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Russ Pulliam endorses SB193!

February 26, 2013 0 Comments

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 […]

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Governor Pence, Stop the Common Core

January 31, 2013 0 Comments
Governor Pence, Stop the Common Core

A weeks or two ago, Phyllis Schlafly wrote a great article entitled, “Common Core Opponent is Upset Victor.”  In the article she depicts Glenda Ritz’s stunning defeat of Tony Bennett, and the role that grassroots opposition to Common Core played in that race.  Schlafly ends her column with the following piece of sound advice: Wake […]

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PARCC Technical Requirements, Are Schools Ready?

December 27, 2012 0 Comments

Controversy surrounds the technical requirements schools must meet to administer the new PARCC test which replaces IStep in 2013-2014. Many schools could incur steep costs to update their technology in order to be able to administer the new tests. Under Tony Bennett, the Department of Education was not forthcoming about any additional costs for which […]

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Which Way for Indiana?

December 27, 2012 0 Comments
Which Way for Indiana?

Common Core Standards: Which Way for Indiana? December 26, 2012 by SANDRA STOTSKY, Ph.D. The defeat of Tony Bennett as Indiana’s State Superintendent of Education was attributed to many factors. Yet, as one post-election analysis indicated, the size of the vote for his rival, Glenda Ritz, suggests that the most likely reason was Mr. Bennett’s support for, […]

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Common Core Standards? Which Way For Indiana

December 26, 2012 0 Comments
Common Core Standards?  Which Way For Indiana

By SANDRA STOTSKY, Ph.D. The defeat of Tony Bennett as Indiana’s State Superintendent of Education was attributed to many factors. Yet, as one post-election analysis indicated, the size of the vote for his rival, Glenda Ritz, suggests that the most likely reason was Mr. Bennett’s support for, and attempt to implement, Common Core’s badly flawed standards. Common Core’s English […]

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