Tighter Scrutiny of Homeschoolers Will Stop School Shootings?

The Sandy Hook Advisory Commission (SHAC) draft proposal that monitoring homeschoolers will somehow prevent school shootings is simply illogical.

Megan Suhr, Common Core and the Truth

Megan Suhr, Democrat candidate in the Iowa House District 28 race, discussed Common Core and it is obvious she doesn’t know what she’s talking about.

Bill Nye is Clueless About Common Core and Its Opposition

Bill Nye gives an inane explanation for why he supports core standards and why some people oppose them demonstrates he lacks knowledge on both subjects.

Study Finds Common Core Math Will Reduce Enrollment in High-Level H.S. Math Courses

Richard P. Phelps and R. James Milgram, authors of a study find that higher education was scarcely involved with creating the Common core Math Standards.

New Study: Common Core ELA Standards Harms U.S. History Instruction

A new Pioneer Institute study finds Common Core will further damage history instruction by including U.S. History in its English language arts standards.

Bobby Jindal Sues U.S. Dept. of Education Over Common Core

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Dept. of Education for pushing the Common Core State Standards and assessments on states.

An Open Letter to Mike Huckabee on Common Core

An Iowa voter and 2008 supporter of Mike Huckabee in the Iowa Caucus writes to the Governor about his recent remarks about the Common Core State Standards.

Kindergarteners Learning Code?

With stress being placed on kindergarteners already from Iowa Core/Common Core math and literacy standards, do they really need to learn coding too?

Iowa Withdraws From Common Core Assessment Consortia

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Iowa Dept. of Ed Director Brad Buck informed Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium that Iowa was withdrawing immediately.

Conservatives Push Back Against AP U.S. History Rewrite

Conservative groups mobilize grassroots activists to take action on the College Board’s rewrite of the A.P. U.S. History Framework.

Des Moines Public Schools’ Race to the Middle in Middle School

Middle schools in Des Moines are dropping advanced classes for their experiment in standards based grading as they implement the Iowa Core in the district.

Schools Firing Talented, Experienced Teachers

Federal programs are failing the teaching profession once again using a bull dozer to solve a small problem with the constraints that tenure put on firing some teachers.

Wis. Gov. Scott Walker Calls for Common Core Repeal

Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wisconsin) called on the Wisconsin State Legislature to pass legislation next session to repeal the Common Core State Standards.

No Action Taken on Branstad’s Common Core Order

The Iowa Department of Education still has not taken action on Governor Terry Branstad’s Common Core executive order issued nine months ago.

Chris Christie is Bad on Common Core, Judges and Bridges

Chris Christie is bad on the Common Core, judges and is embroiled in two different scandals, so his Obama bear hug is the least of his problems in 2016.

With Common Core Apparently Sex Sells

Apparently sex sells when it comes to pitching the Common Core to male teachers in a Kansas City middle school.