Tag: Common Core State Standards

Mike Huckabee Is Wrong on Common Core

| May 21, 2013 | 4 Replies

Governor Mike Huckabee recently came out in support of the Common Core State Standards, but based on past comments this shouldn’t be a surprise.

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Chuck Grassley & Steve King Talk Common Core

| May 13, 2013 | 3 Replies

Senator Chuck Grassley and Congressman Steve King discussed the Common Core State Standards after the Republican Party of Iowa’s Lincoln Dinner.

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Sixteen Billion Dollar Educational Scam

| May 10, 2013 | 3 Replies

We must commit time and energy to their demand that federal dollars spent on education be reallocated to the state & local control of schools be reinstated.

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Congressional Candidate Rod Blum Blasts Common Core

Rod Blum says the Common Core Standards were poorly designed and testing students at a national, one-size fits all manner can’t produce reliable results.

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9.7 Million Twitter Users Reached During #StopCommonCore Twitter Rally

| May 3, 2013 | Reply

9,788,450 Twitter users to #StopCommonCore to call on ordinary citizens to join and lobby for repeal of Common Core State Standards.

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Next Generation Science Standards: Ideology Over Education

| April 30, 2013 | 3 Replies

Looking at the information, one has to conclude that the Next Generation Science Standards are more about promoting an ideology than they are about science.

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Eight Senators Join Chuck Grassley in Fighting Common Core

| April 26, 2013 | 4 Replies

Senators Lee, Coburn, Inhofe, Fischer, Paul, Roberts, Sessions, & Cruz cosigned Senator Chuck Grassley’s letter requesting the defunding of the Common Core.

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Common Core: A Beer Bong for Our Education System?

| April 26, 2013 | 2 Replies

Although Common Core started out with noble intentions, it has become what amounts to a National beer bong for our education system.

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Michigan House Votes to Defund Common Core State Standards

| April 24, 2013 | 6 Replies

The Michigan House passed an education budget bill with an amendment that stops state funding for the implementation of the Common Core and its assessments.

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Grassley Launches Effort to Prohibit Common Core Funding

| April 17, 2013 | 2 Replies

Senator Chuck Grassley is asking his colleagues to sign onto a letter that requests future federal funds for the Common Core and its assessments be cut off.

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Americans Peacefully Surrender Their Republic

| April 17, 2013 | Reply

As Americans surrendered their educational system to the federal government, they also surrendered their republic.

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Education Reform in Iowa Goes to Legislature Conference Committee

| April 9, 2013 | Reply

Conflicting education reform bills are being discussed in a joint Iowa House and Senate Conference Committee to iron out differences.

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Six Reasons Why Conservatives (Should) Object to the Common Core

| April 4, 2013 | 30 Replies

Kathleen Porter-Magee and Sol Stern ask in the National Review why conservatives object to the Common Core State Standards. Here are six reasons.

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Iowa House Republicans: Let’s Oppose the Common Core!

| February 25, 2013 | 3 Replies

Iowa unlike most of its neighbors is not fighting the Common Core. Where is the opposition from Iowa House Republicans?

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Jason Glass, SBAC Assessments and Moving Forward

| February 21, 2013 | Reply

Jason Glass, Iowa Education Chief, takes issue with Shane’s last post on the Iowa House ed bill. Shane addresses how to deal with SBAC assessments.

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State of the Union Address Previews Further Federal Reach into Education

| February 13, 2013 | Reply

President Obama’s State of the Union address previewed futher federal reach into early childhood education, STEM Initiatives, and standards.

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