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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

DeVos Cites Flexibility While Complaining About ESSA State Plans

March 6, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Betsy DeVos at CPAC 2017

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos cited the flexibility of the Every School Succeeds Act (ESSA) speaking at a Council of Chief State School Officers’ gathering, while at the same time, complained about the state plans she has approved just met the “bare minimum.”

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: Betsy DeVos, Council of Chief State School Officers, Every Student Succeeds Act

State School Chiefs to Congress: Make Us Do Annual Testing

January 12, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

In a letter sent to the leadership in the House and Senate Education Committees, the CCSSO asks Congress to keep the annual testing mandate for the states.

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: CCSSO, Council of Chief State School Officers, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, ESEA, No Child Left Behind

NGA Chair Gov. Mary Fallin Target of Campaign to End Common Core

May 5, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

American Principles Project, Eagle Forum, Concerned Women for America, Home School Legal Defense Association and several other grassroots conservative groups launched a campaign urging the Chair of the National Governors Association, Governor Mary Fallin (R-OK), to end the Common Core State Standards Initiative.  The NGA, along with the Council of Chief State School Officers, are […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: American Principles Project, Common Core State Standards, Common Core State Standards Initiative, Concerned Women for America, Council of Chief State School Officers, Eagle Forum, Emmett McGroarty, Heartland Institute, Home School Legal Defense Association, Jamie Gass, Jane Robbins, Jim Stergois, Joy Pullman, Mary Fallin, Michael Farris, Michelle Malkin, National Governors Association, ParentalRights.org, Phyllis Schlafly, Pioneer Institute, Smart Girls Politics Action, Stacy Mott

Common Core State Standards Not Nevada’s Creation

April 9, 2014 By truthinamed

By Karen Briske & Christina Leventis State-led, state-led, no really it was state-led! How many times have “We the People” been told the Common Core State Standards c. 2010 was a state-led process? How many times have “We the People” been told the adoption of the standards were voluntary (which, of course, begs the question […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Arne Duncan, Common Core State Standards, Council of Chief State School Officers, Dale Erquiaga, Jim Gibbons, Keith Rheault, National Governors Association, Nevada Department of Education, Nevada Legislature

U.S. Chamber: It’s Time for the Common Core Propaganda to Begin

April 3, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce released its pro-Common Core video, “It’s Time for the Common Core State Standards” to counter HSLDA’s release of their documentary on the Common Core called Building the Machine.  CCSSO, in an email to members, described this video as a “mini-documentary.”  Carissa Miller of CCSSO said that it will  “provide the […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Carissa Miller, Common Core State Standards, Council of Chief State School Officers, Gates Foundation, HSLDA, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

A Formal Response to the CCSSO Letter on Student Data Privacy

January 30, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

36 groups in 26 states co-signed this letter written by Dr. Karen Effrem, President of Education Liberty Watch and co-founder of the Florida Stop Common Core Coalition, in response to a letter that members of the Council of Chief State School Officers sent to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan.  Since Truth in American Education is […]

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: common core assessments, Council of Chief State School Officers, student data privacy

Wait! Weren’t We Told the Common Core Was Initiated By “The States”?

January 13, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

We’ve been told by Common Core advocates that they were developed by “the states.”  The Huffington Post on Friday published a defense of the Common Core, and they have a historical overview of the Common Core’s development.  We learned fascinating things about how Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holliday agonized over how to accomplish his state […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core Development, Common Core State Standards, Council of Chief State School Officers, David Coleman, Huffington Post, Jason Zimbia, Kentucky Legislature, National Governors Association, Terry Holliday

Bill Gates Wins Hearts for the Common Core By Lining Pockets

November 27, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation spent millions to advance the Common Core State Standards in 2013. From Valerie Strauss at The Washington Post: Millions of Gates dollars were awarded this year for various Core-related activities, including to increase public support for the Common Core;  a $3.2 million grant to the New Venture Fund is […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Council of Chief State School Officers, National Association of School Boards, National Association of State Legislators, National Education Association, New Venture Fund

Alabama State School Board to Vote on Meaningless Resolution

October 28, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

The Alabama State Board of Education is set to vote on a resolution that would rescind a 2009 agreement with the National Governors Association and Council of Chief State School Officers related to the Common Core State Standards.  The Dothan Eagle reports: According to a press release by the state, the move would help remove […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Alabama State Board of Education, Betty Peters, Common Core State Standards, Council of Chief State School Officers, National Governors Association, Tommy Bice

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