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#stopcommoncore twitter rally- TODAY

March 6, 2014 0 Comments

Hi all — I’m writing you to ask you to join us today and over the coming days as we flood CPAC and the political leaders with our message and challenge them to join the fight against the Common Core. CPAC is one of the largest gatherings of American conservatives, so this is an IMPORTANT […]

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Update from Plymouth public hearings on standards

February 28, 2014 5 Comments

UPDATE FROM DAN THIELE Wednesday, February 26, the SBOE heard testimony on the new Indiana draft standards from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Plymouth High School.  Representing the Board were Dr. Brad Oliver (stayed whole time), Cari Whicker (stayed whole time), Dr. David Freitas (stayed for first two hours), and Tony Walker (stayed for […]

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Hoosiers’ trust broken with “new” standards

February 27, 2014 2 Comments

Joy Pullmann has a great article on the Indiana standards review process currently working its way through the State Board of Education. Concerns have been raised that the standards are almost identical to the Common Core and  those in charge of the process have a bias towards supporting Common Core. Hoosiers Against Common Core posted […]

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It’s not me, it’s the standards!

February 25, 2014 3 Comments
It’s not me, it’s the standards!

I’m consistently shocked by the absurd manner in which opposition to the new standards draft is treated. The new talking point being promoted to discredit the opposition is that they are unwilling to accept anything that is offered and they will never be satisfied, no matter what standards they are offered. For that to be […]

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New Indiana standards make things worse

February 24, 2014 1 Comment
New Indiana standards make things worse

Words matter, especially in the technical lingo of standards. In an earlier post, I noted that the “new” Indiana draft standards use different language when referring to the standard algorithm which is problematic. Indiana citizens wanted our state to improve our standards with this process, and encourage more traditional math. However, a back to the […]

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