When the Michigan Legislature made the unfortunate decision to lift the ban on funding for the Common Core they requested a report from the Michigan Department of Education outlining the different assessment options. They looked at 12 different options. Their report provides summaries on cost, scoring and reporting methods, test security transparency, and over all […]
Oh the Common Core Will Make Us Combat Ready Too
Michigan Live published a story highlighting advocates of the Common Core saying it is important for military families and combat readiness. The first argument is for military kids who tend to move around a lot. This is not a new phenomenon. So why the change now? We shouldn’t make changes in our entire education system […]
Michigan Already Collects Student-Level Data?
Michael Cohen, President of Achieve, Inc., was questioned by members of the Michigan House Subcommittee on the Common Core State Standards. He was asked about data mining. MLive reports: Several legislators, including Rep. Ellen Cogen Lipton (D-Huntington Woods) and Rep. Margaret O’Brien (R-Portage) expressed concerns about what data on individual students would be disclosed as […]
Final Michigan House Budget Strips Common Core Funding
The conference committee dealing with the Michigan Department of Education funding released a conference report that left in language written by State Representative Tom McMillin (R-Rochester Hills) that blocks funding for the implementation of the Common Core State Standards. The House shortly after took up the bill and passed the language again. M-Live reports: State […]
Common Core Fight Holds Up Michigan Education Budget
Below is an excerpt from a Michigan Information and Research Service report (subscription-based) last night. A conference committee was originally scheduled to meet at 8:45 a.m. this morning to consider the MDE budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014. But by the end of the day, Sen. Howard WALKER (R-Traverse City) reported that the meeting has […]
The Detroit News: Common Core an “Invitation to Mediocrity”
It seems that editorial boards in states where there is an active piece of legislation targeting the Common Core are realizing the problems behind the Common Core. Add The Detroit News to that list. Michigan State Representative Tom McMillian (R-Rochester Hills) introduced HB 4276 to the Michigan House of Representatives which would prohibit the implementation […]