Congressional Leadership Is Bull-Rushing Through HR5, the 600 Page Reauthorization of No Child Left Behind (rebranded the “Student Success Act”) The House votes on it this week. Call your Representative and call the Speaker of the House and tell them to vote “no” on HR 5! 202-224-3121. Below are just a few of the problems. […]
Is The U.S. Dept. of Education Violating Federal Law by Directing Standards, Tests & Curricula?
BOSTON, MA —Despite three federal laws that prohibit federal departments or agencies from directing, supervising or controlling elementary and secondary school curricula, programs of instruction and instructional materials, the U.S. Department of Education (“Department”) has placed the nation on the road to a national curriculum, according to a new report written by a former general […]
Federal takeover of instruction will cost Washington state more than $300 million—new exit strategy for states emerges
Federal takeover of instruction will cost Washington state more than $300 million—new exit strategy for states emerges December 3, 2011 by Liv Finne Washington Policy Center
Cost of Common Core Standards will be $800 million in California, $300 million in Washington state
Cost of Common Core Standards will be $800 million in California, $300 million in Washington state November 10, 2011 by Liv Finne Washington Policy Center
Implementing Common Core Could Cost States $30 Billion
Implementing Common Core Could Cost States $30 Billion RACHEL SHEFFIELD November 28, 2011 Heartlander
Anti-Common-Core Resolution Advances in Legislative Group
Anti-Common-Core Resolution Advances in Legislative Group By Catherine Gewertz on December 2, 2011 2:39 PM Education Week
New Standards, Familiar Problems
The following op-ed is the John Locke Foundation’s Daily Journal for Friday, October 28, 2011: If you thought the federal No Child Left Behind law was bad, you haven’t seen anything yet. Next year, the N.C. Department of Public Instruction will introduce new curriculum standards for all public school students. This will include Common Core […]
The Common Core in North Carolina
By chance, I came across this 2010 quote from North Carolina’s State Superintendent of Public Instruction, June Atkinson. It isn’t often that curriculum development takes front and center, but lately it has. Yesterday the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) released the draft […]
My Testimony on National Standards before US House
My Testimony on National Standards before US House Sept. 21, 2011 Jay P. Greene’s Blog As I mentioned yesterday, I testified before the US House Subcommittee on Early Education, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Here is the written testimony I submitted: Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, thank you for having me here to testify today. […]
Your Teacher Said WHAT?
Your Teacher Said WHAT? Nancy Flanagan on September 5, 2011 Education Week In the end, not much will have changed. Good schools will still be good schools, terrible schools in poor neighborhoods will still be failing–and “delivering content” via technology will still be promoted as the Next Big Thing, an exciting option to make education […]