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Education
These will be the five biggest education issues of 2015
In 2014, teachers were upset about excessive standardized tests, women were upset about campus sexual assault, kids were upset about…
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Teachers now lack faith in Common Core, too
One day after a poll showing that a plurality of parents split opinions on Common Core, another survey by Gallup shows that…
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Education
Big Data: Collecting, selling, exploiting data on schoolchildren
Brother Data, Sister Nudge.
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Education
Arizona primary will test momentum of anti-Common Core movement
One of Arizona’s most closely-watched races Tuesday will be the Republican primary for school superintendent, a key test of strength…
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Education
NY Common Core ‘English’ test contains article that ‘nudges’ kids toward accepting global warming
Following repeated requests from parents, the state of New York released the text of half the questions used in its new Common…
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Unyielding
‘Badass Teachers’ go BATs in D.C. protest
A swarm of BATs has descended on Washington, D.C. The Badass Teachers Association (BAT), a stridently left-wing group of public school teachers,…
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Louisiana Common Core feud heading to court
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s effort to repeal Common Core in his state is almost certainly headed to the courtroom following…
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Education
Liberal protesters descend on Gates Foundation
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation may have to be wary. Badasses are gunning for them. Bearing signs with slogans…
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Education
Bill Gates, Common Core, and the real problem with money in politics
Dark money versus money invisible in plain sight.
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Education
Video: A Common Core-style ‘trick’ for multiplying numbers
This may or may not be Common Core-aligned, though the technique fits right in with some of the CC methods…
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Education
Muslim school superintendent defends Common Core-linked assignment questioning Holocaust *UPDATE*
“All right, class. Today, we are going to test your ability to think critically. I want you write a paper…
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Fifth grade worksheet: Founders wanted government to have ‘power over the states’
A fifth grade worksheet in Florida declares that the Federalists were different than the anti-federalists because they “believed in a strong…
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Education
Zantac alert: What they’ll be passing off as education in the Chicago public schools
Chicago public schools are set to introduce a new Afrocentric curriculum, according to a closely guarded copy obtained by The…
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Education
Girl, 13, suspended for informing classmates they could opt out of Common Core test
Common Core has become the new toy gun. In much the way bringing a plastic water pistol to school (or biting…
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Unyielding
Obamacare causes cancellation of children’s insurance plans for 1,800 NJ families
It doesn’t take an expert in Common Core math to tell you that 1,800 is a much smaller number than…
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Mother banned from child’s elementary school for objecting to Common Core
It doesn’t get more Gestapoesque than this. ABC News affiliate KXTV has the story of a Sacramento mother who was visited by…
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5 reasons why Republicans should say no to Jeb Bush in 2016
With Chris Christie in deep trouble, Republican poobahs are reportedly looking to Jeb Bush to save their party in 2016.…
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Education
Fourth-grade Common Core reading worksheet features story about adultery
“Making inferences is a skill with which students often need much practice.” So begins the syntactically challenged introduction to a series of…
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Media
Legalize gay marriage, or there will be gay porn (or something)
It’s hard to call something a “study” when it features a graphic that boldly proclaims that the difference between 4.41%…
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Video: Watch a third grader struggle to solve a math problem using a Common Core plug-in
Imagine yourself back in the third grade. Your arithmetic teacher assigns you the following problem. Betty bought 1,568 stickers. For…
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Education
What is the deal with Mike Huckabee and Common Core?
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has long been a supporter of the creepy government overreach known as “common core,” but…
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Education
Common Core math question for sixth graders: Was the 2000 election ‘fair’? *UPDATE*
Would you ever consider the question ‘Whom do you want to be president?’ to be asked of your third grader…
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Economy
NYC Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio to fund ‘universal pre-kindergarten program’ by raising taxes on wealthy
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio has been actively touting his plan to expand after-school programs and to provide universal pre-kindergarten to…
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Education
Chicago public schools won’t share new African studies curriculum
On Friday, the NAACP touted the decision by the Chicago Public School (CPS) to integrate “African American history in the…
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