Truth in American Education

Fighting to stop the Common Core State Standards, their Assessments and Student Data Mining.

Education Policy: Where the Florida Gubernatorial Primary Candidates Stand

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

Is American Government Rejecting Capitalism & Embracing a Managed Economy?

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

Only 37% of Illinois Students Passed PARCC’s Reading and Writing Assessment

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Fox Illinois reported earlier this month that only 37 percent of 3rd-8th graders in Illinois passed the PARCC’s reading and writing assessment. With the poor quality of the Common Core State Standards, it should not be a surprise.

South Dakota Gubernatorial Candidates Weigh-In on K-12 Education

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Shane Vander Hart takes a look at where South Dakota’s leading gubernatorial candidates: State Senate Minority Leader Billie Sutton (D-Burke), Congresswoman Kristie Noem (R-SD), and South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley (R) stand on issues related to K-12 education.

Video: How Corporations and Big Government Collaborate

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The Heritage Foundation this morning hosted a panel discussion with Emmett McGroarty and Jane Robbins with American Principles Project and Erin Tuttle with Hoosiers Against Common Core to discuss their book Deconstructing the Administrative State: The Fight for Liberty.  

Co-Author of 1993 MA Ed Reform Act Concerned About Current Policies

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Massachusetts Education Reform Act co-author and former Senate President Tom Birmingham praised the historic success that has been achieved since the law was enacted in 1993, but expressed concern that the Commonwealth is veering away from basic principles of the law that produced that success.

South Dakota’s New Standards Are a Rebrand

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South Dakota Secretary of Education Don Kirkegaard said, “Common Core standards in South Dakota are officially gone.” That is a misleading statement at best.