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(Video) Duke Pesta & Sandra Stotsky Discuss “Changing the Course of Failure”

June 12, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Dr. Duke Pesta and Dr. Sandra Stotsky discuss Stotsky’s new book, Changing the Course of Failure: How Schools and Parents Can Help Low-Achieving Students.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: Duke Pesta, Sandra Stotsky

More Schools Drop SAT/ACT Essay Requirement For Admissions

June 4, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Some big news for high school seniors who plan on attending certain Ivy League schools, Yale University just announced they will no longer require students to take the SAT or ACT essay assessment as an admission requirement. They join Harvard University and Dartmouth College.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ACT, college admissions exam, Common Core State Standards, Common Core Writing, Sandra Stotsky, SAT, Writing Instruction

Video: Duke Pesta & Sandra Stotsky Discuss Failed Colleges of Education

February 1, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Dr. Duke Pesta and Dr. Sandra Stotsky discuss in a new FreedomProject Media video how colleges of education have been a failure in passing on subject mastery for prospective teachers and instead focusing on politics and ideology in the classroom.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: Duke Pesta, Sandra Stotsky

Video: Duke Pesta & Sandra Stotsky Dissect Why Common Core Has Failed

January 8, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Dr. Duke Pesta and Dr. Sandra Stotsky drill down on a new report from the Pioneer Institute that shows how the move to Common Core and their subsequent “new standards” hurt Massachusetts student achievement.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Duke Pesta, FreedomProject Media, Massachusetts, Pioneer Institute, Sandra Stotsky

Common Core Does Not Help Kids Write

August 4, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Shane Vander Hart: Kids have struggled with their ability to write for a long time, but Common Core has not helped and, in fact, has hindered student progress.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core, Dana Goldstein, New York Times, Sandra Stotsky, writing

Belittling Parents and Ignoring Evidence Won’t Work

June 7, 2017 By Jane Robbins

The Collaborative for Student Success belittling parents and ignoring well-founded research that supports their arguments is a poor method of persuasion.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Collaborative of Student Success, Common Core State Standards, Donald Trump, FERPA, James Milgram, NAEP, parents, Patriot Journalist Network, Sandra Stotsky

Three Problems With CPRE’s Twitter Bot Claims

March 14, 2017 By Deborah Love and Eunie Smith

Eunie Smith & Deborah Love: Even by the bottom-dwelling standards of Common Core propagandists the claims from the latest Twitter study is a bit rich.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: #PJNet, Common Core State Standards, Consortium for Policy Research in Education, Huffington Post, James Milgram, Sandra Stotsky, The 74, Twitter, Twitter Bots

To Donald Trump: Appoint an Education Secretary With Integrity

November 17, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

Numerous grassroots activists signed an open letter to President-Elect Donald Trump asking him to appoint a Secretary of Education who opposes Common Core.

Filed Under: Federalized Education Tagged With: Common Core, Donald Trump, Larry Arnn, Sandra Stotsky, U.S. Secretary of Education, Williamson Evers

Dishonesty: A Defining Characteristic of Common Core Advocacy

September 1, 2016 By Jane Robbins

Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal (D-Council Bluffs) serves as President of the National Council of State Legislatures

Jane Robbins: Dishonesty has been a defining characteristic of the campaign to promote and implement the Common Core national standards.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Andreas Schleicher, Common Core, National Council of State Legislatures, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paul Andrews, PISA, Sandra Stotsky, TIMMS

Drilling through the Core

October 21, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

The Pioneer Institute this fall released a new book entitled Drilling through the Core: Why Common Core is Bad for America edited by Peter Wood.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Drilling through the Core, James Milgram, Peter Wood, Sandra Stotsky, Williamson Evers, Ze'ev Wurman

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