The Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette highlights in a recent editorial the testing woes that Indiana currently faces that include a problem with the new vendor.
Put Down the Common Core Kool-Aid
Joy Pullman has to be one of my favorite people who writes about the Common Core. I didn’t realize that she was an Indiana resident until today. She recently wrote this op/ed for one of her hometown newspapers, The Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette. The first couple paragraphs of her piece articulates the skepticism we should […]
We Need More School Board Candidates Like This
Glenna Jehn, a candidate for the Ft. Wayne (IN) Community School Board wrote an op/ed in the Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette entitled “State must reject federal takeover of schools.” She writes: As a FWCS school board candidate, I am listening with great interest to the presidential debates. When President Obama touts “education reform in 46 […]
Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette: For Indiana Common Core is a Step Backward
In August I shared how the Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel wrote an editorial in opposition to Indiana adopting the Common Core State Standards. Sunday they were joined by the Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette. They write: Both President Obama and Mitt Romney have supported tying federal education dollars to high standards and testing, but pressure from conservatives […]