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Beware of Educrats Peddling “Evidence-Based” Solutions

August 31, 2016 By Jane Robbins

Powerful, wealthy private groups use their influence to bypass democratic processes to impose their preferred evidence-poor policies on public schools.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Bill Gates, Common Core State Standards, education reform, Ford School of Public Policy, Gates Foundation, Megan Tompkins-Stange, Michael Petrilli, Thomas B. Fordham Institute, U.S. Department of Education

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

John Stossel Discusses Common Core

April 19, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

John Stossel on Fox Business discussed the Common Core State Standards with Lindsey Burke of the Heritage Foundation and Kathleen Porter-Magee of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. You can watch below: Porter-Magee said that “they” were amazed when so many states signed on.  Yeah, we were amazed too, but for different reasons I’d suspect. HT: […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Fox Business Network, Heritage Foundation, John Stossel, Kathleen Porter-Magee, Lindsey Burke, Thomas B. Fordham Institute

Photos: Ohio is Jazzed About #StopCommonCore

April 16, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

Ohio had some informational meetings about the Common Core at three different locations throughout the state.  Ohioans Against Common Core has an update here.  Between 850-1000 attended.  The photos below are from Jamie Gass of the Pioneer Institute who was one of the speakers. The speakers for these events were: Cincinnati – held April 12th […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: American Principles Project, C. Todd Jones, Emmett McGroarty, Emmy L. Partin, Heartland Institute, Heather Crossin, Hoosiers Against Common Core, Jamie Gass, Joy Pullmann, Ohioans Against Common Core, Pioneer Institute, Thomas B. Fordham Institute

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