Tag: Common Core ELA Standards

What’s in the Common Core State Standards Content?

December 31, 2012 3 Comments
What’s in the Common Core State Standards Content?

What’s in the Common Core State Standards content? Several reviews have brought up areas of concern.

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Heritage Foundation on Common Core English Standards

December 14, 2012 0 Comments
Heritage Foundation on Common Core English Standards

Read the latest article from the Heritage Foundation entitled, Common Core Standards’ Devastating Impact on Literary Study and Analytical Thinking.  It details the devastating effect of the Common Core ELA Standards, which favor having children read “informational texts,” over classic and creative literature.  Our children deserve a real “education”, not simply “training” to read manuals […]

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Common Core Standards’ Devastating Impact on Literary Study and Analytical Thinking

December 11, 2012 0 Comments

Below is an embedded article written by Sandra Stotsky reviewing the Common Core ELA Standards for The Heritage Foundation. Common Core Standards’ Devastating Impact on Literary Study and Analytical Thinking by Sandra Stotsky

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Sandra Stotsky’s Testimony Before Indiana Senate Education Commitee

December 5, 2012 6 Comments
Sandra Stotsky’s Testimony Before Indiana Senate Education Commitee

Sandra Stotsky, professor of education reform at the University of Arkansas testified about the Common Core ELA Standards before the Indiana Senate Education Committee on January 23, 2012. Sandra Stotsky – Testimony Before Indiana Senate Education Committee on Common Core

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