What do Common Core and Obamacare have in common, other than the enthusiasm they engender in the White House and widespread disappointment they generate outside of it? Both programs have fatal computer glitches. “New Hampshire-based…
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Common Core in South Dakota is Being Sued
Via Education News: Continuing its legal battle to stop the federal government from usurping control over the nation’s elementary and secondary public schools, the Thomas More Law Center (TMLC), a national public interest law firm…
It’s Hard to be a Teacher under Common Core
Common Core hurts English language learners, as this piece in the Washington Post refers to.
Common Core Standards Failing
A recent American Institutes for Research (AIR) assessment noted that Common Core standards are not matching National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) standards at the fourth grade level: “There are substantial differences in some content…
Poll: New Yorkers don’t like Common Core
The results are telling: “By a 40-21 percent margin, voters say Common Core standards have worsened, not improved, public education, with another 21 percent saying they have had little impact,” Greenberg said. “Looking forward, a…
Common Core Failure in Massachusetts
Common Core State Standards is a big failure, as Massachusetts is seeing right now.
The Cost of Common Core
It may not work terribly well but Common Core sure is expensive. “The treatment of textbooks as mountains of words is one of the signature elements of Common Core,” Peter Wood of the National Association…
Ohio Dad’s Common Core Math Check Makes News
As Fox News reported, the picture of the father’s check went viral as he wrote Common Core math on a check (which was not to be cashed and he did hide the important information) and…
Common Core Disses Bilingual Education
The bad reviews of Common Core keep pouring in, and not just from the right of center. “Among bilingual educators there has been much debate about the Common Core State Standards (CCSS),” Jeff Bale writes…
Increasingly Uncommon Common Core
As more states learn what Common Core involves, fewer of them want anything to do with it. “The number of states participating in the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) Common…