Author Archive: Erin Tuttle
Indiana superintendent admits Common Core REBRAND
The superintendent of Franklin County School District sent the following letter to a parent who complained that her child’s school was still using Common Core. The parent demanded an explanation as to why Governor Pence’s legislation to void Common Core was being ignored. The superintendent responded with the following letter dated September 21, 2014. Her supporting documentation […]
Over half of Tennessee teachers say, “Abandon Common Core”
A survey of 27,000 teachers in Tennessee follows the national trend of declining support for the Common Core standards. As more teachers are using the standards in the classroom, they are finding that they don’t work. Teachers were asked: Will teaching to Common Core standards improve student learning? Only 39% responded yes, which is down […]
Indiana teachers admit following Common Core
An angry parent submitted a letter she received from her child’s school. The 5th grade teachers at Highlands Middle School sent a letter to parents asking for $5.00 to buy books to “facilitate teaching the National Common Core Standards.” The teacher chose the program because it would “give students the rich nonfiction reading experience demanded […]
Indiana’s “new” standards fail to prepare for STEM
Stanford mathematician James Milgram eloquently warns that Indiana’s new standards won’t prepare students for STEM careers. While the “new” standards added back in some of our former standards such as Trig, Pre-Cal and Calculus, Milgram reveals that the advanced courses “were added to standards that couldn’t support them.” Milgram states the obvious, you can’t get to […]
Share examples of Indiana’s Common Core rebrand in your child’s school.
With the start of the school year, parents are stunned that nothing has changed under Indiana’s “new” standards. While some politicians are unwillingly to admit that Indiana’s standards are the Common Core rebranded, schools and teachers are not hiding it. In frustration, parents are submitting to Hoosiers Against Common Core examples of their child’s Common […]
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