Indiana Common Core Review: A Stacked Deck?
If you were going to the trial of someone accused of murdering a loved one, would it concern you if almost 50% of the jury had signed statements that they believed the accused was innocent? Would you consider such a jury to be “fair” and “neutral?” Would you believe that the “process” of our judicial […]
Math teachers, please watch this video.
Do you think the Common Core math standards will fail? They did the last time. Watch this video by Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Stanford University, James Milgram, who explains this is NOTHING NEW and the results will be no different.
Federally approved state sovereignty?
Can one be alone together? Can one offer an unbiased opinion? Can one keep an open secret? Can a state have federally-approved, sovereign academic standards? An oxymoron is a figure of speech which contains words that seem contradictory to one another intended to create humor or to make the reader stop and think. In the case of Indiana and […]
Common Core Reversal – Are We There Yet?
Last week’s flurry of Common Core articles give us some indication of where Indiana is headed. Our response can best be summed up with the following: “We’ve come a long way, but we aren’t out of the woods yet! The most crucial miles have yet to be travelled, before we cross the finish line.” To fully […]
Progressive education fortified under Common Core
Dr. Terrence Moore, author of The Story Killers, gives a compelling case against progressive education. It’s a great follow up to my post about John Dewey and the destructive effect of progressive education in American schools. Just because you believe in climate change and other ideas housed under the progressive name, doesn’t mean you believe […]
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