Tag: Indiana Senate

On to the House!

April 11, 2013 7 Comments

Friends, Wednesday the Senate voted 37 to 13 to pass HB1427!   Thank you for all of your work at educating our Senators.  Here is the coverage of the vote from the Indianapolis Star and Indiana State Impact.   Now is the time to ACT!  Please call as many members of the House as you possibly can […]

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Washington Post: Resistance to Common Core Standards Growing

Here is a post written by Valarie Strauss for the Answer Sheet blog that is part of The Washington Post.  She highlights Indiana first. An excerpt: Nearly all of the states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Common Core State Standards in English language arts and math and are in the process of […]

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James Milgram Testimony to the Indiana Senate Education Committee

December 6, 2012 29 Comments

Written Testimony for Indiana Senate Education Panel for  Hearing on Senate Bill 373 R. James Milgram, Ph.D. Emeritus Professor Department of Mathematics Stanford University January 23, 2012 1. Why would we want to adopt Common Core Math Standards over Indiana Math Standards? Mathematically, there is no good reason to adopt Common Core Math Standards over the Indiana […]

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