U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan’s criticism of a bill before the California Assembly is a primer example of federal overreach. Granted, I’m not a fan of the bill either, and I’m surprised by Duncan’s reaction. The bill, AB 484 which I wrote about earlier, will speed up California’s time table on adopting the Smarter […]
Stop Common Core Funding in California
This is a reader submission a concerned parent in California, about a bill that would establish California’s new Common Core-aligned assessment and pave the way for Smarter Balanced Assessments: I just got off the phone with staff in the CA State Senate Appropriations Committee about AB 484 (Bonilla) Pupil assessments: California Measurement of Academic Performance […]