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Fireworks in Missouri Over Common Core

June 9, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch accuse Republicans of peddling a Common Core lie, Anne Gassel & Gretchen Logue rebut the lies and half truths they put forth.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Anne Gassel, Common Core State Standards, Gretchen Logue, Missouri, Missouri Education Watchdog

Missouri’s Membership in Smarter Balanced Found Unconstitutional

February 25, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

A Missouri judge finds that Missouri’s membership in Smarter Balanced is illegal and has permanently enjoined the state to not pay membership dues.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: Anne Gassel, common core assessments, Compact Clause, Daniel Green, Fred N. Sauer, Gretchen Logue, Jay Nixon, Missouri, Smarter Balanced

Missouri Activists Sue State of Missouri Over Common Core Payments

September 18, 2014 By truthinamed

Gretchen Logue  and Anne Gassel  of the Missouri Coalition Against Common Core have joined Fred N. Sauer in filing a taxpayer lawsuit against Governor Nixon, Commissioner Nicastro, and other state officials.  The lawsuit challenges Missouri’s payment of taxpayer money to the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, a consortium of states that is implementing tests aligned to […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Anne Gassel, Fred N. Sauer, Gretchen Logue, Jay Nixon, Missouri Coalition Against Common Core, press releases, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

Feds Bypass States to Get Local Districts to Sign “Future Ready District Pledge”

September 18, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Missouri Education Watchdog first reported today that the U.S. Department of Education has sent out a letter to Superintendents of local school districts explaining their “future ready district pledge.” You can find the letter here and I also have the text below: Dear Superintendent, As one of more than 16,000 superintendents leading school districts across […]

Filed Under: Federalized Education Tagged With: Anne Gassel, federalism, Future Ready District Pledge, local control in education, Missouri Education Watchdog, U.S. Department of Education

Missouri Governor Signs Bill to Review and Replace Common Core

July 15, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Gretchen Logue of Missouri Education Watchdog reported late yesterday afternoon that Governor Jay Nixon signed HB 1490 into law.  He had until August 28th to sign the bill or veto the bill.  He could have also let the bill go into effect without his signature.  The bill will keep the Common Core State Standards in […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Anne Gassel, Common Core State Standards, Gretchen Logue, HB 1490, Jay Nixon, Missouri Coalition Against Common Core, Missouri Education Watchdog, Missouri Legislature

Missouri Rally for Excellent Education This Tuesday

February 17, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Missouri Coalition Against Common Core will host a “Rally for Excellent Education” this Tuesday, February 18th.  Below is an email that was sent out by the group’s co-founder Anne Gassel: If you need a GPS address you can use 201 W. Capitol Ave Jefferson City. You will most likely end up parking in one of […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Anne Gassel, Common Core State Standards, events, Missouri Coalition Against Common Core

Anne Gassel’s Common Core Action List

August 26, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

This weekend I spoke this weekend at an event called “Exposing the Common Core” in Collinsville, IL (outside of St. Louis, MO).  Anne Gassel, the co-editor of Missouri Education Watchdog, also spoke.  I gave an overview of the Common Core and problems I had with it.  She presented an action list which I really liked […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Anne Gassel, Common Core State Standards, Missouri Education Watchdog

In Illinois: Exposing the Common Core

August 14, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

Here is an event for those who live in Southwestern Illinois and the St. Louis, MO area. When: August 24th, 2013 at 6:00p-8:00p (CDT) Where: Revive Church – Collinsville,IL (1105 W. Beltline Rd, Collinsville, IL 62234) Speakers: David Smith from Illinois Family Institute Beth Halas and Joyce Landre – Illinois Freedom Coalition Anne Gassel – […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Anne Gassel, Beth Halas, Common Core, David Smith, Illinois Family Institute, Illinois Freedom Coalition, Missouri Coalition Against Common Core, Revive Church, Shane Vander Hart

The Impact of Florida’s Assessments on Private Schools

August 21, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

I received an email from Anne Gassel, one of our partners here, after the post on the end of course kerfuffle being experienced by at least one private school in Florida.  She made some interesting comments about the impact assessments could have with Florida’s private schools. With her permission I’m sharing her thoughts here: Thinking […]

Filed Under: Education at State Level Tagged With: Anne Gassel, Florida Board of Education, impact of assessments on private schools, Rick Scott

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