Via the Tampa Bay Times – “Common Core curriculum standards spark political firestorm” An excerpt: That wasn’t always the case. When the initiative launched in 2009, lawmakers from both parties, teachers unions, parent groups and business associations supported it. They made the argument that national standards would raise the bar for students across the country […]
Race-Based Academic Goals
I couldn’t let news out of Florida late last week go by without comment. CBS Tampa reported that the Florida State Board of Education passed a plan for racially-based academic goals. On Tuesday, the board passed a revised strategic plan that says that by 2018, it wants 90 percent of Asian students, 88 percent of […]