Bill Gates during a speech at the Council of the Great City Schools said he would spend another $1.7 Billion on education initiatives in public schools.
Schools Grading Parents?
Success Academies, a charter school network in New York City, grades their parents on homework supervision, school readiness, responsiveness and investment.
Federalized Dataless Education Reform Impacting Kindergarten
Kindergarten Entry Assessment is another education reform pushed onto states through federal money that had no basis in evidence.
Common Core Soon to Be No More in Kansas?
The Lawrence Journal-World says Common Core is soon to be no more in Kansas. A brief look at their new math standards approved in August says differently.
The Pressure Mounts
Denis Ian: Education’s deep spiral has now hit bottom. And the thud you hear? That’s your child’s head … hittin’ the wall.
Colorado: Another Example of Federal “Flexibility”
The Feds rejected Colorado’s state accountability system that did not penalize schools with high opt-out rates, now the state will have two systems.
Indiana’s Assessment Woes
The Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette highlights in a recent editorial the testing woes that Indiana currently faces that include a problem with the new vendor.
Husted Is Anti-Common Core? Why Did He Support Race to the Top?
In 2009, as an Ohio State Senator, Jon Husted supported Race to the Top, the federal grant program that helped to push Common Core onto states.
Common Core Injected Into Ohio Gubernatorial Race
Congressman Jim Renacci (R-Ohio) in a TV ad accused the other candidates in Ohio’s Republican Gubernatorial Primary of supporting Common Core.
Less Than Half of California 3rd Graders Being Proficient in Math is Hope?
California’s third-graders in 2017 have been under Common Core since the beginning, and still, only 47 percent meet or exceed the standards.
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