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Elementary Math Licensure Test: A Tale of Two States

November 8, 2018 By Sandra Stotsky

Sandra Stotsky: All students, including minority students, need academically stronger teachers, whether in North Carolina or Massachusetts.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: elementary math, Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, North Carolina Board of Education, Praxis Test, teacher preparation

Pioneer Institute Study: Massachusetts “Eviscerates” Its K-12 History Standards

June 21, 2018 By truthinamed

The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education should reject a proposed rewrite of the Massachusetts History and Social Science Curriculum Framework in its entirety and immediately restore the state’s 2003 framework

Filed Under: Education at State Level Tagged With: American Principles Project, David Randall, Jane Robbins, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Massachusetts History and Social Science Curriculum Framework, National Association of Scholars, Pioneer Institute, white paper, Will Fitzhugh

Massachusetts Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester Dead at 65

June 28, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Massachusetts Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester passed away on Monday night after a fight with cancer. He was 65.

Filed Under: Education at State Level Tagged With: Charlie Baker, James Peyser, Jeff Wulfson, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Mitchell Chester, Paul Sagan

Common Core Advocates Seek to Block MA Parents from Voting on Common Core

January 26, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

A group of pro-Common Core educators and business leaders seek to keep the referendum on Common Core off the ballot in Massachusetts in November.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Bill Galvin, Common Core Forum, Common Core State Standards, Donna Colorio, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education, Massachusetts Constitution, Maura Healey

No, Massachusetts Has Not Dropped Common Core

November 24, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

Massachusetts has not dropped Common Core. They have not given up on Common Core. They gave up on PARCC (sort of).

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core, Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Mitchell Chester, PARCC

Massachusetts Education Commissioner Recommends MCAS-PARCC Hybrid

November 12, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

Massachusetts Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester announced that he is recommending Massachusetts use a “Next Generation MCAS” a MCAS-PARCC hybrid.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: Charlie Baker, Common Core State Standards, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, MCAS, Mitchell Chester, Next Generation MCAS, PARCC, Pioneer Institute

Peabody School Committee Calls Mitchell Chester’s Role with PARCC a Conflict of Interest

April 11, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

The Peabody School Committee member Dave McGeney called into question Massachusetts Education Commissioner Mitchell Chester’s role on the PARCC governing board.  Chester is in his third year as national chairman for the board.  The committee voted unanimously on Tuesday to send the following correspondencce to Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, Chester, Attorney General Martha Coakley, the […]

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Dave McGeney, Deval Patrick, Martha Coakley, Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Massachusetts State Ethics Commission, Mitchell Chester, PARCC, Peabody School Committee

Two States Delay Fully Implementing PARCC

November 25, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

Two states last week made moves to address Common Core concerns, specifically the implementation of the PARCC assessment. Louisiana Superintendent of Education John White announced a 10-year plan which would do the following: Test scheduling.  The state will propose that in 2015 students take the PARCC test in grades 3 to 8 (online in grades […]

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: common core assessments, Common Core Implementation, John White, Louisiana Department of Education, Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Mitchelle Chester, PARCC

Missing The Twain

September 19, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

Charles Chieppo and Jamie Gass of the Pioneer Institute wrote a great op/ed entitled “Schoolkids missing the Twain” for the Worcester (MA) Telegram & Gazette that paints a picture of how the Common Core State Standards disproportionate use of informational texts will impact school kids. An excerpt: Mark Twain’s greatest achievement was “Adventures of Huckleberry […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Charles Chieppo, classical literature, Common Core ELA Standards, Jamie Gass, Mark Twain, Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education

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