Numerous Common Core Bills Filed in New Hampshire House
There have been several Common Core bills filed in the New Hampshire House that have been assigned to the House Education Committee.HB 1239 – This is a delay bill. This bill requires the state board of education to report on the fiscal impact of implementing the college and career readiness standards, also known as the Common Core standards, and prohibits the board from implementing any new commo
Common Core Repeal Bill Filed in Mississippi Senate
State Senator Angela Burks Hill (R-Picayune) filed SB 2736 which if passed would prohibit the Mississippi State Board of Education from implementing the Common Core State Standards. It also would repeal the state’s SLDS system.It has been referred to the Mississippi Senate Education Committee.The 10th Amendment Center has a great call to action for it. Here are the committee members below:Gray T
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AL Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh is Tone Deaf to Parents’ Common Core Concerns
Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh spoke to the Business Council of Alabama’s governmental affairs committee about the Common Core State Standards last week. You can watch below (it’s the second half of the video):Marsh says, ““Have had people bring me stacks of materials with highlights … and I am supposed to connect the dots… I have yet to find a conspiracy.”I’m not sure what evidence h
An Expanding Awareness
IntroductionAs best I can reconstruct the time frame, in November 2012 I came across the draft of a report that caught my attention–Expanding Evidence Approaches for Learning in a Digital World. As I read the draft, I took notes and made comments. Those notes and comments about the draft, not the final document, are being posted below under the title of An Expanding Awareness. The final copy of
Who Is Winning the Common Core War? Citizens Are.
Anne Gassel and I presented at the Constitutional Coalition Common Core conference this weekend and my speech was about the importance of social media to present the facts (not paid propaganda) about Common Core. I encouraged attendees to utilize social media to share messages of how CCSS was adopted/implemented while circumventing legislatures and voters, reveal the truth on the elites behind th
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Kentucky Pulls Out of PARCC
Well we can add Kentucky to the list of states who have pulled out of their Common Core assessment consortium. Education Week reported on Friday that Kentucky Gov. Steven L. Beshear, Education Commissioner Terry Holliday and State Board President Roger L. Marcum sent a letter by email to Mitchell D. Chester, the chairman of PARCC’s governing board saying that they will be putting out a request fo
