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Ed Week on Indiana Common Core

May 3, 2013 0 Comments

Michelle Molnar of Ed Week has a post about the efforts to combat Common Core in Indiana and reaction to the passed legislation and the steps going forward. Hoosiers Against Common Core is taking the anti-common core movement to the streets and across the country. Heather Crossin, whom Tuttle affectionately calls her “partner in crime” […]

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Pullman shreds “state-led” farce of Common Core

April 24, 2013 6 Comments
Pullman shreds “state-led” farce of Common Core

Joy Pullman of School Reform News validates claims opponents of Common Core have been making regarding the fishy “state-led” adjective used to describe the initiative. Common Core supporters, like the Chamber of Commerce, have held fast to the talking point that this was a state-led effort, free from any federal control or influence. To believe […]

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Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s Poor Record on Education

April 22, 2013 0 Comments

Don’t miss Erin Tuttle’s article, Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s Poor Record on Education, which was published by the Heartland Institute last week.  It addresses the central question of why in the world anyone would take the advice of the Chamber of Commerce when it comes to education policy.  It begins: The Indiana Chamber of Commerce […]

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What are schools using for informational text?

April 20, 2013 1 Comment

The debate about the increase in informational text through the Common Core and whether it will improve students’ college and career readiness continues in education circles across the country. With Common Core currently being implemented, we now get a chance to see what that looks like in the classroom. In my opinion, it looks like […]

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#StopCommonCore wins twitter war!

April 17, 2013 1 Comment

Yesterday, Common Core opponents and proponents engaged in a twitter war.  Kyle Stokes of Indiana State Impact covered the story in his article, How Tuesday’s Twitter War Reflects the Broader Common Core Debate. At first glance, readers might get the impression that tweeters were evenly divided on the issue, because the article includes an equal […]

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