Common Core Info and Research

Anti-Common Core bill up for a vote tomorrow!

February 20, 2013 0 Comments

Tomorrow, Thursday February 21st, SB193 is up for a vote before the full Senate.  Please keep the calls going to the Senate switchboard at (317)232-9400.  They need to be flooded with phone calls, because reports are that our opponents are doing everything possible to defeat us! In fact, today a national group, Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) […]

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Who Wrote the Common Core?

February 15, 2013 14 Comments

I have copied the names of the people involved in writing, giving feedback and validating the Common Core Math Standards released by the non-profit, DC based Achieve, who developed them and is leading the new PARCC consortium to create a student test which will replace IStep. There is not ONE person from Indiana. I am […]

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New Videos – Former TX Commissioner of Education Testifies on Common Core

February 10, 2013 0 Comments
New Videos – Former TX Commissioner of Education Testifies on Common Core

New!  Don’t miss these newly released two great videos of Robert Scott, the former Texas Commissioner of Education, testifying about the Common Core. (Robert Scott testimony- Part 1 and Robert Scott testimony- Part 2) On February 6th, he testified before the Georgia General Assembly Joint Meeting of the House and Senate Education Committees.  This is a great tutorial […]

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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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Stop The Common Core

February 4, 2013 0 Comments
Stop The Common Core

Jane Robbins of American Principles Project offers a five-part video series that explains why we must stop the Common Core.

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