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Principal claims she was naive about Common Core

March 4, 2013 3 Comments

Carol Burris, a principal in New York, was once a staunch supporter of the Common Core standards. She even wrote a book called  “Opening the Common Core,” on how to help schools meet the common core through a rich curriculum and equitable teaching practices. She wrote it because “we thought that the Common Core would […]

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Joy Pullmann nails the Common Core in the Indianapolis Star

March 2, 2013 0 Comments
Joy Pullmann nails the Common Core in the Indianapolis Star

Joy Pullmann nails the Common Core problems down in a succinct way that is understandable to all in her article, “Why Indiana should delay Common Core, which appeared in today’s Indy Star online.  She exposes the myth that Common Core was a state led initiative: Haven’t heard of this? That’s because, unlike when states wrote […]

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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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Top Ten Reasons Common Core is BAD for Indiana

February 27, 2013 0 Comments

Support legislation to stop Common Core and restore LOCAL CONTROL of education! 1. Common Core Standards (CCS) is a national set of standards for math and English for K-12. It is a centrally controlled, top down approach to standards, curriculum and testing. 2. The CCS have NEVER been piloted in a classroom to assess student […]

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A Parent Laments the Common Core-Voucher link

February 27, 2013 5 Comments

Indianapolis resident Suzanne Sherby’s recent letter to the editor, which appeared in KPC News, raises valid concerns about the inconsistency between the claim that Indiana is entering a new era of school choice, and the fact that voucher-accepting schools are simultaneously being funneled into the same Common Core straight-jacket. As a parent whose children attend […]

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