thomas b. fordham institute

Commentary magazine did a great blog about how Common Core is really ObamaCore and how right-leaners and left-leaners alike across the country are now in open rebellion over the growing federal takeover of K-12 education standards, testing, and curriculum. See below: Wherever...

http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20120622/OPINION/306220009/New-questions-surround-common-core-?gcheck=1&nclick_check=1 A battle is brewing on the education reform front over Indiana’s embrace of Common Core – a set of math and English standards being implemented across the country to govern what is taught and tested from kindergarten to Grade 12. The...

http://www.governing.com/blogs/view/gov-what-will-common-core-standards-cost-states.html State implementation of the Common Core State Standards will require the development of new curriculum and the adoption of new technologies to prepare for new computer-based assessments in the 2014-2015 school year. For the 45 states that have adopted the standards,...