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How we took down the Common Core
Yesterday’s Indianapolis Star contained a great article by Russ Pulliam entitiled, How Indiana’s grass-roots activists took down the Common Core. It begins: The Common Core academic standards looked like a mighty Goliath when opponents began their opposition last year. Adopted by almost all the states, the standards had powerful backing in Indiana from the state […]
#StopCommonCore wins twitter war!
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 […]
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 […]
Russ Pulliam: Let’s Pause on Common Core
Russ Pulliam had an article in last Saturday’s Indianapolis Star entitled “Let’s pause on Common Core.” Pulliam rightly tells readers the following: The new superintendent of public instruction, Democrat Glenda Ritz, wants to pause. She has been joined by a few conservative Republicans who see Common Core as a nationalization of education standards. He goes […]
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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