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 […]
Junk Common Core Curriculum
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 […]
Schools Strike Back Against Common Core Opponents
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 […]
Indoctrination in Common Core ELA Aligned Texts
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 […]