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The Globe on Common Core and Poetry
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It is not stereotyping poets to say that they burn with a particular…
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Legislative Common Core Remedy No Panacea
The next phase of the Great Game to control the minds of the…
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A Fractured Testing Landscape
One of the benefits of waking up at 3 am to do some work is that…
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What Reporters Think They Know about Common Core
The public is ill-served by reporters who are no longer skeptical…
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Watch “Building the Machine,” New Common Core Movie
"Building the Machine" is an excellent primer on the fatal deficiencies…
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Audio: Lead Mathematics Standards-Writer William McCallum
These audio clips are from Professor William McCallum's remarks…
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Debunking Common Core Myths
One of the most interesting phenomena in the “Common Core War”…
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Setting the Record Straight on Common Core Part 2
Pioneer Institute has been a prime mover in the debate over Common…
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Common Core Math’s House of Hay
More than once, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has described…
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Fordham’s Petrilli Rodeo Clowning for ObamaCore, Gates $$, & the Great Society
Commentary magazine did a great blog about how Common Core is…
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Is the Commissioner of Education Complying with the Law?
Twenty years after the passage of the landmark Massachusetts…
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Video: Setting the Record Straight on Common Core
There is so much misinformation on all sides of the debate on…
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Let’s Not Waver on Testing: An Open Letter to MA Education Commissioner
In the letter below, Pioneer Institute Executive Director Jim…
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Why Common Core’s roll-out is as bad as ObamaCare’s (by Sandra Stotsky)
It's odd to observe just how oblivious the media have been to…
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Will Michael Brickman, Tim Shanahan, Politifact, Fox News, and USA Today do some careful reading, please? (by Sandra Stotsky)
In How Common Core's ELA Standards Place College Readiness at…
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Support for Common Core’s Fuzzy Math Doesn’t Add Up (by Sandra Stotsky)
Unless high school students can prepare for a calculus course…
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Common Core, the Gettysburg Address & human intent
(H/t to Civil War Daily Gazette)
History will always be…
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On Marc Tucker’s Credibility (by Sandra Stotsky)
In October, members of the New Hampshire legislature heard Marc…
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Needed: Matriculation exams tailored to each state’s higher education system
Several decades ago, self-appointed education reformers decided…
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Schizophrenia in the New York Times Editorial Office (by Sandra Stotsky)
The New York Times is suffering from a split personality about…
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New York State Test Results: Uninterpretable But a Portent of the Future (by Sandra Stotsky)
In the original version of David Steiner's talk on the meaning…
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Common Core is neither internationally benchmarked nor state-led
I have nothing against IHOP. I eat there if there is nothing…
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9 Signs of Academic Rigor in English Standards (by Sandra Stotsky)
What makes one set of English language arts standards more rigorous…
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The implosion of the PARCC assessments
As they say, where there is smoke, there may be fire.
EdWeek…
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How Long Before Duncan and the Media Speak Out Honestly? (by Sandra Stotsky)
The notion that Common Core’s college and career readiness…
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Common Core’s Cloudy Vision of College Readiness in Math (by Sandra Stotsky)
Common Core’s egalitarian tentacles are now slithering towards…
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More Than One Fatal Flaw in Common Core’s ELA Standards (by Sandra Stotsky)
There isn’t just one fatal flaw in Common Core's English language…
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Why Common Core’s Math Standards Don’t Measure Up (by Guest Blogger Ze’ev Wurman)
Guest Post by Ze'ev Wurman (biography below)
Last year William…
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What To Do Once Common Core Is Halted (by Sandra Stotsky)
What could states do once implementation of Common Core’s standards…