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Next Generation Science Standards Go All In With Climate Change

April 11, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

I’ve already written about the problems inherent with the Next Generation Science Standards based on a couple of review that had been published.  The Los Angeles Times published a story confirming that the Next Generation Science Standards which have just been released will “delve more deeply” into climate change. For the first time, the proposed […]

Filed Under: Next Generation Science Standards Tagged With: Climate Change, featured, Heartland Institute, James Taylor, Joy Pullmann, Los Angeles Times, Next Generation Science Standards

Common Core Study Bill Filed in North Carolina

April 11, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

H733 was filed in the North Carolina House of Representatives.  The bill’s purpose is to establish a committee of 20 members to study the Common Core State Standards and their impact in North Carolina.  State Representatives Larry Pittman (R-Concord), Hugh Blackwell (R-Valdese), Rob Bryan (R-Charlotte) and Michael Speciale (R-New Bern) are the primary sponsors.  If […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, featured, H733, Hugh Blackwell, John Locke Foundation, Larry Pittman, Michael Speciale, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, North Carolina House of Representatives, Rob Bryan, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, Terry Stoops

RNC Draft Resolution on the Common Core

April 10, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

The Republican National Committee Spring Meeting starts today in Los Angeles.  One of the items that will be discussed and voted on is a draft resolution on the Common Core State Standards which you can see below: RESOLUTION CONCERNING COMMON CORE EDUCATION STANDARDS WHEREAS, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are a set of academic […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, featured, Republican National Committee, RNC, RNC Spring Meeting

Why Conservatives Object to the Common Core

April 4, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

Kathleen Porter-Magee & Sol Stern ask in the subheading of their National Review article defending the Common Core State Standards ask “why are prominent conservatives criticizing a set of rigorous educational standards?” There are others who have provided direct rebuttals.  I want to answer their primary question.  While I’m not a “prominent conservative,”  I am […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Christopher Tienken, Common Core ELA Standards, Common Core State Standards, data mining, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Fabio Augusto Milner, featured, General Education Provisions Act, James Milgram, Joy Pullman, Kathleen Porter-Magee, Kent Talbert, local control in education, National Review, Neal McClusky, Pioneer Institute, Sandra Stotsky, Sol Stern, Ze'ev Wurman

Pioneer Institute Study Suggests Remedies for Common Core’s Literature Deficit

September 20, 2012 By truthinamed

A new study released by Pioneer Institute shows that states that have adopted the Common Core State Standards should include a literature-based standard.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core ELA Standards, Common Core State Standards, Council of Chief State School Officers, featured, Mark Bauerlein, National Governors Association, Pioneer Institute, Sandra Stotsky, U.S. Department of Education

Delay Tactics on Anti-Common Core Resolution is Troubling

May 11, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

I’m not surprised, but disappointed by the American Legislative Exchange Council executive board decision yesterday to delay their vote on a anti-common core resolution proposed by the American Principles Project, Goldwater Institute, and Washington Policy Center last summer. American Principles Project sent out a press release on the vote: Washington, DC – Today, the board […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: American Legislative Exchange Council, American Principles Project, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Common Core State Standards, Dave Frizzell, Emmett McGroarty, featured, Goldwater Institute, Robert Scott, Tony Bennett, Washington Policy Center

Action Needed on Iowa Education Reform Bill

April 25, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

Below is an action alert from one of our partners –  Iowa Association of Christian Schools: Both legislative chambers have passed their own version of Senate File 2284, the education reform bill. The bill has been sent to a conference committee to work out a final bill which will be voted on with no amendments. […]

Filed Under: Education at State Level Tagged With: Branstad Education Reform Bill, featured, Herman Quirmbach, Iowa Association of Christian Schools, Iowa Core Curriculum, Royd Chambers, Senate File 2284, Sharon Steckman, Shawn Hamerlinck

Apparently Schools Are No Longer Capable of Determining Their Start Date

March 29, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

Local control in education is under attack again in Iowa.  This time in the form of House Study Bill 671 that is currently being considered by the Iowa House Ways and Means Committee.  The bill in essence says that the first day of school can be no earlier than September 1.  If a school district […]

Filed Under: Education at State Level Tagged With: Anesa Kajtazovic, Betty DeBoef, Brian Moore, Brian Quirk, Charles Isenhart, Chuck Soderberg, Dan Muhlbauer, David Jacoby, Dawn Pettengill, Erik Helland, featured, Greg Forristall, Guy Vander Linden, House Study Bill 671, Iowa House, Iowa House Ways and Means Committee, Janet Petersen, Jeff Kaufmann, Jeremy Taylor, Jerry Kearns, Jo Oldson, Joshy Byrnes, Lee Hein, local control in education, Nate Willems, Pat Grassley, Peter Cownie, Roger Thomas, Ross Paustian, Thomas Sands

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