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Common Core, The Great “Leveler”

October 18, 2018 By Jane Robbins

Jane Robbins: The latest ACT scores show that Common Core has been a great leveler – just not in the way it was promised.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education Reform Tagged With: ACT, Common Core, Common Core State Standards, NAEP

Report: Has Common Core Changed What Teachers Know and Do?

October 12, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

How has Common Core changed what teachers know and do? The Rand Corporation released a report that examines whether or not that is the case.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Rand Corporation

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

Common Core Collaborators

August 28, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Richard P. Phelps of Nonpartisan Education Review provides a historical, financial and media analyses of six different Common Core collaborators.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Achieve, Bellwether Education Partners, College Board, Common Core, Council of Chief State School Officers, David Coleman, Fordham Institute, National Governors Association, Richard Phelps

Common Core Did Not Help Mary Fallin’s Lack of Popularity

August 13, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

One of the reasons why Governor Mary Fallin, a Republican governor in a red state, is so unpopular was her tepid response to efforts to repeal Common Core.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Jenni White, Mary Fallin, Oklahoma, Reclaim Oklahoma Parent Empowerment

Arne Duncan Does Not Regret Race To The Top or Common Core

August 8, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in his new memoir says he does not have any regrets over the Race to the Top program pushing Common Core.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Arne Duncan, Common Core State Standards, Education Week, Race to the Top

The Not So Surprising Findings in Fordham Institute’s Survey of ELA Teachers

July 19, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

The Fordham Institute released its survey of 1200 ELA teachers and they have found students read less fiction, content knowledge is slighted, and writing instruction needs help.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Ann Duffett, Common Core ELA Standards, David Griffith, ELA Teachers, Fordham Institute

Only 37% of Illinois Students Passed PARCC’s Reading and Writing Assessment

May 30, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Fox Illinois reported earlier this month that only 37 percent of 3rd-8th graders in Illinois passed the PARCC’s reading and writing assessment. With the poor quality of the Common Core State Standards, it should not be a surprise.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core, Common Core ELA Standards, Illinois, Illinois State Board of Education, PARCC

Is Common Core Racist?

May 16, 2018 By Denis Ian

Denis Ian: The Common Core reformers …. from the start … were hesitant and spineless. Supposedly daring reformers dared not look at this issue of school performance through the lenses of race and economics.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards

How Much Does Common Core Misery Cost?

April 26, 2018 By Denis Ian

Denis Ian: Your own schools … the ones you actually own … will be the investment oases of this new century … with a renewable stream of your own tax dollars until … until we all come to our senses. Or go broke.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core Cost, Common Core State Standards

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