Here in Missouri we know their names well. Emmet McGroarty, Jane Robbins and Erin Tuttle of the American Principles Project have published a book, Deconstructing the Administrative State: The Fight […]
From https://edsource.org/2016/higher-test-scores-yes-but-no-narrowing-of-achievement-gaps-in-california/568467 Parents have been told for years that the achievement gap could be closed by the adoption and implementation of national standards and assessments. Do you remember […]
The US Department of Education is asking for comments, “In accordance with Executive Order 13777, “Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda,” the Department of Education (Department) is seeking input on […]
Outcry about public education and opposition to its current state consisting of Common Core and its relatives: common core like state standards and assessments Curriculum aligned to those […]
Karen Effrem of Education Liberty Watch has once again put together a powerful letter explaining the privacy problems raised by the proposed reauthorization of the Education Sciences Reform Act (ESRA), […]
What’s Wrong With Today’s Society Captured In 10+ Brutally Honest Illustrations contains illustrations by English artist John Holcroft showing the ills of political policy in many areas of our […]
The Education Writers Association (EWA) is the invitation only event for writers covering education. The title of this article was taken from EWA’s website […]
An eleven year old girl recently made internet news when she declared collective punishment should not be used by her teacher as it violated The Geneva Convention. The Daily […]
Achieve the Core recently held a conference in Denver where #coreadvoactes tweeted their support of Common Core and NGO directed educational policy. From a sampling of the tweets, Common […]
It hasn’t made the news much, maybe because the US Department of Education never told anyone, including Congress, and still refuses to call it a breach. But officials agree, there […]
On April 26th President Trump signed an Executive Order to return control of education to the states. In its press release, the White House said the order “will launch a […]
Each of us has known someone who has committed suicide. Surviving a family member or loved one’s suicide is no doubt one of the worst, most painful experiences possible. Suicide took my brother and I […]
These Common Core tweets are scary – but are they true? https://t.co/hOz9oaIeBj — for Student Success (@StudentSuccess) April 21, 2017 The people just aren’t into Common Core. The edreformers have […]
How many of you have sat around the kitchen table, your church meeting hall, the library or local political event and said, “If I ran the government, this is what […]