Missouri Representative Rone Wants to hear about SBAC Testing Problems from...
Attention teachers and school personnel – Representative Don Rone wants to hear about problems you are having with the SBAC test: system crashes, login failures, lack of computers, trouble with […]
View ArticleChairman Peter Herschend & The State Board of Education of Missouri: Follow...
Above is a tweet from a STL Post Dispatch reporter attending the State Board hearing on HB1490 workgroup progress this past Monday. We will be writing more in the coming […]
View ArticleWhy Would Catholic Schools Adopt Common Core?
Many Catholic parents and grandparents are mystified that their children’s/grandchildren’s parochial education is increasingly identical to public education school Common Core Standards and curriculum....
View ArticleHere Comes the Monkey! Run Away from its Common Core Standardized Message: So...
What does a monkey have to do with Common Core tests? He was a character at a school creating student excitement about standardized testing. He loves the tests and […]
View ArticleSpeaking of Sneaking In Legislation At the Last Minute
The end of the session is always a glorious display of what can get done when people in Jefferson City want it to get done. HB42/SB1, the education omnibus bill […]
View ArticleIs the Urgent Need for CCSS Based STEM Education & H-1B Visa Expansion a Lie...
The list above shows the organizations supporting the need for the Common Core States Standards Initiative and concerned about USA’s alleged STEM shortage according to inSPIRE STEM USA. The above […]
View ArticleThe Common Core Graduation Card: Analogy of Common Core PR Schtick?
While looking for graduation cards this week, I came across one that illustrates Common Core assessment questions. It has the wording and the graphics illustrating CCSS questions, unconnected...
View ArticleSocial Emotional Learning Standards, Common Core and Passive Permission for...
The Common Core State Standards Initiative proponents believe that social emotional learning (SEL) is an important and necessary component in the standards. This video from The Anchorage School...
View ArticleCommon Core is Dead In All But Name
Said so well, we are posting it here in its entirety. He’s Dead, Jim: Why Common Core Is a Goner and Just Doesn’t Know It Yet By: Ze’ev Wurman, former […]
View ArticleResponse to St. Louis Post Dispatch June 8 Editorial
The St. Louis Post Dispatch printed an editorial on June 8, 2015 bashing our legislature for defunding the SBAC tests, calling their work last session “Kabuki theater” and claiming that […]
View ArticleWhat Does Presidential Candidate Jeb Bush Really Mean by This Tweet?
Does he mean that he wants to discourage federal incentives for states to adopt the Common Core education standards? Does it mean that he doesn’t think the Federal Government should […]
View ArticleIs the Primary Reason for Common Core STEM Push for Federal Government Data...
What is the truth about STEM jobs in America? It is not that Americans are not STEM literate and companies can’t find American workers for unfilled jobs. You can […]
View ArticleThe Common Core Misinformation Revealed. Say it’s Not True: A State...
In a Joint Committee for Higher Education meeting last week in Jefferson City, a spokesperson from The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education stated that the Common Core […]
View ArticleCommon Core Standards DO Tell Teachers How/What to Teach
A 9 year old girl shows the difference in solving a Mathematics problem via Common Core vs using the standard algorithm: Stop Common Core in Washington State writes […]
View ArticleThe ‘Fill in the Blank’ Op Ed(s) by Fordham Institute on Why States *Need*...
Visit MEW tomorrow for a guest post about a Common Core editorial from Fordham Institute’s Robert Pondiscio and Michael Petrilli that recently appeared in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch. […]
View ArticleMaybe Even Gates Money Can’t Save Common Core?
The Brookings Institute published a report which must be causing much consternation in the pro-Common Core circles. It’s increasingly apparent that all that money and all the time many education […]
View ArticleAnother CCSS Proponent Believes Teachers & Parents ‘Need to be Educated’ on...
Above is an excerpt from the mailbag at STLtoday.com, the electronic version of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The writer’s contention that Common Core should be kept is not based […]
View ArticleStandardized Assessments: Fact vs #EdReform Talking Points
Do you have concerns if the assessments used in your states and for students are valid and age appropriate? Your state can crow about *excellent* assessment results but as you […]
View Article‘Grandmother/High School Principal’ Explains Benefit of Common Core...
Politico writes how How Common Core quietly won the war. The journalist informs the Republican presidential contenders to forget about any sort of action against the idea of jettisoning […]
View ArticleMO State Board Hearing on HB1490 This Monday
HB1490 required the State Board of Education to hold three public hearings on the standards development process. Monday October 26, from 1-3:00 p.m. will be the last of these hearings. […]
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