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 […]
Pro-Common Core State School Chief Loses Election in Oklahoma
Pro-Common Core Oklahoma State School Superintendent Janet Barresi lost her primary against challenger Joy Hofmeister who ran on an anti-Common Core platform. In a three-way Republican primary race Hofmeister won 58% of the vote. Brian Kelley and Barresi came in at 21%. News9.com didn’t even mention the Common Core angle, great reporting *snort*. KJRH doesn’t […]
Common Core Taking a Beating in Oklahoma Statehouse and Campaign Trail
It is not a done deal yet. Earlier this month the Oklahoma Senate passed HB3399 on a 37 to 10 vote. The Oklahoma House will need to consider the Senate amendments, and then it needs to go onto Governor Mary Fallin. They will need to also consider the testing that they do. Oklahoma pulled out […]