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Study: Since Common Core Student Achievement Has Declined and School Choice Harmed

September 27, 2018 By truthinamed

Pioneer Institute Study: Curriculum centralization has failed to improve international competitiveness—it’s time to re-think curriculum standards-based reform

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Neal McClusky, Patrick J. Wolf, Pioneer Institute, Standards-Based Reform, Theodor Rebarber

ACT Sued by Disabled Students Over Release of Personal Information

August 9, 2018 By truthinamed

A class action lawsuit was filed against ACT by a group of disabled students and parents of disabled students for release of their disability status.

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: ACT, American with Disabilities Act, California Constitution, Miller Advocacy Group, Panish Shea & Boyle LLP, Student Privacy, Unruh Act

Pioneer Institute Study: Massachusetts “Eviscerates” Its K-12 History Standards

June 21, 2018 By truthinamed

The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education should reject a proposed rewrite of the Massachusetts History and Social Science Curriculum Framework in its entirety and immediately restore the state’s 2003 framework

Filed Under: Education at State Level Tagged With: American Principles Project, David Randall, Jane Robbins, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Massachusetts History and Social Science Curriculum Framework, National Association of Scholars, Pioneer Institute, white paper, Will Fitzhugh

Report Reveals a Lack of Transparency In Marketplace of Student Data

June 8, 2018 By truthinamed

A study from Fordham Law School’s Center on Law and Information Policy uncovered and documented an overall lack of transparency in the student information commercial marketplace and an absence of law to protect student information.

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: FCRA, FERPA, Fordham Law School's Center on Law and Information Policy, student data marketplace, Student Privacy

Coalition Calls on Congress to Rewrite FERPA

April 17, 2018 By truthinamed

American Principles Project and individuals from more than 100 organizations including Education Liberty Watch and Eagle Forum called on Congress to rewrite the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: American Principles Project, Eagle Forum, Education Liberty Watch, Emmett McGroarty, FERPA, U.S. House Education & the Workforce Committee

Common Core Is Very Much Alive

March 27, 2018 By truthinamed

Nicholas Tampio: Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos called the education standards known as the Common Core a “disaster” and proclaimed: “At the U.S. Department of Education, Common Core is dead.” The reality, however, is that the Common Core is still very much alive.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Betsy DeVos, Common Core, Every Student Succeeds Act, Nicholas Tampio, U.S. Department of Education

Stop The Congressional Assault on Student Privacy and Parental Rights

November 13, 2017 By truthinamed

Urgent action needed to stop Congress from passing what can only be described as an unprecedented assault on student privacy and parental rights.

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: College Transparency Act, CTA, FEPA, Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act, H.R. 2434, H.R. 3157, H.R. 4174, S. 1121, S. 2046, Student Privacy Protection Act

New Massachusetts Science Standards Are Subpar

December 5, 2016 By truthinamed

Massachusetts’ new science standards adopted by the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education fall short according to a new Pioneer Institute study.

Filed Under: Next Generation Science Standards Tagged With: Massachusetts, Next Generation Science Standards, Paul Gross, Pioneer Institute, Pioneer Institute Whitepaper, Stan Metzenberg, Ze'ev Wurman

Study Finds Common Core Incompatible With Catholic Education

October 12, 2016 By truthinamed

New paper outlines “fundamental and profound differences” between goals of the Common Core State Standards and the goals of Catholic education.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: American Principles Project, Anthony Esolen, Catholic education, Common Core State Standards, Dan Guernsey, Jane Robbins, Kevin Ryan, Pioneer Institute, white paper

Modern Education Reform and the Bobbles of Ignorance

October 4, 2016 By truthinamed

Michael Bohr: The people who claim to care, who claim to teach our children to care, dazzle us with shiny objects and the promise of a better future.

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