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Common Core: The Government’s Classroom Webcast

September 10, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

If you missed last night’s webcast hosted by Family Research Council the archive is up. Guests included Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.), Rep. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Dr. Sandra Stotsky of the University of Arkansas; Jane Robbins, Esq. of the American Principles Project; Dr. Neal McCluskey of the CATO Institute; and Will Estrada, Esq. of the Home […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: American Principles Project, Bobby Jindal, Cato Institute, Common Core State Standards, Family Research Council, HSLDA, Jane Robbins, Neal McClusky, Sandra Stotsky, Sarah Perry, Tony Perkins, Will Estrada

Brookings Institute: States Using Common Core Math Standards Show Little Progress

March 20, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

The Brookings Institution released a report that undermines the belief that the Common Core will better prepare students for STEM.  If that is the case and these standards are so great why are states with standards that are the most dissimilar to the Common Core have better assessment scores? The progress report proceeds along two […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Cato Institute, Common Core State Standards, Heartland Institute, Joy Pullmann, NAEP, Neal McClusky, The Brookings Institution

Does More Money Mean Better Education?

February 28, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

Not according to this chart from the Cato Institute.  So why is this argument always made year after year when there is absolutely no data that demonstrates this?

Filed Under: Federalized Education Tagged With: Cato Institute, federal education spending

Common Core Shouldn’t Offer Classes In Ambiguity

December 12, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

Diane Ravitch opines that David Coleman shouldn’t be surprised by the confusion related to the Common Core ELA Standards guidance on how much informational text should be used compared to fiction. The problem is that, no matter what Coleman may say, publishers and districts believe the standards call for more informational text and less literature […]

Filed Under: CCSS Content Tagged With: Cato Institute, Common Core ELA Standards, Diane Ravitch, Neal McClusky

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