George W. Bush’s now infamous and highly debated domestic and once celebrated bipartisan policy, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), sought to raise the national quality for students in reading and math by 2014.
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Coreless Nebraska Colleges
Are Nebraska college students receiving a well-rounded education?
Governors Score Obamacare
As the debate continues on national health care, the U. S. House Energy and Commerce Committee convened to question expert witnesses – Governors from Mississippi, Massachusetts and Utah – on alternatives to Obamacare.
Common Learning Agenda Blues
Those who argue that colleges and universities lack standards may be incorrect but only technically.
Rethinking Federal Intervention in K-12 Education
Or, what is the Common Core of government policy?
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Jeb!
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush will bring his legendary low energy to the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), ostensibly to promote Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) but we wouldn’t be against him giving a shout out, or the Bush family equivalent of one, to Common Core.
Education Data = Fool’s Gold
Even education insiders are beginning to acknowledge that the data mining the federal government is now engaged in under Common Core produces little in the way of education achievement.
Race To The Crisis
“Race to the Top” required that states commit to yet-to-be-written Common Core standards in math and English/Language Arts (ELA).
Racing To The Trough
When local officials accept federal funds for the higher purpose of more qualitative national standards in education, about all they get is the “national” part, a trend now evident as states are urged by the federal government to adopt national curriculum standards known as “Common Core.”
Historical Fiction
Unfortunately, our collective history is unfamiliar to many American high schoolers. Responses to Common Core’s questionnaire, put to 1,200 17-year-olds, paint a startling portrait of teenage historical and literary ignorance.