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Georgia State Professor: Gates Has Spent $2.3 Billion on Common Core

March 18, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Jack Hassard, Professor Emeritus at Georgia State, provides evidence that Gates has spent $2.3 billion on the implementation and advocacy of the Common Core.  Writing at the Art of Teaching Science in an article entitled “Why Bill Gates Defends the Common Core,” Hassard writes: Why is Bill Gates so concerned about those that have taken […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Bill Gates, Common Core funding

Arizona Referendum Filed Targeting Potential Common Core Funding

July 1, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

There has been a referendum filed during the Arizona Legislature’s special session.  It aims to prevent the implementation of the Common Core State Standards in Arizona schools.  The referendum was filed on Wednesday last week by “We the People AZ Against the Common Core.”   According to Arizona Politics they must collect at least 86,405 valid […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Arizona Legislature, Common Core funding, We the People AZ Against the Common Core, Wesley Harris

What Does It Take to Stop Common Core? Defund It.

June 6, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

Michael McShane of American Enterprise Institute wrote a guest post at the Washington Post’s education blog, Answer Sheet.  He asked, is it really that easy to block the Common Core State Standards?  He was responding to the Michigan Legislature pausing funding for the Common Core. To try and stop the Common Core, (Tom) McMillin introduced, […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: American Enterprise Institute, Common Core funding, Common Core Repeal, Michael McShane, Michigan Legislature, Tom McMillin, Washington Post

The Michigan Senate Votes to Defund the Common Core (Updated: Jumped The Gun)

May 29, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

Update: I was just told that today’s education omnibus budget did NOT contain language for defunding the Common Core that they will be voting on that next week.  Sorry for jumping the gun, I thought I had reliable information and didn’t realize there was more than one education spending bill. Also, I learned that Governor […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core funding, Common Core State Standards, Michigan House, Michigan Senate, Rick Snyder

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