platform

I shared last week the Republican Party platform on education, so it’s only fair to share the Democratic Party’s education platform now that their platform was released on Monday and approved on...

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Obama Has Politically Scrambled the Decks on Education

Jim Stergios of the Pioneer Institute wrote an op/ed last week for the Boston Globe entitled “Schools and conventional wisdom.”  He said something that articulates what I’ve been noticing with the...

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Is The Common Core Debate About to Go Nuclear?

Neal McClusky asks this over at Cato @ Liberty: Proponents of national standards, as I’ve pointed out many times, have made a concerted effort to avoid attention as they’ve insidiously—and...

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Education Under a Second Obama Term

Alyson Klein asks what would a second Obama term look like for education? Oh my… do we really have to go there? She points out what the Obama campaign said a campaign brochure that was released on...

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Apparently Ravitch is No Longer Agnostic on the Common Core

Diane Ravitch endorsed President Barack Obama yesterday on CNN’s School of Thought Blog. Over the past three years, I have been an outspoken critic of the education policies of the Obama...

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The Tony Bennett Ouster Debate Continues

The debate continues.  You may remember Matthew Ladner called anti-common core activists in Indiana a bunch of yahoos since they helped defeat incumbent Republican Tony Bennett in the Indiana...

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Michelle Malkin is (Almost) Spot On

Michelle Malkin has made the Common Core State Standards the subject of her syndicated column this week which has been published not only on her own website, but at places like Townhall.com and...

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Debunking Misconceptions: “The Common Core is State-Led”

I thought that I would start a series on common misconceptions related to the Common Core State Standards.  I don’t know how frequently I’ll come back to this series, but as these misconceptions come...

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Obama Brags About ObamaCore in State of the Union Address

President Barack Obama discussed education in his State of the Union Address last night.  Here are his remarks preK-12 education below: …But none of it will matter unless we also equip our citizens...

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Georgia State Senator Ligon Discusses Removal of Common Core from Georgia

ATLANTA (February 28, 2013) – Sen. William Ligon (R-Brunswick) held a press conference today to discuss Senate Bill 167. Sen. Ligon sponsored this legislation to withdraw Georgia from its participation...

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Tommy Bice Defends Common Core in Alabama

The Alabama Senate Education Committee plans on voting on SB190 today which would remove Alabama from the Common Core.  Yesterday, Dr. Tommy Bice, Alabama’s State Superintendent of Education, held  a...

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It’s a Little Late for a Political Discussion?

The Cherokee County School Board in Georgia recently had a discussion about whether or not to have a citizen committee study the Common Core State Standards – both the pros and cons. It was quickly...

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The Tennessean’s Inaccurate Editorial

The editorial board at The Tennessean clucks its tongue at parents and citizens who recently showed up to protest the Common Core State Standards being implemented in their state in an editorial...

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Kansas State Board of Education’s “Fact” Sheet Void of Facts

On Monday seventeen Kansans spoke out against the Common Core at the Kansas State Board of Education meeting that was held in Topeka, KS.  It was covered by a local TV station and the Lawrence...

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The Real Truth About the Common Core State Standards

Wisconsin legislators invited Kathleen Porter-Magee of the Fordham Institute to testify before a joint committee on education about Common Core Standards. She also wrote “The Truth about Common Core”...

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Common Core Common Sense: Why It’s Illiberal and Unconstitutional

By Dr. Daniel B. CouplandOn May 29th, 2009, Arne Duncan, the new Secretary of Education for the Obama Administration, gave a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. In the speech, he...

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Common Core Withdrawal Bill Filed in New York Assembly

Bill A07994 was filed yesterday in the New York Assembly and then referred to the education committee.  This bill will halt the implementation of the Common Core State Standards and Race to the Top in...

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Arne Duncan: All Sticks, No Carrots

Here is a little blurb on U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in “The Washington Flyer” a weekly email sent out by the American Association of Christian Schools that I thought was...

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U.S. DOE Report Shows Smarter Balanced Lagging Behind

In a two-year report written by the U.S. Department of Education and published in May 2013 reviewing the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium shows the consortium is lagging behind its stated goals...

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16 States Plus DC Race to the Trough for Early Childhood Cash

Sixteen states plus the District of Columbia are racing for the trough once again.  This time it’s for early childhood cash.  The applicants are: Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia,...

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