Jun 3, 2014
The standards don’t allow enough flexibility for students who learn differently KATHARINE BEALS Feb 21 2014, 7:46 AM ET In a recent discussion board thread on reading comprehension challenges in autism, a special-education teacher commented that her students...
Jun 3, 2014
This video from the Western Journalism Center highlights the similarities of what transpires in our schools, with what went on during the Hitler Youth Program under fascist rule. At the end of the video is a chilling clip of children being indoctrinated in their...
May 23, 2014
In a democratic country with a flourishing civil society, a high degree of pluralism, and ample room for disagreement and dissent — like the United States — it may well be harder to use the curriculum to change the political views of young people. But even in such...
May 22, 2014
FORT JENNINGS — Members of the Putnam County Common Core group addressed Fort Jennings School Board members and spoke out against Common Core standards during Wednesday night’s meeting. Lincoln Bramlage, Rose Stechschulte, Stephanie Stechschulte and Glenn Karhoff each...
May 20, 2014
The opinions and wishes of parents don’t seem to matter to those who run the Bedford public schools, even though they are the ones paying the bills. Girard at Large has the story.
May 20, 2014
Our friend Kim Morin did a great job of outlining the outrage over the statements made by a school teacher at last night’s Common Core forum. In 2014, an author of the common core’s English/language arts standards, David Pook, a teacher at a New Hampshire...
