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Duke Pesta Discusses Proposed Education & Labor Department Merger

June 27, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Dr. Duke Pesta and Alex Newman with FreedomProject Media discuss the Trump Administration’s proposed merger of U.S. Departments of Education and Labor.

Filed Under: Federalized Education Tagged With: Alex Newman, Duke Pesta, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Labor

(Video) Duke Pesta & Sandra Stotsky Discuss “Changing the Course of Failure”

June 12, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Dr. Duke Pesta and Dr. Sandra Stotsky discuss Stotsky’s new book, Changing the Course of Failure: How Schools and Parents Can Help Low-Achieving Students.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: Duke Pesta, Sandra Stotsky

Video: Duke Pesta & Sandra Stotsky Discuss Failed Colleges of Education

February 1, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Dr. Duke Pesta and Dr. Sandra Stotsky discuss in a new FreedomProject Media video how colleges of education have been a failure in passing on subject mastery for prospective teachers and instead focusing on politics and ideology in the classroom.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: Duke Pesta, Sandra Stotsky

Video: Duke Pesta & Sandra Stotsky Dissect Why Common Core Has Failed

January 8, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Dr. Duke Pesta and Dr. Sandra Stotsky drill down on a new report from the Pioneer Institute that shows how the move to Common Core and their subsequent “new standards” hurt Massachusetts student achievement.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Duke Pesta, FreedomProject Media, Massachusetts, Pioneer Institute, Sandra Stotsky

Common Core: From Farce to Failure (Video)

November 11, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

Dr. Duke Pesta who has been going around the country speaking out against Common Core has a new presentation entitled Common Core: From Farce to Failure.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Duke Pesta, FreedomProject Education, Resources

(Video) Stotsky, Tienken, and Pesta at Stop Common Core Event in New Jersey

October 15, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Dr. Sandra Stotsky, Dr. Christopher Tienken, and Dr. Duke Pesta all spoke at a “symposium of learning” entitled “No More Common Core” hosted by Concerned Citizens of New Jersey on Saturday, September 27 in Vineland, NJ.  They were also joined by Deneen Borelli of FreedomWorks, Dr. Tom Borelli, a molecular biologist, and Vern Williams of […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Christopher Tienken, Common Core Presentations, Common Core State Standards, Duke Pesta, Sandra Stotsky

No More Common Core Symposium in New Jersey

June 24, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

New Jersey readers mark your calendars for this symposium that will be offered in September.  Concerned Citizens of Southern New Jersey will host a “No More Common Core” Symposium on Saturday, September 27, 2014 at 10:00am at the Ramada Inn in Vineland, NJ.  Guest speakers will be: Sandra Stotsky, Duke Pesta, Chris Tienken, Deneen Borelli, […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Chris Tienken, Common Core State Standards, Concerned Citizens of Southern New Jersey, Deneen Borelli, Duke Pesta, events, Sandra Stotsky, Tom Borelli

North Dakota DPI Official Attacks Common Core Opponent

May 13, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

The spokesperson for North Dakota’s Department of Public Instruction, Dale Wetzel, has been caught engaging in email smear campaign of Common Core foe, Dr. Duke Pesta, an English professor at the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh.  Pesta also serves as the Academic Director of FreedomProject Education.  This led up to Pesta, who has been active in fighting […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Dale Wetzel, Duke Pesta, FreedomProject Education, Jay Thomas, Kirsten Baesler, North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, North Dakota Watchdog, Rob Port, SayAnything Blog

Two Upcoming New York State Conference Calls

November 6, 2013 By truthinamed

Stop Common Core in New York State is hosting two conference calls this month: 1. Tonight at 7 pm EST with Dr. Duke Pesta and Emmett McGroarty: Topic: Common Core Catholic Identity Initiative and the Classical Catholic Education: Two Worlds at Odds With One Another. Common Core State Standards in education have garnered a growing […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Duke Pesta, Emmett McGroarty, James Milgram, Stop Common Core in New York State

Dr. Duke Pesta Gives Testimony Against Common Core in Wisconsin

October 21, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

Dr. Duke Pesta, FreedomProject Education’s Academic Director and Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, gave testimony against the Common Core State Standards during a public hearing held on Wednesday, October 16th in Fond du Lac, WI. You can watch it below:

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Duke Pesta, Wisconsin Public Hearings

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