Apr 5, 2014
My husband and I are in shock. We have just received a letter from our children’s superintendent and elementary school principal denying our request to opt our children out of their state standardized testing, most notably the NECAP and the upcoming Smarter Balanced...
Apr 5, 2014
Three NYC teachers refuse to administer standardized tests–neither this year, nor in the future. The post includes their letter to the Powers That Be and their 13 page well-researched (& footnoted) position paper. This is more than a rejection of Common...
Apr 5, 2014
John Eppolito is a Stop Common Core activist in Nevada. He asked a couple of months ago to see what data was collected on his four children by the Nevada State Department of Education. The cost for him to receive that information is staggering. Below is the email...
Apr 5, 2014
South Carolina has announced plans to withdraw from the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, one of two consortia developing tests aligned to the Common Core State Standards. In an April 3 letter to school districts in the state, Deputy Superintendent Nancy Busbee...
Apr 5, 2014
You’d better believe that someone will be ‘in your classroom telling you how to teach’ because we’ve been there, done that! The U. S. Chamber of Commerce has just released this “puff piece” video entitled “It’s Time for Common Core State...
Apr 4, 2014
The Oklahoma state senate passed a bill Tuesday to withdraw the state from the Common Core standards. If the bill is signed by Governor Mary Fallin, Oklahoma will become the second state to withdraw from the Common Core. Indiana withdrew last week, with Governor Mike...
Apr 4, 2014
Hollis-Brookline school district voters successfully passed a warrant article rejecting Common Core. While it is advisory only, the school board should do the bidding of the voters. This is something activists in each school district could do. Only 25 signatures are...
Apr 4, 2014
This was written by Pennsylvania parent Michele Gray. Be sure to check out her blog. If we can just help parents overcome their fear of saying No to testing, their fear of what will happen if their school doesn’t make AYP, we can end this all now. Only 10% of parents...
Apr 4, 2014
A school in Sacramento, California, has suspended a mom over her stance against Common Core. You read that correctly, the Mark Twain School in Sacramento has told the mother of a 12-year-old student that she has been suspended for two weeks. Police in Sacramento...
Apr 3, 2014
Sid Glassner talks about the Common Core meeting that was recently held in Hollis, and other education issues. Sid Glassner on Girard at Large
