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Is President Trump Being Played by Betsy DeVos and Jeb Bush?

February 3, 2017 By Jane Robbins and Erin Tuttle

Jane Robbins & Erin Tuttle: Does President Trump realize the threats to his education legacy that are being planted by his personnel choices and by congressional “frenemies”?

Filed Under: Federalized Education Tagged With: Betsy DeVos, Common Core, Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Rex Tillerson

An Implied Threat to Remove Exxon Mobil From States That Refuse Common Core?

December 13, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

I was disturbed to read a letter sent from Rex Tillerson, CEO of Exxon Mobil,  to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett last May after Governor Corbett announced a brief pause in the implementation of the Common Core State Standards.  Below is the text of the letter.  You can read the original here. Dear Governor Corbett: Exxon […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Exxon Mobil, Pennslyvania, Pennsylvania Common Core, Pennsylvania Legislature, Rex Tillerson, Tom Corbett

Rex Tillerson’s Support of Common Core Built on False Premises

October 10, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

Last week Rex Tillerson, CEO of Exxon Mobil, wrote an op/ed in The Wall Street Journal entitled “How to Stop the Drop in American Education.” In it he makes some false premises in supporting the Common Core.  The first false premise is that these standards are state-driven. These voluntary, state-driven standards are a set of […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Bill Gates, Common Core State Standards, Exxon Mobil, James Milgram, Rex Tillerson, Wall Street Journal

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