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 […]
Arizona Referendum Filed Targeting Potential Common Core Funding
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 […]
What Does It Take to Stop Common Core? Defund It.
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, […]
The Michigan Senate Votes to Defund the Common Core (Updated: Jumped The Gun)
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 […]