Tag: Tony Bennett
Bennett Admits Common Core Tests Unaffordable
As opponents have tried to point out, implementing Common Core is going to be extremely costly. Had more states conducted cost analysis’ before they adopted Common Core, they would have know this going into it. The high cost of testing is even starting to be apparent in Florida, which is the “capital” of the Ed […]
Tony Bennett’s Defeat’s Impact on the Common Core
By Shane Vander Hart The education consulting group Whiteboard Advisorsrecently conducted surveys of 50-75 anonymous political and policy “insiders” before and after the election asking them to weigh in on a variety of issues. One of the items that caught my eye they asked “How will Tony Bennett’s (the incumbent Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction) defeat impact the […]
Debating the Bennett Ousting
By Shane Vander Hart Matthew Laudner lamenting the outing of Tony Bennett as Indiana’s Superintendent of Public Education has poked a hornet’s nest by use of unfortunate hyperbole. Guest blogging at Jay P. Greene’s blog he wrote: Let’s get two things clear from the outset: no one has yet to convince me that Common Core is […]
Indiana’s Education Election is a Mixed Bag
Glenda Ritz’s victory over Tony Bennett isn’t something to be celebrated, but it does offer a cautionary tale.
Hoosier Newspapers Point Out Common Core Critique
By Shane Vander Hart The first is an op/ed from the South Bend Tribune written by Joy Pullman. Pullman is managing editor of School Reform News and a research fellow in education at The Heartland Institute. She writes: Superintendent Tony Bennett is likely to win re-election this fall. But as he campaigns these last few weeks, Bennett would […]
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