Perspectives Smells Like Common Core Malcolm A. Kline August 31, 2015 Even when teachers don’t appear to be complaining about Common Core they actually are, because CC is so unpopular that…
Perspectives Education Wonk Changes His Mind on Arne Duncan Spencer Irvine August 24, 2015 The Thomas B. Fordham Institute’s Michael Petrilli recently wrote an apologetic op-ed for Fordham’s e-mail newsletter entitled “The new ESEA…
Faculty Lounge Jeb Bush, John Kasich Distance Themselves from Common Core Support Spencer Irvine August 20, 2015 Looks like they are backtracking way too fast for comfort on their past support of Common Core, huh?
Faculty Lounge Education Secretary’s Kids Don’t Have to do Common Core Testing Spencer Irvine July 19, 2015 Why is that? Because Arne Duncan’s children are enrolled in private schools, at least that’s what the College Fix reported….
Perspectives Common Core Crack-Up Malcolm A. Kline June 27, 2015 The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in education continue to crumble when they encounter reality. “Not a single junior at…
Faculty Lounge Professors are Not Happy with AP US History Course Curriculum Spencer Irvine June 15, 2015 The College Fix reports: “Fifty-five college professors have signed an open letter in opposition to the College Board’s controversial new…
Perspectives Common Core’s Slow Collapse Malcolm A. Kline May 29, 2015 As a public service, we try to track the progress, or lack thereof, of the latest top-down education reform concocted…
Faculty Lounge Professor, who helped create Common Core Curriculum, has Lesson that Supports Hamas Spencer Irvine May 22, 2015 Not encouraging and another reason to not trust Common Core: “A “Whose Jerusalem?” workshop created by a Boston University professor that’s been…
Events, Guest Articles, News Creativity and Common Core Nick Kowalski May 12, 2015 This SXSWedu session’s description sums up the matter: “What if job performance was measured by a year-end test aiming to…
Perspectives Delaying Common Core the Chicago Way Malcolm A. Kline April 21, 2015 Opposition to Common Core continues to spread well across party lines, no matter how much the educational establishment tires to…
Faculty Lounge Michelle Malkin: Hillary Clinton’s Common Core-type Past Spencer Irvine April 15, 2015 As always, Michelle Malkin does her homework and digs up facts about Common Core and their supporters. Hillary Clinton, recently-announced…
Perspectives The Left Protests Common Core Malcolm A. Kline April 7, 2015 Opposition to the Common Core education reforms embraced by the Obama Administration is growing, and not just on the political…
