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AP Confirms What We Already Knew

September 25, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

The Associated Press last week confirmed what we already knew most of the Common Core “repeals” states have done have been a complete sham.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Associated Press, Common Core, Common Core Repeal, Michael Petrilli, Tom Loveless

U.S. Department of Education Will Become A Sleepy Agency?

August 1, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Shane Vander Hart: Michael Petrilli painted a serene, but false, picture of where federal involvement in education will be in the next few years.

Filed Under: Federalized Education Tagged With: Education Next, Every Student Succeeds Act, Michael Petrilli, U.S. Department of Education

NaughtyBots Part 2: Twittertards, TwitterBotsandNaughts, and Analog Man

April 13, 2017 By J.R. Wilson

This is the second part in a four part NaughtyBots series about the #commoncore Project: How Social Media is Changing the Politics of Education.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: #CommonCore Project, #PJNet, Analog Man, Common Core, Jenni White, Joe Walsh, Michael Petrilli, Twitterbots

Beware of Educrats Peddling “Evidence-Based” Solutions

August 31, 2016 By Jane Robbins

Powerful, wealthy private groups use their influence to bypass democratic processes to impose their preferred evidence-poor policies on public schools.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Bill Gates, Common Core State Standards, education reform, Ford School of Public Policy, Gates Foundation, Megan Tompkins-Stange, Michael Petrilli, Thomas B. Fordham Institute, U.S. Department of Education

Common Core’s Commonality a Failure

September 22, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

Common Core advocates admit that the Common Core State Standards Initiative goal of achieving commonality among all 50 states has been a failure.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Bellwether Education Partners, Chad aldeman, common core assessments, Common Core State Standards, Fordham Institute, Michael Petrilli

White vs. Petrilli

November 17, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Jenni White, President of Restore Oklahoma Public Education debated Michael Petrilli, President of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute at an event entitled, “Common Core Chaos?”  The debate was held on November 11th at the Oklahoma Wesleyan University campus in Bartlesville.  If you missed it you can watch the video below, you can read Jenni’s opening […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Fordham Institute, Jenni White, Michael Petrilli, Oklahoma, Restore Oklahoma Public Education

Gates-Funded Duo Pitches Common Core Misinformation

May 30, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Below is a guest article written submitted by Judi Caler.  Her post complements the one I wrote on Wednesday. Doing What They’re Paid To Do: Gates-funded Duo Pitches Common Core Misinformation By Judi Caler It is no surprise that the latest attempt by pro-Common Core advocates to keep Republican candidates from speaking out against Common […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core, Curt Clawson, Gates Foundation, Indiana House, Lizbeth Benacquisto, McLaughlin Poll, Michael Brickman, Michael Petrilli

Problems with Brickman & Petrilli’s Analysis of Common Core as an Election Issue

May 28, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Michael Brickman and Michael Petrilli of the Fordham Institute wrote an article at Townhall.com asserting that those who advocate for the Common Core have an advantage over those who oppose the Common Core in Republican primaries. There are some problems with this article.  First it is poorly sourced.  Go figure.  We *never* expect that from […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core, Michael Brickman, Michael Petrilli, primary elections, Townhall.com

Fight Common Core and Send Your Kids to School

November 12, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

I’ve been debating whether or not I would write on an event called Don’t Send Your Child to School Day which is set to take place on November 18th as a protest against the Common Core State Standards.  After a Huffington Post article came out today on it I thought I would since it was […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Don't Send Your Child to School Day, Michael Petrilli

Petrilli Misses the Point

May 13, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

Reading Michael Petrilli’s inane post for Education Next I had to roll my eyes… it was titled, “Common Core critics want ALEC to tell states what to do.”  I think Mr. Petrilli has missed the point of the resolution offered by American Principles Project, the Goldwater Institute and Washington Policy Center.  The resolution which ALEC […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: American Legislative Exchange Council, Common Core State Standards, Michael Petrilli

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