Kentucky was the first state to adopt the Common Core, and they did so before the final draft was even published. I highlighted some of Lyndsey Layton’s article in the Washington Post on Bill Gates’ involvement with the Common Core earlier today on another blog. The excerpt related to Kentucky I found fascinating and frankly […]
Kentucky Pulls Out of PARCC
Well we can add Kentucky to the list of states who have pulled out of their Common Core assessment consortium. Education Week reported on Friday that Kentucky Gov. Steven L. Beshear, Education Commissioner Terry Holliday and State Board President Roger L. Marcum sent a letter by email to Mitchell D. Chester, the chairman of PARCC’s governing board saying […]
Wait! Weren’t We Told the Common Core Was Initiated By “The States”?
We’ve been told by Common Core advocates that they were developed by “the states.” The Huffington Post on Friday published a defense of the Common Core, and they have a historical overview of the Common Core’s development. We learned fascinating things about how Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holliday agonized over how to accomplish his state […]