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Fallout From Nevada Common Core Debate

January 15, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

Nevada State Superintendent of Public Instruction Dale Erquiaga issued a statement condemning a debate sponsored by Citizens for Sound Academic Standards.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Carson City, Citizens for Sound Academic Standards, Dale Erquiga, Frank Schnorbus, Judy Osgood, Nevada Department of Education, Nevada Homeschool Network, Steve Canavero

Common Core Not Controversial in Washoe County? So Says – One Guy?

September 19, 2014 By Christina Leventis

On September 17, 2014, Mr. Robert Pondiscio of The Fordham Institute said, “Common Core is not controversial” in Washoe County. I think his editor may have left some words out of that sentence. My guess is it originally read – Common Core is not controversial in the office of Washoe County’s, curriculum and instruction specialist […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Aaron Grossman, Common Core State Standards, Fordham Institute, Nevada Department of Education, Robert Pondiscio, Washoe County

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

Want to See What Data Nevada Collects On Your Kids? Just Pay $10K

April 4, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

John Eppolito is a Stop Common Core activist in Nevada.  He asked a couple of months ago to see what data was collected on his four children by the Nevada State Department of Education.  The cost for him to receive that information is staggering.  Below is the email thread between him and Judy Osgood, the […]

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: data mining, John Eppolito, Judy Osgood, Nevada Department of Education, Smarter Balanced Assessments, State Longintudinal Database System, student data privacy

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