Faculty Lounge Big Data to Try to Exclude Parents in Common Core Review Spencer Irvine February 5, 2016 Reason gazillion of why federally-mandated Common Core standards are just a way for corporations to get data on your children…
Perspectives Common Core Computer Crack-Up Malcolm A. Kline December 6, 2015 What do Common Core and Obamacare have in common, other than the enthusiasm they engender in the White House and…
Faculty Lounge Common Core in South Dakota is Being Sued Spencer Irvine November 30, 2015 Via Education News: Continuing its legal battle to stop the federal government from usurping control over the nation’s elementary and…
Faculty Lounge It’s Hard to be a Teacher under Common Core Spencer Irvine November 12, 2015 Common Core hurts English language learners, as this piece in the Washington Post refers to.
Perspectives Common Core Standards Failing Spencer Irvine November 7, 2015 A recent American Institutes for Research (AIR) assessment noted that Common Core standards are not matching National Assessment of Educational…
Guest Articles Division at Home Can Subtract from Math at School Tony Perkins November 4, 2015 Money can buy a lot of things, but a good education may not be one of them. Yesterday, the National…
Faculty Lounge Poll: New Yorkers don’t like Common Core Spencer Irvine October 30, 2015 The results are telling: “By a 40-21 percent margin, voters say Common Core standards have worsened, not improved, public education,…
Faculty Lounge Common Core Failure in Massachusetts Spencer Irvine Common Core State Standards is a big failure, as Massachusetts is seeing right now.
Perspectives The Cost of Common Core Malcolm A. Kline October 1, 2015 It may not work terribly well but Common Core sure is expensive. “The treatment of textbooks as mountains of words…
Faculty Lounge Ohio Dad’s Common Core Math Check Makes News Spencer Irvine September 24, 2015 As Fox News reported, the picture of the father’s check went viral as he wrote Common Core math on a…
Perspectives Common Core Disses Bilingual Education Malcolm A. Kline September 21, 2015 The bad reviews of Common Core keep pouring in, and not just from the right of center. “Among bilingual educators…
Perspectives Increasingly Uncommon Common Core Malcolm A. Kline September 14, 2015 As more states learn what Common Core involves, fewer of them want anything to do with it. “The number of…
