New Heritage Foundation video: Putting the brakes on Common Core

May 10, 2013 1 Comment

The Heritage Foundation’s 2013 Resource Bank conference featured a Common Core panel, entitled “Putting the brakes on Common Core.”  Speakers included Lindsey Burke of the Heritage Foundation, Jim Sterios of the Pioneer Institute, Ted Rebarber of Accountability Works, and grassroots activists Heather Crossin and Christel Swasey. Heather was honored to be included and asked to […]

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Gates on Ted Talks- U.S. should model China’s teacher improvement system

May 10, 2013 2 Comments

Bill Gates delivered a speech on education for Ted Talks on PBS this week. He started out his speech by talking about the need for America to be more competitive internationally. He claims reforms are needed based on the dismissal rankings of the U.S. in math, science and reading. Among those reforms is a project he […]

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Video of Anti-Common Core rally Indiana Statehouse, April 25, 2013

May 7, 2013 0 Comments

Video of Indiana Anti-Common Core Rally      

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How we took down the Common Core

May 5, 2013 3 Comments
How we took down the Common Core

Yesterday’s Indianapolis Star contained a great article by Russ Pulliam entitiled, How Indiana’s grass-roots activists took down the Common Core.  It begins: The Common Core academic standards looked like a mighty Goliath when opponents began their opposition last year. Adopted by almost all the states, the standards had powerful backing in Indiana from the state […]

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FREE internationally benchmarked ELA standards for any state with the guts to adopt them

May 3, 2013 2 Comments

The Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers (ALSCW) promotes excellence in literary criticism and scholarship, and works to ensure that literature thrives in both scholarly and creative environments. They have made the following set of English Language Arts standards for k-12 available FOR FREE to any school, district or state who has the guts to […]

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