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Indiana Governor Mike Pence on Common Core

April 8, 2013 1 Comment

Heartland education reporter Joy Pullmann talks with Governor Mike Pence about Indiana’s involvement with Common Core. See the interview here.  

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Joy Pullmann talks Common Core on WOWO with Pat Miller

March 30, 2013 3 Comments

Listen to Joy Pullmann, education researcher for Heartland Institute, talk about Common Core Standards, students data mining and the federal intrusion in education.  

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Governor Bob McDonnell shines as national leader on education

March 29, 2013 0 Comments

In his weekly “Ask the Governor” spot on the Jimmy Barrett Show on WRVA-Richmond, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell didn’t mice words when asked about whether his state would buy into the Common Core State Standards(CCSS). I don’t want to have a federal bureaucracy monitoring whether or not we are having the right programs in our schools. The […]

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Governor Pence Mum on Press Conference and Letter

March 25, 2013 1 Comment

Joy Pullman writing for School Reform News said Governor Pence’s office still has not issued a formal statement on our press conference or letter last Thursday. Although he visited the press conference releasing this letter at the state capitol March 21, Pence’s staff was “unable to reach him for comment” on the matter, said spokeswoman […]

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Transcription of Thursday’s Press Conference Remarks

March 25, 2013 0 Comments
Transcription of Thursday’s Press Conference Remarks

  Below are our a transcription of Heather Crossin and Erin Tuttle’s remarks prior to delivering our letter, signed by over 900 people representing 54 organizations, urging Governor Mike Pence to support SB 193. Heather Crossin made the following remarks on Thursday prior to delivering the letter: “We are coming together in a unified way […]

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