The Libertas Institute announced a lawsuit filed against the Utah State Board of Education over the Common Core State Standards. The lawsuit filed today in Utah’s Third Judicial District Court has six plantiffs, a couple of them who are well known by Truth in American Education readers. They are: Patti Bateman, who was an elementary […]
Utah Republicans Pass Anti-Common Core Resolution
The Utah Republican Party passed an anti-Common Core resolution by a 65.5% to 35.5% margin at their State Convention this weekend. This happened despite a huge effort by the Utah State Office of Education to oppose the resolution. Christel Swasey has a good recap of what happened on Saturday. Here is a copy of the […]
Full Glenn Beck Show on Common Core
In case you missed the program here is the full video of the Glenn Beck program on the Common Core on TheBlaze TV with Emmett McGroarty of American Principles Project, Sherena Arrington, a political consultant from Georgia, and two teachers from Utah, David Cox and Christel Swasey. HT: Christel Swasey
Glenn Beck Outs the Common Core
Glenn Beck today highlighted the Common Core on his show on The Blaze TV. His guests were Emmett McGroarty of American Principles Project, Sherena Arrington, a political consultant from Georgia, and two teachers from Utah, David Cox and Christel Swasey. Beck in his opening remarks gave a wake-up call for those who may be apathetic […]
GOP Divided on ObamaCore
It is so good for EdWeek to point out that yes there is dissention in the ranks. Not all Republicans have bought into Governor Jeb Bush’s vision of education reform, as far as, national standards are concerned. On the one hand, there’s Jeb Bush, a key Romney surrogate and the former GOP governor of Florida. […]
Utah Battle of the Blogs Over Common Core State Standards
Last Tuesday the Utah Education Coalition held a panel discussion with legislators, parents and teachers invited. Bill Evers of the Hoover Institution, Kent Talbert, and Emmett McGroarty of American Principles Project were panelists. The press release issued for the event said: The objective of this forum is to more clearly explain how parents and children […]