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Would Be Governors, Please, Ignore Fordham’s Ed Policy Cheat Sheet

March 23, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Shane Vander Hart: Mike Petrilli with the Fordham Institute gives would-be governors an education policy cheat sheet that they would do well to ignore unless they want to sound like every other candidate droning on about the latest education reform fad.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: 2018 gubernatorial elections, Career and Tech Education, education reform, Fordham Institute, Mike Petrilli, Rick Hess, Sofia Gallo, workforce development

Betsy DeVos Continues Misleading Narrative About ESSA

August 16, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Betsy DeVos was sworn in as Secretary of Education by Vice President Mike Pence.

Betsy DeVos pushed the misleading narrative again that the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) returns power to the states in her interview with AP.

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: Betsy DeVos, ESSA, Every Student Succeeds Act, Mike Petrilli

How Common Core Advocates Ignored Early Childhood Experts

September 23, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Carol Burris, Principal of South Side High School in New York, last week wrote about four “flimflams” in Common Core at The Washington Post’s Answer Sheet blog run by Valarie Strauss.  Flimflam #1 was this – “The Common Core standards are internationally benchmarked and grounded in research.” The fact that the Common Core is dataless […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Carol Burris, childhood development, Common Core State Standards, Louisa Moats, Mike Petrilli, Valerie Strauss

The Common Core Needs Unicorns and Rainbows

July 30, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

I had to shake my head reading a piece by Stephanie Simon at Politico entitled “Moms winning the Common Core war.”  The first statement that jumped out at me. But in a series of strategy sessions in recent months, top promoters of the standards have concluded they’re losing the broader public debate — and need […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Billy Canary, Business Council of Alabama, Common Core State Standards, David Coleman, Eva Longoria, Fordham Institute, Isiah Thomas, Jeb Bush, John Legend, messaging, Mike Petrilli, public relations, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Petrilli Predicts a Common Core Rebrand in Missouri

May 16, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Fordham Institute released a statement from Mike Petrilli, who is their executive vice president and they call “one of the nation’s most trusted education analysts” (according to Fordham & Bill Gates), spinning yesterday’s Common Core vote from the Missouri Legislature: The Missouri state legislature reached a compromise to move forward with the implementation of Common […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Fordham Institute, Mike Petrilli, Missouri Legislature

Building The Machine: A Must See

April 2, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

I concur with Joy Pullmann, educrats do not want you watching Building The Machine as they already had their spin machines kicked into high gear even prior to its release on Monday.  HSLDA did a terrific job putting this documentary together.  I was impressed with the attempt HSLDA made to interview proponents of the Common […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Building the Machine, Chester Finn, Common Core State Standards, HSLDA, James Milgram, Mike Petrilli, Sandra Stotsky, Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Wayne Brasler, Ze'ev Wurman

Building the Machine to be Released on Monday

March 24, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

The Home School Legal Defense Association’s documentary on the Common Core entitled Building the Machine will be released on Monday, March 31st.  It will be released through its website – http://www.commoncoremovie.com/ where it will be free to view. Building the Machine introduces the public to the Common Core and its effects on our children’s education. […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Andrew Hacker, Bill Evers, Building the Machine, Common Core Movie, Common Core State Standards, Home School Legal Defense Association, James Milgram, Jim Stergios, Joy Pullmann, Michael Farris, Michael McShane, Mike Petrilli, Neal McClusky, Paul Horton, Sandra Stotsky, Wayne Brasler, Ze'ev Wurman

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