Tell Us Your Common Core Stories
Does your child’s homework look different lately? Maybe something like this has happened to you or someone you know: Heather Crossin, an Indianapolis mom of… Read More
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Crisis for Common Core: Indiana’s Uncommon Ruckus Over Education Standards
INDIANAPOLIS – What’s wrong with public education in America today? Across the country, just about everyone has an opinion. Very few, though, have the power… Read More
Parents in Charge: Fight for School Choice Takes Stage at CPAC
As more and more cracks begin to show in the Common Core initiative, Americans are pushing back, insisting that parents—not bureaucrats in Washington—should “be in… Read More
Latest Common Core Strategy: Switch the Name, So People Don’t Realize What It Is
What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; — Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet As Juliet… Read More
Common Core: The “Tin Foil” Is Spreading
Missouri State Representative Mike Lair (R) likens opponents of Common Core to “conspiracy theorists.” So much so that he decided to include $8 for tin… Read More
Lawmaker Budgets for Tin Foil Hats to Mock Critics of Common Core
As opponents of the Obama Administration’s national education standards rallied Wednesday at the Missouri State Capitol, state Representative Mike Lair acted on what some might call sinister motives:… Read More
Common Core Supporter: ‘The Children Belong to All of Us’
Paul Reville, the former secretary of education for Massachusetts, recently said “the children belong to all of us” at a panel discussion at the Center… Read More
Is Common Core Really State-Led?
One of the more hotly debated subjects in America right now is the subject of Common Core National Education standards. Videos of parents complaining to… Read More
Arkansas Mom Poses Problem for Common Core
Karen Lamoreaux, a mother and former National Honor Society member, made waves last month when she appeared before the Arkansas State Board of Education to… Read More
Is Common Core Leaving Students Unprepared in Math and Science?
A leading education reform scholar argues that Common Core national standards are leaving students unprepared for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Sandra Stotsky, who… Read More
