Handwaving away opposition to the national standards
…national tests, he skips over the fact that these assessments come with curricular materials and instructional practice guides—which are again illegal. 4. “National” is the right way to go. Let…
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South Carolina Resisting the National Standards Push
/by Editorial Staffhttp://blog.heritage.org/2012/02/28/south-carolina-resisting-the-national-standards-push/ South Carolina legislators have introduced a measure to pull the Palmetto State out of the Common Core national standards. Senator Mike Fair, who introduced the measure, voiced his concerns…
National standards dissent and pep rallies
/by Jim Stergios…adoption of the new national standards as equivalent to the state’s nation-leading standards, noting the aspirations of the new national standards but avoiding concrete detail. The fact is that while…
Questioning the Convergence on National Standards
/by Jim Stergios…Institute, and the National Center on Education and the Economy, as well as two trade organizations (the Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors Association) all told…
NEA dollars at work for whom?
/by Jim Stergios…Specialists for Education – $14,021 National Baptist Voice – $15,450 National Board for Professional Teaching Standards – $8,000 National Coalition for Technology in Education and Training – $10,000 National Coalition…
George Weigel Discusses Pope St. John Paul II for National Catholic Schools Week
/by Editorial Staff…though as you know, last week was National School Choice Week. It is National Catholic. Schools week this week, and it is also the beginning of February. So as you…
Rise of the Zune Monopolists
/by Jim Stergios…No matter that the arguments for it are flimsy: Nations with national curricula do better than ones without on international tests. Not true. The national standards raise the bar set…
Rumblings of an earthquake in national education policy?
/by Jim Stergios…of lead groups pushing states to adopt national standards, may find itself in deep trouble. In fact, Perry, as the head of the RGA, may force the National Governors Association,…
On national standards, you get what you pay for
/by Jim Stergios…national standards, they have to all appearances lined up their surrogates. Via two trade organizations, the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), the…
New Pioneer/Pacific Research Institute Report: Weak National Standards Basis for Weak National Tests
/by Editorial StaffNew Pioneer/Pacific Research Institute Report: Weak National Standards Basis for Weak National Tests Contact Jamie Gass at 617-723-2277 ext. 210 or jgass@pioneerinst.wpengine.com The Emperor’s New Clothes BOSTON/SAN FRANCISCO – A…
National standards will define local curricula
/by Jim Stergios…by themselves, they are the foundation for national tests already being prepared by federally-funded assessment consortia—and, once institutionalized, the national tests will necessarily force the creation of a national curriculum….
National Standards Still Don’t Make the Grade
/by Editorial Staff…jgass@pioneerinst.wpengine.com National Standards Still Don’t Make the Grade BOSTON/SAN FRANCISCO – Adopting the final draft of proposed national education standards in English language arts (ELA) would result in a significant…
Study: Common Core & 2 Testing Consortia Violate Federal Laws, Unlikely to Improve Academic Achievement
/by Editorial Staff…the Obama administration has, nonetheless, pursued a national policy on curriculum standards and directly funded two national testing consortia. Common Core was developed by a group of Washington, D.C. education…
U.S. Chamber Foundation’s Hilary Crow on K-12 Civics Education
/by Editorial Staff…civics at work, and elevating civics as a national priority. As part of this work, Hilary oversees the National Civics Bee, an annual competition aimed at increasing civics literacy among…
Self-dealing among education officials
/by Editorial Staff…“reforms.” Last week, I wrote about the conflictitis that plagues the longstanding group of DC-based advocates of national standards. The post focused largely on the façade of objectivity put up…
National Alliance’s Nina Rees on Charter Public Schools in America
/by Editorial Staff…National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. [00:09:35] Albert: Nina Rees is president and chief executive officer of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Previously, Ms. Rees was Senior Vice…
The Wrong Lessons in National Standards
/by Editorial Staff…supporters of national standards know their history and what is legal and illegal, and why all this was a bad idea. Well, I just watched this national standards promo video…
Engaged Detroit Founder Bernita Bradley on Homeschooling, Urban Education, & Parent-Driven Reforms
/by Editorial Staff…of all the money that goes into education. However, there is a role for the federal government to also say that there are national interest in education and these national…
Pioneer’s U.S. History & Civics Book with Chris Sinacola
/by Editorial Staff…So that’s one way to do it, you know, to focus on primary documents. [00:28:07] Albert: You’re talking about excellence in curriculum, high-quality curriculum. So, one of the chapters in…
Palin Was A Prophet About Obama’s Education Takeover
/by Editorial Staffhttp://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/04/26/palin_was_a_prophet_about_obamas_education_takeover_113966.html Sarah Palin was the first to recognize the problem: By participating in President Obama’s signature education initiative, the Common Core Standards, Alaska would lose control over its own curriculum….
Trust Us, We’re Not Nationalizing Curriculum
/by Editorial Staff…Core State Standards Initiative, which seeks to set national criteria for instruction in English and math. The administration has tried to bribe states into adopting the national standards, using a…
Study Finds Historic Drop in National Reading and Math Scores Since Adoption of Common Core Curriculum Standards
/by Editorial Staff…and other assessments have seen historic declines since most states implemented national Common Core English and math curriculum standards six years ago, according to a new study published by Pioneer…
New Research on Common Core Damaging State/Local School Autonomy
/by Editorial Staff…Grade, The Road to a National Curriculum: The Legal Aspects of the Common Core Standards, Race to the Top, and Conditional Waivers, and National Cost of Aligning States and Localities…
Diminished literature curriculum hinders scholarship
/by Editorial Staffhttp://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120508/OPINION/205080303/-1/NEWS06 April was National Poetry Month and there’s nowhere that designation should have more meaning than in Massachusetts, where John Adams’ 1780 state constitution explicitly instructs future leaders to “cherish…
Why States Should Jump from National Education Standards Bandwagon
/by Editorial Staffhttp://www.texasinsider.org/why-states-should-jump-from-the-national-standards-bandwagon/ Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, DC – When “states signed on to common core standards, they did not realize…that they were transferring control of the school curriculum to the federal…
Industrial Policy Reimaged: Can Government Improve Free Markets
/by Editorial Staff…economy and our national security, while China has risen with attendant economic and national security benefits. [00:04:14] And to reverse this trend, he believes the U. S. needs to take…
National Standards: Costly in Dollars and Liberty Lost
/by Editorial Staff…government from being involved n curriculum. And notably, groups across a wide spectrum have voiced concerns that national standards will not improve educational outcomes. National standards will also require new…
National standards’ process and substance abuse
/by Jim Stergios…is overstepping its bounds, whether one-size-fits-all national education strategies actually work, whether the national standards were any good and whether the national assessments will be a qualitative step forward. But…
Dr. Adrian Mims on The Calculus Project & STEM
/by Editorial Staff…to sound political, but there is no national curriculum for math and curricula in general, English, social studies, science There is no national curriculum. And when you just look solely…
Mid-terms and the national education debate
/by Jim Stergios…pie, and states and localities will continue to pick up just about 9/10ths of every education dollar. The road to implementation of the national standards has come to a bridge…