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Common Core Collaborators

August 28, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Richard P. Phelps of Nonpartisan Education Review provides a historical, financial and media analyses of six different Common Core collaborators.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Achieve, Bellwether Education Partners, College Board, Common Core, Council of Chief State School Officers, David Coleman, Fordham Institute, National Governors Association, Richard Phelps

Turning Education Into What Businesses, Not Children, Need

February 16, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

NGA & NCSL believe education is about the needs of our business and not the needs of our children and families pushing the shift to workforce development.

Filed Under: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: Brian Sandoval, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Maggie Hassan, National Conference of State Legislators, National Governors Association, No Child Left Behind

NGA Chair Gov. Mary Fallin Target of Campaign to End Common Core

May 5, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

American Principles Project, Eagle Forum, Concerned Women for America, Home School Legal Defense Association and several other grassroots conservative groups launched a campaign urging the Chair of the National Governors Association, Governor Mary Fallin (R-OK), to end the Common Core State Standards Initiative.  The NGA, along with the Council of Chief State School Officers, are […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: American Principles Project, Common Core State Standards, Common Core State Standards Initiative, Concerned Women for America, Council of Chief State School Officers, Eagle Forum, Emmett McGroarty, Heartland Institute, Home School Legal Defense Association, Jamie Gass, Jane Robbins, Jim Stergois, Joy Pullman, Mary Fallin, Michael Farris, Michelle Malkin, National Governors Association, ParentalRights.org, Phyllis Schlafly, Pioneer Institute, Smart Girls Politics Action, Stacy Mott

Common Core State Standards Not Nevada’s Creation

April 9, 2014 By truthinamed

By Karen Briske & Christina Leventis State-led, state-led, no really it was state-led! How many times have “We the People” been told the Common Core State Standards c. 2010 was a state-led process? How many times have “We the People” been told the adoption of the standards were voluntary (which, of course, begs the question […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Arne Duncan, Common Core State Standards, Council of Chief State School Officers, Dale Erquiaga, Jim Gibbons, Keith Rheault, National Governors Association, Nevada Department of Education, Nevada Legislature

Common Core as an Election Issue

March 14, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

I spoke with a reporter from Education Week yesterday about the status of different pieces of legislation in different states.  While we’re not seeing repeal bills advance like we’d like to see I’m still encouraged by the number of bills and any movement forward.  Just seeing how this issue has advanced since the last legislative […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Bobby Jindal, Chris Christie, Chris McDaniel, Common Core State Standards, Dennis Daugaard, Don Gaetz, Education Week, Gerald Stebelton, Jack Markell, Jeb Bush, John Lehman, Joy Pullmann, Lori Hubbell, Mark Jacobs, Mary Fallin, Mary Jane Tappen, Matt Whitaker, National Governors Association, Rick Scott, Sam Clovis, Tim Kelly, Tony Bennett

Wait! Weren’t We Told the Common Core Was Initiated By “The States”?

January 13, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

We’ve been told by Common Core advocates that they were developed by “the states.”  The Huffington Post on Friday published a defense of the Common Core, and they have a historical overview of the Common Core’s development.  We learned fascinating things about how Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holliday agonized over how to accomplish his state […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core Development, Common Core State Standards, Council of Chief State School Officers, David Coleman, Huffington Post, Jason Zimbia, Kentucky Legislature, National Governors Association, Terry Holliday

Alabama State School Board to Vote on Meaningless Resolution

October 28, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

The Alabama State Board of Education is set to vote on a resolution that would rescind a 2009 agreement with the National Governors Association and Council of Chief State School Officers related to the Common Core State Standards.  The Dothan Eagle reports: According to a press release by the state, the move would help remove […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Alabama State Board of Education, Betty Peters, Common Core State Standards, Council of Chief State School Officers, National Governors Association, Tommy Bice

Stopping Common Core is Only the Beginning

July 8, 2013 By Joy Pullmann

As parents have encountered Common Core in their children’s classrooms, then sought information about what it means, we’ve seen a nationwide brushfire of alarm. Parents must know Common Core did not randomly appear. I’m not talking about how it was created and advocated by the Gates Foundation, National Governors Association, and Council of Chief State […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: centralization of education, Common Core State Standards, Council of Chief State School Officers, Gates Foundation, Heritage Foundation, Lindsey Burke, National Governors Association

The Common Core’s Fundamental Trouble

June 21, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

Answer Sheet had a guest post by the editors of Rethinking Schools whose writers include teachers, parents and researchers. An excerpt: For starters, the misnamed “Common Core State Standards” are not state standards. They’re national standards, created by Gates-funded consultants for the National Governors Association (NGA). They were designed, in part, to circumvent federal restrictions […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Answer Sheet, Common Core State Standards, National Governors Association, Rethinking Schools

“State-Led” Common Core Primarily Had Only Five Writers

June 7, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

Joy Pullmann at School Reform News wrote an excellent piece that helps to further demonstrate that the Common Core State Standards were not state-led.  While there were many people who served on various committees and work groups all of the feedback was filtered by only five people. After giving a brief history of what led […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Achieve, Common Core State Standards, Council of Chief State School Officers, David Coleman, Heartland Institute, Jason Zimba, Mark Bauerlein, National Governors Association, Phil Daro, School Reform News, Susan Pimentel, William McCallum

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