Apr 24, 2014
Despite recent defense rallies by Bill Gates, wars are raging against the embattled Common Core State Standard Initiative, now implemented in 44 states and the District of Columbia. Though criticisms can be leveled at the lack of evidence that the Common Core will...
Apr 24, 2014
Editor’s Introduction: This year, in a major shift in public education, states across the nation have been implementing a new set of standards known as the Common Core. Common Core appears as a subject in national and local news media and is a constant subject of...
Apr 24, 2014
And yet they claim CC doesn’t provide lesson plans or tell teachers how to teach. This is complete nonsense. There is total control over methods and philosophy and no academic freedom for teachers. It’s their way or the highway, or you’re out....
Apr 24, 2014
RALEIGH (WTVD) — A legislative committee voted Thursday to recommend to the full North Carolina General Assembly that it do away with Common Core standards for math and English in public schools. The Common Core State Standards Initiative was put together...
Apr 24, 2014
The wagon to get out of Common Core town has started rolling. Stokes County, NC is on board. Stokes County Board of Education has issued a resolution rejecting the Common Core. In the resolution, they cite “substantial disagreement” amongst educators as to...
Apr 24, 2014
I guess one would be led to believe that having the U.S. Department of Education REVOKE the state’s No Child Left Behind Waiver was a bad thing. We would ask you to consider a few things first. If every state rejected Common Core and all of the strings attached...
