Tag: Common Core State Standards
On to the House!
Friends, Wednesday the Senate voted 37 to 13 to pass HB1427! Thank you for all of your work at educating our Senators. Here is the coverage of the vote from the Indianapolis Star and Indiana State Impact. Now is the time to ACT! Please call as many members of the House as you possibly can […]
Twenty-two year veteran teacher from Indiana says No to Common Core!
Yet another veteran Indiana teacher stands up and speaks out against the Common Core! Read Julian Smith’s article, Common Core Standards would take Indiana students backwards , which appeared in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. His article begins: As out-of-state investors and pro-privatization education interest groups pour into our state with their deep pockets to […]
Anti-Common Core bill on the move!
Yesterday in the Senate Education Committee, Senator Scott Schneider successfully attached his language to a House bill, HB1427. To read the coverage of the Senate Education Committee’s action click here. Sen. Scott Schneider, R-Indianapolis, who authored the original Common Core bill, says despite Behning’s objections, he thinks the full House will back his plan. “The majority […]
Today’s the Big Day! We Are Looking to Governor Pence for Help
Today’s the Big Day, and we received some news coverage about our press conference today as we seek Governor Pence’s help with stopping the Common Core. From the Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel: In an event that could attract hundreds, opponents of new federal education reforms – including at least one Fort Wayne Community Schools board member […]
Be Wary of Common Core Propaganda Foisted on Hoosiers
This was a good letter to the editor in the Indy Star last Friday. John Stoffel of Huffington warned about Common Core propaganda. An excerpt: These investors after losing their political connection with Bennett, have moved to new propaganda techniques: Use Teach for America teachers to give the appearance teachers need the Common Core. As […]
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