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U.S. History Instruction Damaged By Common Core Literacy Standards

September 2, 2014 By truthinamed

A new Pioneer Institute study finds Common Core will further damage history instruction by including U.S. History in its English language arts standards.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Anders Lewis, Common Core ELA Standards, David Coleman, Pioneer Institute, press releases, Ralph Ketcham, research, Sandra Stotsky, U.S. History, white paper

No More Common Core Symposium in New Jersey

June 24, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

New Jersey readers mark your calendars for this symposium that will be offered in September.  Concerned Citizens of Southern New Jersey will host a “No More Common Core” Symposium on Saturday, September 27, 2014 at 10:00am at the Ramada Inn in Vineland, NJ.  Guest speakers will be: Sandra Stotsky, Duke Pesta, Chris Tienken, Deneen Borelli, […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Chris Tienken, Common Core State Standards, Concerned Citizens of Southern New Jersey, Deneen Borelli, Duke Pesta, events, Sandra Stotsky, Tom Borelli

#CaniSEE The Solution: Countering Common Core

June 5, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

The Heritage Foundation, Women on the Wall, Eagle Forum, and Voices Empower are co-sponsoring a conference in Austin, TX on June 20-21 called #CaniSee The Solution.  It is meant to be a counter-event to the PTA national convention being held in Austin on June 19th-22nd who has invited U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to keynote. […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: #CaniSee, Alice Linahan, Anita Moncrief, Common Core State Standards, events, Glyn Wright, Henry Burke, James Milgram, Jane Robbins, Jenni White, Karen Schroeder, Mary Bowen, Peg Luksik, Sandra Stotsky

How Common Core Damages Poetry Instruction

April 30, 2014 By truthinamed

April is National Poetry Month, but poetry is not well addressed in Common Core’s English language arts standards.  It’s unclear whether the genre will survive a Common Core-based English classroom given the dramatic reduction in time spent on literary texts implicitly mandated by these national standards, and the ambivalence, if not hostility, of the standards […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Anthony Esolen, Common Core ELA Standards, Common Core State Standards, Jamie Highfill, Pioneer Institute, Poetry, Sandra Stotsky

This Common Core Critic Is Still Charged Up

April 21, 2014 By Sandra Stotsky

On April 14, American Enterprise Institute’s Rick Hess and Mike McShane charged me in a blog on National Review Online with not coming up with “next steps” to “repeal and replace” for states that want to restore academic integrity to their K-12 curriculum in English language arts and mathematics. I’m almost but not quite exhausted […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Claire Fiddian-Green, Common Core State Standards, David Coleman, Hung-Hsi Wu, John Briggs, Mike McShane, Mike Pence, Molly Chamberlin, Rick Hess, Sandra Stotsky, Sue Pimentel

Education Reform Should Be Geared Towards Parents, Not Business

April 2, 2014 By truthinamed

By Emmett McGroarty & Jane Robbins Sometimes a combatant in an ideological struggle says something that is refreshing, if disturbing, in its honesty. Such a declaration came recently from Billy Canary, president of the Business Council of Alabama. In explaining why legislators should embrace the Common Core, Mr. Canary said, “The business community is by […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Allan Golston, Common Core, Common Core Validation Committee, Emmett McGroarty, James Milgram, Jane Robbins, Sandra Stotsky

Building The Machine: A Must See

April 2, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

I concur with Joy Pullmann, educrats do not want you watching Building The Machine as they already had their spin machines kicked into high gear even prior to its release on Monday.  HSLDA did a terrific job putting this documentary together.  I was impressed with the attempt HSLDA made to interview proponents of the Common […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Building the Machine, Chester Finn, Common Core State Standards, HSLDA, James Milgram, Mike Petrilli, Sandra Stotsky, Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Wayne Brasler, Ze'ev Wurman

Sandra Stotsky: Local School Boards Must Take Action Now

March 25, 2014 By Sandra Stotsky

Local school boards must take action now. They still have the legal authority in every single state even if they are told they don’t, or think they don’t. They must, upon petition by parents asap, vote (1) to allow parents to opt-out their children from any Common Core-based test (pilot, field, or regular); (2) to […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, local control in education, Sandra Stotsky

Building the Machine to be Released on Monday

March 24, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

The Home School Legal Defense Association’s documentary on the Common Core entitled Building the Machine will be released on Monday, March 31st.  It will be released through its website – http://www.commoncoremovie.com/ where it will be free to view. Building the Machine introduces the public to the Common Core and its effects on our children’s education. […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Andrew Hacker, Bill Evers, Building the Machine, Common Core Movie, Common Core State Standards, Home School Legal Defense Association, James Milgram, Jim Stergios, Joy Pullmann, Michael Farris, Michael McShane, Mike Petrilli, Neal McClusky, Paul Horton, Sandra Stotsky, Wayne Brasler, Ze'ev Wurman

Sandra Stotsky on Common Core Assessments

March 17, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Massachusetts is telling their parents that they can not opt their students out from the PARCC assessments that are being field tested this year.  They are treating them the same as MCAS which are considered mandatory under state law. Dr. Sandra Stotsky, who served as a Senior Associate Commissioner in the Massachusetts Department of Education […]

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: common core assessments, PARCC, Sandra Stotsky, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

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