Indiana ELA Standards “Clearly Superior”
Read Heather Crossin’s January 16th, Indianapolis Star letter to the editor, entitled Corporate interests behind Common Core. She sets the record straight about the finding of the Fordham Institute report, “The State of State Standards – and the Common Core in 2010,” which categorized Indiana’s English Language Arts Standards as “clearly superior” to those of […]
Common Core Math Standards: Making the Simple Complicated
By Shane Vander Hart Barry Garelick wrote at The Atlantic about the Common Core Math Standards. Basically he says that kids are required not to just learn how to make a calculations, but also how to explain why they are doing so. The standards actually elevate this above learning how to solve math problems. Garelick […]
The Garfield Stand
I have reposted this blog from the Truth in American Education network in its entirety. The Garfield Stand and the Common Core: Will They Both Come to a School Near You? The “Garfield Stand” may eventually come to a school near you following the roll out of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and […]
High Noon Showdown at the Statehouse on Common Core
High Noon Showdown at the Statehouse on the Common Core Join the Rally in the Rotunda to END the Common Core Initiative Indiana State House ~ January 16, 2013 ~ 12:00pm followed by Senate Education Committee Hearing on SB193 at 1:30pm Senate Chamber on 3rd Floor If you wish to preserve local control of education and […]
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