Radio Interview: Taking the Airwaves in Indiana

December 5, 2012 0 Comments

We have had the opportunity to go on the Greg Garrison Show to discuss the Common Core State Standards and how it impacts Hoosiers.  The podcast above is an interview with Erin Tuttle, Heather Crossin, Emmett McGroarty of American Principles Project and Jamie Gass of the Pioneer Institute.

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Common Core Myths vs. Facts

November 28, 2012 9 Comments
Common Core Myths vs. Facts

Myth
.  Common Core (CC) was a state-led initiative. Fact
.  The CC standards were initiated by private interests in Washington, DC, without any representation from the states. Eventually the creators realized the need to present a façade of state involvement and therefore enlisted the National Governors Association (NGA) (a trade association that doesn’t include all governors) […]

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The Tony Bennett Ouster Debate Continues

November 20, 2012 1 Comment
The Tony Bennett Ouster Debate Continues

By Shane Vander Hart The debate continues.  You may remember Matthew Ladner called anti-common core activists in Indiana a bunch of yahoos since they helped defeat incumbent Republican Tony Bennett in the Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction race.  Erin Tuttle, who for a “yahoo” writes quite well  , wrote in the Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette: The Bennett fiasco brought an exceptionally […]

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Tony Bennett’s Defeat’s Impact on the Common Core

November 15, 2012 0 Comments
Tony Bennett’s Defeat’s Impact on the Common Core

By Shane Vander Hart The education consulting group Whiteboard Advisorsrecently conducted surveys of 50-75 anonymous political and policy “insiders” before and after the election asking them to weigh in on a variety of issues.  One of the items that caught my eye they asked “How will Tony Bennett’s (the incumbent Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction) defeat impact the […]

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Debating the Bennett Ousting

November 12, 2012 0 Comments
Debating the Bennett Ousting

By Shane Vander Hart Matthew Laudner lamenting the outing of Tony Bennett as Indiana’s Superintendent of Public Education has poked a hornet’s nest by use of unfortunate hyperbole. Guest blogging at Jay P. Greene’s blog he wrote: Let’s get two things clear from the outset: no one has yet to convince me that Common Core is […]

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