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Gates, Duncan, Fordham et al misunderstood from the beginning who the strongest critics of Common Core would be.  Just because they successfully sold Common Core as a workforce development panacea to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce didn’t mean that mothers across the...

One of the benefits of waking up at 3 am to do some work is that you get to read everything without interruption from kids who have questions about their Common Core-aligned homework. EdWeek just emailed out this nifty map on the...

Press Release: Study Finds That New Technology, Relaxation of Protections Threaten Student Privacy Federal government using grants to induce states to build identical, increasingly sophisticated student-data systems Contact: Jamie Gass, 617-723-2277, ext. 210 or jgass@pioneerinst.wpengine.com BOSTON – New technology allows advocates for education...

There is so much misinformation on all sides of the debate on Common Core national education standards and tests.  In this first of two videos by Pioneer Institute, we seek to set the record straight on three key issues: Was Common Core...