Common Core Meeting in Hollis

Sid Glassner talks about the Common Core meeting that was recently held in Hollis, and other education issues. Sid Glassner on Girard at Large

Questions about Questions on Bedford School Survey

We learned from a upset mother in Bedford that her third-grade son was disturbed to have to fill out a survey with some pretty extreme questions, including whether he used protection during sex, if he knew his gender orientation and had he ever sniffed glue. Hear Rich...

Common Core Invasion: How It Will Alter Higher Education

The foundational document that Common Core promoters cite is Benchmarking for Success: “By the eighth grade, students in top performing nations are studying algebra and geometry, while in the U.S., most eighth-grade math courses focus on...

A New Kind of Problem: The Common Core Math Standards

A set of guidelines adopted by 45 states this year may turn children into “little mathematicians” who don’t know how to do actual math. Read more… The Atlantic – A New Kind of Problem: The Common Core Math Standards

Dumbed Down Math Standards of Common Core

Below is a short video of the reality of the dumbed down Common Core Math standards. It may surprise many people knowing the CCSS are better than what many states had in place. However he honestly acknowledges that there were states that HAD far superior math...