Topic: Common Core

Ten years of Common Core have been a disaster -studies
Ten years of Common Core have been a disaster -studies April 28, 2020 Monica Showalter The Obama administration praised it and the Washington Post called it one of Obama's top legacies, but now the results are in. It's time to dump this.
Repudiating the Obama Vision for Higher Education
Repudiating the Obama Vision for Higher Education April 17, 2017 E. Jeffrey Ludwig Statistics, systems, and social engineering threaten our liberty.  When the priority is on the collective over the individual, look out – especially in education.
Tennessee Common Core Teaches One Nation Under Allah
Tennessee Common Core Teaches One Nation Under Allah September 12, 2015 Daniel John Sobieski Teaching about religions in a historical context is one thing. Actually teaching the tenets of a religion are quite another.
Bill Bennett should know better!
Bill Bennett should know better! February 5, 2015 Dan Nagasaki and Glenn Doi Makes some blunders in a debate on Common Core.
Jindal executive order slams Common Core in Louisiana
Jindal executive order slams Common Core in Louisiana February 3, 2015 Drew Belsky Common Core-supporting superintendent: "I have been told this will be a local decision.  This is an unacceptable response."
Common Core Seizes Control of Future Internet Education
Common Core Seizes Control of Future Internet Education November 1, 2014 Jack Curtis The consequence for private and home education will be dire.  Even day care and babysitting will take a hit.
Common Core Teacher Evaluations: Ensuring Conformity in Every Classroom
Common Core Teacher Evaluations: Ensuring Conformity in Every Classroom October 3, 2014 Mary Anne Marcella One thing I have in common with the teachers’ union: questioning teacher evaluations under Common Core.
College Board Erases the Founding Fathers. Protect the Spirit of '76.
College Board Erases the Founding Fathers. Protect the Spirit of '76. August 16, 2014 Patrick Jakeway The College Board will be directing the teachers of America to instruct your children and mine that the USA is the land of the imperialist and the home of the racist.
Education That You Know Is Sick
Education That You Know Is Sick May 16, 2014 Bruce Deitrick Price Common Core.  Call the whole thing subversion, or treachery,  or greed, or psychopathology, but please don’t call it education.
Why Common Core Won't Work
Why Common Core Won't Work May 11, 2014 Bruce Walker In short, because America is allergic to it.
Michelle Malkin Wants to Debate Michelle Rhee on Common Core
Michelle Malkin Wants to Debate Michelle Rhee on Common Core May 8, 2014 Ann Kane It's about time we got some conservative coverage of Rhee that's not completely fawning.
ObamaCare and Common Core: Two Fronts of the Same Coup
ObamaCare and Common Core: Two Fronts of the Same Coup April 27, 2014 Bruce Deitrick Price The 10 biggest similarities between these two horrible programs show how both are integral to the same transformative socialist agenda.
Rand Paul and David Axelrod on School Choice
Rand Paul and David Axelrod on School Choice April 25, 2014 Ann Kane On Tuesday, Obama’s former advisor David Axelrod asked Sen. Rand Paul questions about school choice, and whether national standards were necessary
Common Core's Dirtiest Trick: Dividing Parents and Children
Common Core's Dirtiest Trick: Dividing Parents and Children April 16, 2014 Bruce Deitrick Price In an intelligently organized society, the schools would do everything possible to involve parents in their children’s education.  Our Education Establishment is doing the reverse.
Common Core: Anatomy of a Failure
Common Core: Anatomy of a Failure March 30, 2014 Bruce Deitrick Price Bill Gates will be so disappointed.  But he should have seen this coming.
The Most Obvious Conspiracy in the History of the World
The Most Obvious Conspiracy in the History of the World March 21, 2014 Bruce Deitrick Price Or how the education establishment in America turned English into a hieroglyphic language.
Common Core and Unionitis
Common Core and Unionitis February 6, 2014 Deana Chadwell Common Core is merely a symptom -- the actual disorder afflicting American education lies deeper.
A Cruel Obama Hoax: "Improve Education at All Levels"
A Cruel Obama Hoax: "Improve Education at All Levels" February 5, 2014 Bruce Deitrick Price The president's promise is mocked by the fact that Common Core, his signature effort in this area, is now devastating education at all levels in all states that have embraced it.
Global Citizens of the World, Obey!
Global Citizens of the World, Obey! January 18, 2014 Jay Schalin A disquieting new initiative with the hidden potential for sweeping transformation is the "internationalization" of higher education.
Education Establishment: Giving Their All for Gold, Glory, and Gospel of Progressivism
Education Establishment: Giving Their All for Gold, Glory, and Gospel of Progressivism January 8, 2014 Bruce Deitrick Price Today's educators have something in common with the Spanish explorers of the 1500s.
Rethinking Military Schools
Rethinking Military Schools December 12, 2013 William F. Dement Many of the challenges of contemporary education can be addressed through the military high school.
Common Core Standards: Throwing Gasoline on a Fire
Common Core Standards: Throwing Gasoline on a Fire December 5, 2013 Bruce Deitrick Price Consider this headline: "Principals say Common Core tests make little kids vomit, pee their pants."
The Common Core Rabbit Hole
The Common Core Rabbit Hole November 9, 2013 L.E. Ikenga Black children, who historically have had very few opportunities for anything apart from progressive education, are losing -- and they don't even know it.
Common Core: Reinforcing Failure
Common Core: Reinforcing Failure August 20, 2013 Marin Smillov, et al Are the "Common Core" standards simply another trendy quick fix in the tradition of previous failed education reforms?
Politicizing Junior High Literature
Politicizing Junior High Literature May 14, 2013 Peter Wilson Common Core's reading selection is less about education than it is indicting America for its sins.
Common Core: Nationalized State-Run Education
Common Core: Nationalized State-Run Education April 12, 2013 Dean Kalahar Common Core is not actually about standards, it's about gaining control over the educational system in a futile attempt to create a Progressive utopia.
Pulling a Reagan Against Common Core
Pulling a Reagan Against Common Core April 11, 2013 Heather Crossin Through opposition against the Common Core standards, Mike Pence has a unique opportunity to put himself at the forefront of American conservatism.