WINDHAM, NH…offering an alternative to Common Core

The Educational Choices Foundation (ECF) is pleased to announce that Dr. Sandra Stotsky, a nationally-recognized standards and curriculum expert, will provide advice on the development of these areas for the proposed chartered public school, Windham Academy. Dr....

The Patronizing of Parents and Teachers by the Concord Monitor Editor

(With permission to post on this web site) In reply to this: http://www.concordmonitor.com/home/13201820-95/editorial-myths-guiding-opposition-on-common-core Dear Editor: The recent Editorial by the Concord Monitor: Myths guiding opposition on Common Core, expresses...

How the Common Core Lost Teacher Support

Excerpt: The lying. Remember how supporters of the Core used to tell us all the time that these standards were written by teachers? All. The. Time. Do you know why they’ve stopped saying that? Because it’s not true, and at this point, most everybody knows...

Does the Common Core Have a Branding Problem?

Does the Common Core Have a Branding Problem? By Susan Berfield   August 19, 2014 The Common Core State Standards, a set of educational guidelines that were initially adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia to improve the college and career readiness of high...

Manchester School Board Meeting August 11, 2014

PLEASE ATTEND the School Board Meeting AT CITY HALL in Manchester on August 11th at 7:00 PM The Manchester School Board will decide on Monday, August 11 whether to adopt the “Manchester Academic Standards” which are little more than a repackaged Common...