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With Huppenthal’s Loss in AZ School Chief Race That Makes Barbarians 3, Educrats 0

August 27, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Diane Douglas beat pro-Common Core incumbent Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal in convincing fashion 57.78% to 41.50% winning over 66,000 more votes according to the Arizona Secretary of State’s office. The barbarians at the gate crashed through evidently. Huppenthal is the third incumbent state school chief to go down in flames over supporting […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Race, Diane Douglas, Glenda Ritz, janet barresi, John Huppenthal, Joy Hofmeister, Tony Bennett

Indiana Repealing “Voluntary” Common Core Puts NCLB Waiver in Doubt

May 7, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

So the Common Core is “voluntary” huh?  Indiana could lose their (unconstitutional) NCLB waiver as a result jettisoning the Common Core (for a subpar rebranding, but I digress). Chalkbeat reported last week: On Thursday, Indiana State Superintendent Glenda Ritz received a letter from Deb Delisle, assistant U.S. secretary of education, spelling out concerns about “significant […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Brad Oliver, Common Core State Standards, Glenda Ritz, No Child Left Behind Waivers, U.S. Department of Education

Indiana Senate to Vote on Bill Abolishing Common Core

January 30, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

From WIBC 93.1FM in Indianapolis: The Senate will vote next week on a bill to put the final nail in the coffin of the Common Core education standards. Last year, legislators ordered the State Board of Education to pass new academic standards by July of this year. The Senate Education Committee has approved a bill […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Erin Tuttle, Glenda Ritz, Hoosiers Against Common Core, Indiana Senate, Scott Schneider

Governors Race to the Drop (of Common Core)

January 21, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

I have to admit.  I didn’t coin that title; credit goes to Heather Crossin who coined it in an email.  We have had a couple of Governors make some statements about the Common Core as state legislatures go into session. Republican Governor Mike Pence of Indiana in his state of the state address last week […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Derek Redelman, Glenda Ritz, Heather Crossin, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Scott Walker, South Carolina Senate Education Committee, Tony Evers, Tony Walker, Wisconsin Assembly

Indiana Democrats Put Politics Before Kids, Skip Common Core Vote

November 22, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

I can’t believe I missed this news last week.  It needs to be shouted from the rooftops. Members of the Indiana legislative study committee formed by the pause legislation passed last session voted 6 to 1 in favor of replacing the Common Core… a twist though since all Democrat members minus one decided not to […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Glenda Ritz, Hoosiers Against Common Core, Indiana Legislature, Indiana State Board of Education, Justin Moed

Indiana Pulling Away From PARCC

June 28, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

Indiana is reducing its participation with PARCC. State Impact Indiana reports: As a governing state in the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, Indiana gets a seat at the table. But no one from the Department of Education has attended a PARCC governing board meeting since Superintendent Glenda Ritz took office in […]

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: Glenda Ritz, HB 1427, Indiana Department of Education, Indiana Legislature, PARCC, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, State Impact Indiana

Indiana’s Common Core Pause Law Isn’t Complex

June 19, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

State Impact Indiana reports that there was a push for 2nd Graders to be under the Common Core State Standards since they were rolled out for Kindergarten and First grade last year. This is even after the Common Core pause bill was passed and signed into law. Elle Moxley writes: After state lawmakers passed a […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core Pause, Elle Moxley, Glenda Ritz, Indiana Department of Education, Indiana Legislature, Mike Pence, State Impact Indiana

Glenda Ritz’ Opposition to Common Core Highlighted

December 26, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

Since Glenda Ritz is now the Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction-Elect she’ll need to be reminded of what she wrote prior to her election on November 7th.  This is one of the primary reasons Tony Bennett lost. Erin Tuttle at Hoosiers Against Common Core highlighted her position statement: Common Core Standards must be re-evaluated.Indiana had […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Glenda Ritz, Indiana Department of Education, local control in education, PARCC, SBAC, Tony Bennett

The Tony Bennett Ouster Debate Continues

November 20, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

The debate continues.  You may remember Matthew Ladner called anti-common core activists in Indiana a bunch of yahoos since they helped defeat incumbent Republican Tony Bennett in the Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction race.  Erin Tuttle, who for a “yahoo” writes quite well :), wrote in the Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette: The Bennett fiasco brought an […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Erin Tuttle, Glenda Ritz, Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Race, Matthew Laudner, Race to the Top

Indiana’s Education Election is a Mixed Bag

November 7, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

Democrat challenger Glenda Ritz defeated Republican incumbent Tony Bennett in the Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction race last night  by almost 133,000 votes – winning 53% to 47%.  This is a mixed bag for me. On one hand Tony Bennett, who advocated for the Common Core State Standards, said that advocacy cost him. How does […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Glenda Ritz, Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Race, Mike Pence, Tony Bennett

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