Saturday, March 30, 2013

Missouri Education Watchdog: Common Core Proponent & Foundation for Excellence Member Mitchell Chester: Let Them Eat Cake?

Missouri Education Watchdog: Common Core Proponent & Foundation for Excellence Member Mitchell Chester: Let Them Eat Cake?:


Common Core Proponent & Foundation for Excellence Member Mitchell Chester: Let Them Eat Cake?

A nonprofit group released thousands of e-mails today and said they show how a foundation begun by Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor and national education reform leader, is working with public officials in states to write education laws that could benefit some of its corporate funders.  from washingtonpost.com


Neal McCluskey writes a most revealing article on how Common Core proponents view growing citizen questioning of the legality of Common Core standards.  From Only the Little People Oppose Common Core:

With the Common Core – national curricular standards in English and math – having been adopted by 45 states, it seems Core supporters’ heads might be getting a bit big. Or, at least,