American Principles Project, Eagle Forum, Concerned Women for America, Home School Legal Defense Association and several other grassroots conservative groups launched a campaign urging the Chair of the National Governors Association, Governor Mary Fallin (R-OK), to end the Common Core State Standards Initiative. The NGA, along with the Council of Chief State School Officers, are […]
Common Core Conference at the University of Notre Dame
From FightCommonCore.com, this will be a great conference to be held next month at Notre Dame University in Indiana. The Changing Role of Education in America: Consequences of the Common Core University of Notre DameSeptember 9, 2013 You can register online here. Please join us for a one-day conference at the Notre Dame Conference Center […]
Speaking Out on the Common Core in Wyoming
There will be two round table events next week in Wyoming focused on the Common Core State Standards. Both events feature: Sandra Stotsky – professor emeritus of education reform at the University of Arkansas, member of the Common Core ELA standards validation committee Joy Pullmann – Managing Editor of School Reform News and Education Research […]
Common Core Advocates Refuse to Debate in Colorado
Parent Led Reform is hosting a Common Core Community Forum on Monday, August 12th from 7:30p-9p (MDT) in Centennial, CO. Their intent was to have both sides of the issue presented, but we received word today that those who had previously committed to advocated for the Common Core have pulled out. Seven organizations that advocate […]
Reclaiming Education Freedom: The Fight to Stop Common Core National Standards and Tests
The Heritage Foundation and Claire Boothe Luce Foundation had a great event for conservative women discussing the Common Core. I caught about the last 20 minutes of it. Lindsey Burke of Heritage spoke first, then Joy Pullmann of the Heartland Institute gave her remarks. They ended with a brief Q&A session. The video is now […]
Why Conservatives Object to the Common Core
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 […]
Data Tracking and the Common Core
One of the things that isn’t being discussed enough, but is getting attention is how data tracking of students is connected to the Common Core. It isn’t just assessment scores. Joy Pullman pointed that out in her article last week on data mining: The department is also funding and mandating databases that could expand each […]
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 […]
Gates, Not the States, Driving Education Policy?
Further evidence that the Common Core is special-interest driven and led, not state-led. Joy Pullman writing for the Heartland Institute’s School Reform News pointed out how the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is driving education policy through its funding. Some excerpts: A recent example was a January legislative hearing on the Common Core, an initiative […]
Pending Amendment to Indiana SB 193 Requires Public Input on Common Core
Joy Pullman writing for the Heartland Institute’s School Reform News reported that Senate Bill 193 in Indiana has “morphed” into a bipartisan bid to have Indiana reconsider the Common Core allowing more public input. When 46 states signed the initiative in 2010, few held public hearings. Kentucky even agreed to adopt the requirements for what […]