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Jeb Bush's Ties To Common Core's "Rampant Cronyism"

The latest example of conservative disdain for Common Core comes from the managing editor of the Federalist. Joy Pullman, an education research fellow at the Heartland Institute, names….names of ten who are cashing in. Her conclusion of what’s becoming a virtual syndicate is stunning.

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Accountability—But Not For Testing Corporations?

Student, teacher, and school accountability are absurd if the testing corporations are not held accountable.

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Rescinding My Invite to Governor Andrew Cuomo

First off, Governor Andrew Cuomo is never getting an invitation to my classroom nor would I want him anywhere near my students.

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New York

Common Core

The Worst Sort of Violence Against Children

As any experienced public school teacher knows, you have to satisfy a person’s basic needs before you have any chance at teaching them something new. Psychologist Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is always at the back of mind.

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Was $360 Million To Test Common Core Standards Necessary?

Wads of cash change hands in front of a skyscraper.

Why it is valuable to compare the performance of students in different states remains a puzzle; why it was necessary to spend $360 million to do so is even more puzzling.

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PARCC

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Four Important Mythbusters About the Common Core

This piece is written to help clarify many misunderstandings about who designed the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), who supports it, and who opposes it.

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Understanding ALEC: How ALEC’S Duplicity Undermines the American Public Education Project

Just three years ago I had never heard of The American Legislative Exchange Council, the uber right wing neoconservative think tank that forges pro corporate policies in secret with their legislative buddies.

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Public Education

Common Core State [sic] Standards

Kris Nielsen tells a story that makes my skin crawl, my blood boil, and my heart ache.

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Wisconsin professor testifies against Common Core

Dr. Duke Pesta of the University of Wisconsin offers some informative background on the origins of Common Core.

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What price Common Core in Wisconsin?

School districts will be stuck with the cost of the new educational standards. Two weeks ago, the Legislative Fiscal Bureau finally released its assessment (PDF) of the costs of Common Core, the new set of educational standards going into effect in school districts around the state this year.

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