Common Core ELA Standards

A Peek at Indiana’s New Draft ELA Standards

February 24, 2014 5 Comments

We recently put out a general request for feedback on the new “draft” Indiana standards.  Here are some general comments that we have heard from teachers on the ELA Standards.  It is by NO means a comprehensive critique, but rather a compilation of some of the comments we have received to date.  We expect that […]

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Dr. Terrence Moore, author of “The Story-Killers,” to Speak January 6th!

December 27, 2013 0 Comments
Dr. Terrence Moore, author of “The Story-Killers,” to Speak January 6th!

In my opinion, one of the greatest developments in the Common Core battle this past year has been  the involvement of Hillsdale College professor Dr. Terrence Moore.  Any who have had the pleasure of hearing him speak, or who have read his articles, know why I say this.  Dr. Moore  is more than a great […]

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Common Core Scrooges give Dickens the Boot!

December 16, 2013 2 Comments

Hillsdale College Professor, Dr. Terrence Moore, has a fantastic new article entitled ” ‘Bah! Humbug!’: A Dickens-less Christmas from the Scrooges at the Common Core.”  His article makes clear why it matters what stories children do or do not read in school: In a sane world, any flourishing people has sense enough to teach its […]

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Veteran Teacher Gives Common Core a Thumbs Down

February 4, 2013 0 Comments
Veteran Teacher Gives Common Core a Thumbs Down

Last week syndicated columnist, Andrea Neal, an adjunct fellow with the Indiana Policy Review Foundation, wrote an excellent Common Core article, “Why would we lower our standards?,” which was featured in newspapers around the state.  Neal’s article starts out with a hard-hitting bang: Plenty of good reasons exist for Indiana to drop out of the Common […]

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Literature or Technical Manuals: Who Should Be Teaching What, Where, and Why?

January 27, 2013 1 Comment

Sandra Stotsky, Professor Emerita of Education Reform, University of Arkansas Paper presented at the Educational Policy Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, January 25, 2013 I.  Purpose Over 45 states adopted Common Core’s ELA standards in 2010, in some cases before they were even written. Only in 2012 did some discussion about their implications take place in […]

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