Wisconsin legislators invited Kathleen Porter-Magee of the Fordham Institute to testify before a joint committee on education about Common Core Standards. She also wrote “The Truth about Common Core” for National Review online. Ms. Porter-Magee’s testimony and article lack a basic understanding of the reasons that tax payers are opposed to Common Core. A most […]
John Stossel Discusses Common Core
John Stossel on Fox Business discussed the Common Core State Standards with Lindsey Burke of the Heritage Foundation and Kathleen Porter-Magee of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. You can watch below: Porter-Magee said that “they” were amazed when so many states signed on. Yeah, we were amazed too, but for different reasons I’d suspect. HT: […]
Glenn Beck: The Whole Story on the Common Core
Glenn Beck yesterday had a radio segment on the Common Core. He gave a response to Kathleen Porter-Magee and Sol Stern’s piece in National Review. Here are some of the points and Common Core: National Review Online (NRO): Common Core is not “ObamaCore,” as some suggest. While President Obama often tries to claim credit, the […]
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 […]
Spinning Failure Before It Happens
I read an article last week that made me chuckle… a common core supporter is already spinning the inevitable failure of the implementation of the Common Core State Standards. Kathleen Porter-Magee writes for the Education Gadfly Daily. There isn’t a Common Core supporter in the nation who hasn’t qualified her enthusiasm for what the standards […]