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The Tony Bennett Ouster Debate Continues

Hoosiers Against Common Core • November 20, 2012 • 1 Comment

By Shane Vander Hart The debate continues. You may remember Matthew Ladner called anti-common core activists in Indiana a bunch of yahoos since they helped defeat incumbent Republican Tony Bennett in the Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction race. Erin Tuttle, who for a “yahoo” writes quite well , wrote in the Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette: The Bennett fiasco brought an exceptionally […]

Tony Bennett’s Defeat’s Impact on the Common Core

Hoosiers Against Common Core • November 15, 2012 • 0 Comments

By Shane Vander Hart The education consulting group Whiteboard Advisorsrecently conducted surveys of 50-75 anonymous political and policy “insiders” before and after the election asking them to weigh in on a variety of issues. One of the items that caught my eye they asked “How will Tony Bennett’s (the incumbent Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction) defeat impact the […]

Bennett Admits Common Core Tests Unaffordable

Heather Crossin • February 21, 2013 • 1 Comment

As opponents have tried to point out, implementing Common Core is going to be extremely costly. Had more states conducted cost analysis’ before they adopted Common Core, they would have know this going into it. The high cost of testing is even starting to be apparent in Florida, which is the “capital” of the Ed […]

Debating the Bennett Ousting

Hoosiers Against Common Core • November 12, 2012 • 0 Comments

By Shane Vander Hart Matthew Laudner lamenting the outing of Tony Bennett as Indiana’s Superintendent of Public Education has poked a hornet’s nest by use of unfortunate hyperbole. Guest blogging at Jay P. Greene’s blog he wrote: Let’s get two things clear from the outset: no one has yet to convince me that Common Core is […]