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RNC Approves Resolution Addressing Parental Rights Regarding Sex Ed

July 30, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

The Republican National Committee passed a resolution that supports a parent’s right to grant prior written consent for sex education.

Filed Under: Parental Rights, Parental Rights in Education Tagged With: Liberty Counsel, parental notification, parental opt out, parental opt-in, Republican National Committee, sex education

RNC Passes Resolutions on APUSH Changes & Stop Common Core Victories

August 12, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

The Republican National Committee passed two resolutions concerning education during their summer meeting.  The first deals with the rewrite of the AP U.S. History framework.  This was sponsored by Tamara Scott, National Committeewoman from Iowa, and was written with the help of Jane Robbins from American Principles Project.  It had six co-sponsors and it passed […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: AP U.S. History, APUSH, Common Core State Standars, Ellen Barrose, Jane Robbins, Republican National Committee, Stop Common Core, Tamara Scott

West Virginia GOP Stands Against Common Core State Standards

August 5, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

The state executive committee for the West Virginia Republican Party unanimously passed a resolution stating opposition against the Common Core State Standards.  From their press release sent this morning: Charleston, W.Va.– At the summer meeting of the West Virginia Republican State Executive Committee, a Resolution was passed against the implementation of a “one size fits […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Donna Boley, Republican National Committee, West Virginia Republican Party, West Virginians Against Common Core

We're Not Misinformed; We Know What Common Core Is, & We Reject It.

June 13, 2013 By Christel Swasey

In Utah this year, GOP state delegates passed a resolution that opposed Common Core, by a 65% vote. The National GOP passed a similar resolution. The Michigan legislature passed a bill that defunded Common Core. Indiana legislators passed a year-long time-out bill to pause Common Core. Similar efforts by Republicans and Democrats are growing in […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core, Common Core Pause, Republican National Committee, Utah GOP

Common Core Common Sense: Why It’s Illiberal and Unconstitutional

June 11, 2013 By truthinamed

By Dr. Daniel B. Coupland On May 29th, 2009, Arne Duncan, the new Secretary of Education for the Obama Administration, gave a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. In the speech, he said, We want to raise the bar dramatically in terms of high standards. What we have had as a country, […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: 10th Amendment, A Nation at Risk, Arne Duncan, Common Core Cost, Common Core ELA Standards, Common Core Math Standards, Common Core Quality, Common Core State Standards, constituitionality of Common Core, Cultural Literacy, Diane Ravitch, E.D. Hirsch, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Heartland Institute, Horace Mann, James Milgram, Joy Pullmann, Michelle Rhee, Michigan House of Representatives, National Press Club, No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, Randi Weingarten, Republican National Committee, Sandra Stotsky, States Fighting Common Core, Student Privacy, Texas House of Representatives, The Knowledge Deficit, Ze'ev Wurman

Stop Common Core Progress Update

May 25, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

We are drawing close to the end of the state legislative sessions.  I thought it would be a good time to highlight the progress that has been made in fighting the Common Core.  If you look back just a few months ago you can see how far our movement has come.  Some significant progress was […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Chuck Grassley, Common Core State Standards, Fight Common Core, Georgia GOP, Iowa Legislature, Kansas Legislature, Louisiana Senate, Michigan Legislature, Nathan Deal, North Carolina Senate, Ohio Legislature, Oklahoma Legislature, PARCC, Pennsylvania Legislature, Republican National Committee, Smarter Balanced Assessments, States Fighting Common Core, Tom Corbett, Utah GOP, Wisconsin Legislature

Whiteboard Advisors Insider Results on Common Core

May 15, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

Whiteboard Advisors did a poll this month of “education insiders.”  They define education insiders as   “influential leaders who are shaping federal education reform, including individuals who or are currently serving as key policy and political “insiders,” such as: Current and former White House and U.S. Department of Education leaders; Current and former Congressional staff; State […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: common core assessments, Common Core State Standards, high stakes testing, Next Generation Science Standards, PARCC, Partnership of Assessments of Rediness for College and Careers, Republican National Committee, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, Whiteboard Advisors

Is the Common Core in Trouble?

April 24, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

That is a question asked by Valerie Strauss at the Washington Post’s Answer Sheet blog.  She writes: Education Secretary Arne Duncan recently met with Chamber of Commerce leaders and urged them to be more vocal and forceful in defending the Common Core State Standards. Why? Duncan made the appeal, which was reported by Education Week, […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Arne Duncan, Chuck Grassley, Indiana Chamber of Commerce, Indiana Senate, Michigan House, Republican National Committee, Valerie Strauss

RNC Passes Anti-Common Core Resolution at Their Spring Meeting (Updated)

April 15, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

We just got word so I don’t know the details of the vote, but the Republican National Committee did pass an anti-Common Core resolution at their Spring Meeting in Los Angeles, CA. Here is the original draft I shared earlier this week… Update: Below is the the final approved resolution: RESOLUTION CONCERNING COMMON CORE EDUCATION […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Republican National Committee, RNC Spring Meeting

RNC Draft Resolution on the Common Core

April 10, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

The Republican National Committee Spring Meeting starts today in Los Angeles.  One of the items that will be discussed and voted on is a draft resolution on the Common Core State Standards which you can see below: RESOLUTION CONCERNING COMMON CORE EDUCATION STANDARDS WHEREAS, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are a set of academic […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, featured, Republican National Committee, RNC, RNC Spring Meeting

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