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Ted Cruz Calls for Common Core Repeal

November 5, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

After news of the Republican wave last night that led to the GOP reclaiming control of the U.S. Senate, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) called on the Republican-majority Senate to repeal the Common Core. “Now is the time to honor the 10th Amendment and repeal Common Core,” Cruz said. Watch here or below. This is […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: 10th Amendment, Common Core State Standards, Ted Cruz, U.S. Senate

Common Core Common Sense: Why It’s Illiberal and Unconstitutional

June 11, 2013 By truthinamed

By Dr. Daniel B. Coupland On May 29th, 2009, Arne Duncan, the new Secretary of Education for the Obama Administration, gave a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. In the speech, he said, We want to raise the bar dramatically in terms of high standards. What we have had as a country, […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: 10th Amendment, A Nation at Risk, Arne Duncan, Common Core Cost, Common Core ELA Standards, Common Core Math Standards, Common Core Quality, Common Core State Standards, constituitionality of Common Core, Cultural Literacy, Diane Ravitch, E.D. Hirsch, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Heartland Institute, Horace Mann, James Milgram, Joy Pullmann, Michelle Rhee, Michigan House of Representatives, National Press Club, No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, Randi Weingarten, Republican National Committee, Sandra Stotsky, States Fighting Common Core, Student Privacy, Texas House of Representatives, The Knowledge Deficit, Ze'ev Wurman

Debunking Misconceptions: “The Common Core is State-Led”

January 24, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

I thought that I would start a series on common misconceptions related to the Common Core State Standards.  I don’t know how frequently I’ll come back to this series, but as these misconceptions come up or as I hear them I want to address them.  The first is one that I hear quite frequently and […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: 10th Amendment, Achieve, Arne Duncan, Boeing, Carnegie Corporation of New York, common core misconceptions, Common Core State Standards, Council of Chief State School Officers, federalism, Gates Foundation, GE Foundation, IBM Corporation, Intel Foundation, local control in education, Massachusetts Education Standards, National Governors Association, Nationwide, NCLB waivers, Prudential Financial, Prudential Foundation, Race to the Top, State Farm Insurance, Texas Education Agency, Tony Bennett, U.S. Department of Education, Washington Mutual Foundation, William and Flora Hewett Foundation

Returning Educational Policy to the States Empowers Parents and Restores the Constitution

September 12, 2011 By Shane Vander Hart

Jane Robbins, a senior fellow with American Principles in Action,  had a piece published at The Public Discourse which was part of their 2012 Election Symposium.  Her thesis: Presidential candidates in the 2012 election must be prepared to protect the interests of parents and children nationwide by rolling back the progressive education agenda and returning […]

Filed Under: Candidates on Education, Federalized Education Tagged With: 10th Amendment, federal role in education, Jane Robbins, The Public Discourse, The Witherspoon Institute

Tom Pauken on the Decentralization of Discretionary Spending

August 19, 2011 By Shane Vander Hart

Tom Pauken, author of Bringing America Home and chair of the Texas Workforce Commission, discussed the decentralization of discretionary spending during a speech at the Eastside Conservative Club in Altoona, IA.  He mainly discusses education spending. Texans seem to understand the federalist position in regards to education intuitively.

Filed Under: Federalized Education Tagged With: 10th Amendment, Bringing America Home, discretionary spending, Federal Department of Education, federal education mandates, federal education spending, federalism, Tom Pauken

Newt Gingrich on Education

June 28, 2011 By Shane Vander Hart

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich joined us on our Saturday stop on the Iowa Tea Party Bus Tour in Indianola.  He answered a couple of our questions regarding education: Regarding federal involvement in education: If I’m the nominee we’ll have a contract with America and we’ll have seven major bills.  One of the […]

Filed Under: Candidates on Education, National Curriculum? Tagged With: 10th Amendment, Individual Education Plans, national standards, Newt Gingrich

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