Tag: Joy Pullman

The Changing Role of Education in America

January 8, 2014 1 Comment
The Changing Role of Education in America

Hoosiers, like those in a number of other states, have been stuck indoors the last few days, due to record-breaking temperatures and snow.  Many have likely put away their Christmas decorations and exhausted projects in the home, which makes this a perfect time to watch some of the videos from the Common Core conference that […]

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Governor Pence Mum on Press Conference and Letter

March 25, 2013 1 Comment

Joy Pullman writing for School Reform News said Governor Pence’s office still has not issued a formal statement on our press conference or letter last Thursday. Although he visited the press conference releasing this letter at the state capitol March 21, Pence’s staff was “unable to reach him for comment” on the matter, said spokeswoman […]

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Joy Pullmann nails the Common Core in the Indianapolis Star

March 2, 2013 0 Comments
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 […]

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Guess who testified against SB193

February 20, 2013 1 Comment

The Heartland Institute’s Joy Pullman recently released a bomb-shell article, entitled “Education Policies Led by Gates, Not States?”  It blows a large hole in the frequently cited myth that the Common Core initiative was “state-led.” Pullman quotes Jay Greene, who runs the University of Arkansas’ department of education reform as saying: The Gates Foundation completely […]

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“Rent Seekers” Pushing Common Core in Indiana

February 5, 2013 2 Comments

As many opponents of the Common Core have long known, the effort to undo the Common Core is bipartisan.  Journalist Joy Pullmann pulls together the bipartisan relationships that are forming around Anti-Common Core legislation. In Indiana, the Democratic Superintendent of Education, Glenda Ritz, has recognized a need for the bill to withdraw Indiana out of […]

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