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Local School Board in Louisiana Votes to Dump Common Core Math

October 14, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

You may recall that last year the St. Tammany Parish school board voted unanimously on a resolution urging the state of Louisiana to reject Common Core.  Almost one full year later the same board voted last week to dump Common Core-aligned math curriculum. It will phased out over the course of the school year. “We’re […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core Aligned Curriculum, Common Core Math, Eureka Math, St. Tammany Parish School Board

Junk Common Core Curriculum

July 17, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Fordham Institute’s Amber Northern provided a workshop called “Spring Training: Working on the Fundamentals” at the Education Writer’s Association’s 67th National Seminar at Vanderbilt University. Fordham Institute did a study of four different schools that they called early adopters of the Common Core. She noted that curriculum development was like a “patchwork quilt” in these […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Amber Northern, Common Core Aligned Curriculum, Common Core State Standards, Fordham Institute

Schools Strike Back Against Common Core Opponents

February 25, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Two different stories were brought to my attention today.  They are from different parts of the country, and vary in seriousness, but it gives a snapshot of how Common Core opponents are being treated in some quarters. One is a case of a substitute teacher suing his school district for being fired from Courthouse News […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Alabama College and Career Readiness Standards, Arab City Schools, Bruce Smith, Common Core Aligned Curriculum, Common Core opposition, Common Core State Standards, Dorenda Neihof, East Oldham Middle School, John Mullins, Oldham County Board of Education, Phillip Moore

Indoctrination in Common Core ELA Aligned Texts

June 5, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

Oak Norton of Utahns Against Common Core made a video last month point out indoctrination that exists in textbooks that are used in his state that are aligned to the Common Core ELA standards.  The standards themselves don’t indoctrinate, but the curriculum is susceptible for this – especially there is a shift toward using more […]

Filed Under: CCSS Content Tagged With: Common Core Aligned Curriculum, Common Core ELA Standards, Oak Norton

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