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Changing State Standards: Repeal, Revise, Replace, Rebrand, Update, or Unique?

June 11, 2019 By J.R. Wilson

J.R. Wilson: Do states that make noise about Common Core want to repeal, revise, replace, rebrand, or update their standards?

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core, Common Core State Standards

DeSantis Orders End of Common Core in Florida

January 31, 2019 By Shane Vander Hart

Local news reports that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) has signed an executive order abolishing Common Core in the state.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core, Florida, Next Generation Sunshine State Standards, Ron DeSantis

New York Sees a Spike in Regents Exam Failures Five Years After Common Core

January 14, 2019 By Shane Vander Hart

A report by education policy consultant David Rubin shows a spike in the failure rate of New York students on their math and ELA Regents Exam.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: Common Core, David Rubel, New York, New York Regents Exam

Why Are Common Core Critics Against Personalized Learning?

December 20, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Shane Vander Hart: There are several reasons why Common Core opponents are taking up the fight against personalized learning, here are seven reasons I oppose it.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: Common Core, personalized learning

Common Core, Workforce Development, and Assigning Blame

October 29, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Shane Vander Hart: Those who beat this drum overlook the fundamental question – is preparing students for the workforce the role of K-12 education?

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: Common Core, education reform, workforce development

ACT Math Score Drop Unsurprising Says Past NCTM President

October 19, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Former National Council of Teachers of Mathematics president said 2018 ACT results “are extremely disappointing, but not entirely unexpected.”

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: ACT, Common Core, Matt Larson, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Common Core, The Great “Leveler”

October 18, 2018 By Jane Robbins

Jane Robbins: The latest ACT scores show that Common Core has been a great leveler – just not in the way it was promised.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education Reform Tagged With: ACT, Common Core, Common Core State Standards, NAEP

Common Core Collaborators

August 28, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Richard P. Phelps of Nonpartisan Education Review provides a historical, financial and media analyses of six different Common Core collaborators.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Achieve, Bellwether Education Partners, College Board, Common Core, Council of Chief State School Officers, David Coleman, Fordham Institute, National Governors Association, Richard Phelps

Education Policy: Where the Florida Gubernatorial Primary Candidates Stand

August 20, 2018 By Karen Effrem

Karen Effrem provides a Common Core/FedEd/High Stakes Testing/Preschool comparison of the Florida gubernatorial primary for both parties.

Filed Under: Candidates on Education, Education at State Level Tagged With: Adam Putnam, Alex Lundmark, Andrew Gillum, Bob Langford, Bob White, Bruce Nathan, Chris King, Common Core, Don Baldauf, Every Student Succeeds Act, federal role in education, Florida, Florida Primary, Gwen Graham, Head Start Act, Jeff Greene, John Mercadante, Jon Wetherbee, No Child Left Behind, Phil Levine, pre-K, Ron DeSantis, Timothy DeVine

Is American Government Rejecting Capitalism & Embracing a Managed Economy?

August 1, 2018 By Karen Effrem

Karen Effrem: Although Tucker and colleagues tout European education-workforce systems, none have produced or will produce American levels of freedom and prosperity.

Filed Under: Workforce Development Tagged With: Betsy DeVos, Carl Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, Common Core, Competency Based Education, Every Student Succeeds Act, Goals 2000, Hillary Clinton, Marc Tucker, Michael Chapman, Michele Bachmann, No Child Left Behind, personalized learning, Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports, School to Work, Smaller Learning Communities, Social-Emotional Learning, The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Labor, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

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