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...