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Teachers who advise students they can opt out of Common Core being threatened
'We have ways of dealing with your kind.'
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Senate confirms education secretary who is not only bullish on Common Core but believes this
Senate confirms Obama's new education secretary
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Obama does a 180 on standardized tests
In a surprising announcement Saturday, President Barack Obama sharply shifted his administration’s position on standardized tests, saying testing has gone…
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If only Jeb Bush had listened to his mother…
“There are other people out there that are very qualified and we’ve had enough Bushes.” “He will get all our…
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Christianity, Judaism being taught through an Islamic lens in U.S. schools
Owning the narrative.
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As long as schools persist in teaching Common Core math, every parent should cut a check like this one
The Common Core Curriculum Standards have been an unending source of irritation for students unlucky enough to attend school in districts…
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One state’s ‘brilliant’ fix to stopping students from opting out of Common Core
It’s one of the oldest tricks in business. Your product or service isn’t selling, so you change the name. How…
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California will give free high school diplomas to kids who flunked out
It’s the ultimate participation trophy. Except in this case, the majority of the recipients won’t have participated, and many won’t…
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Andrew Cuomo says Common Core is ‘not working’
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared Thursday that Common Core is “not working” in the state and is in need of a…
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Texas students given most stunningly intrusive home survey ever? *UPDATE*: Classroom exercise in bias analysis
All your lives are belong to us.
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NY Common Core advocate’s THREAT to parents
Newly minted state Education Commissioner has prepared for battle with parents and teachers who support opting students out of Common…
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Republicans crush Democrats’ effort to impose Obama’s global warming agenda on schools
Senate Republicans soundly defeated an attempt by Democrats to get the federal government more involved in state’s Common Core standards…
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The nation’s biggest Common Core test circling the drain
Arkansas’s board of education voted Thursday to dump a national standardized test aligned with Common Core math and science standards,…
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You won’t believe what happened to this third grader for opting out of Common Core testing
How far will a school go to “incentivize” parents into participating in Common Core? If the actions of one New Jersey…
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Nevada’s Common Core tests turn into costly fiasco
A new, online standardized test designed to assess Nevada schoolchildren on Common Core standards has been a huge fiasco in its first year, with the vast…
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Education
Latest national crisis: Children’s books have too many white faces
That’s not just opinion, Melanie Koss of the Northern Illinois University Department of Literacy and Elementary Education will tell you: It’s scientific “fact.” A…
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Education
New bill touted as repealing Common Core actually just calls it by another name
What’s in a name? For a newly minted bill passed by the Tennessee House of Representatives, the answer is the…
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HS students in West Virginia being suspended for opting out of Common Core tests
Parents of students at Liberty High School in West Virginia are receiving phone calls from the school indicating that their…
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Education
Education Secretary: Opting out of Common Core is a ‘white’ thing and, therefore, racist
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said at Q&A in Chicago Tuesday that if the high rate of parents and students opting…
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Shakedown: School official demands names of teachers who suppotred Common Core opt out
An email sent from a high-ranking official in the Rochester (N.Y.) Central School District has rattled some teachers who believe…
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Lawmaker dares NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo to take Common Core standardized test (Video)
Is New York Governor Andrew Cuomo smarter than a fifth grader? Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R) aims to find out. The lawmaker,…
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Teacher testifies that special needs child intentionally hurt himself over Common Core (Video)
A press conference was held earlier this week regarding the Common Core Parental Refusal Act, legislation that would require schools in New…
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Common Core tests beset with glitches, barraged by boycotts across the country
The national rollout of new Common Core-aligned standardized tests is running into a series of embarrassing problems, as schools grapple…
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How one obscure blog post derailed the education debate in Congress
Republican efforts to replace No Child Left Behind (NCLB) were dealt an unexpected setback Friday, when a long-anticipated vote on…
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Bobby Jindal unveils national plan to repeal Common Core
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has unveiled a 42-page proposal to reform American education at the national level, one of the clearest signs…
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Catch-22: Could reforming No Child Left Behind actually save Common Core?
Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander’s new draft bill to reform No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is set to scale back the…
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