by Jane Richey | Nov 18, 2013 | Education Issues
Superintendents in Maryland have an opportunity to address parents’ concerns over Common Core, instead they screened, omitted, and edited parents’ questions. Questions from the audience of about 160 people, which consisted of parents, PTA members, teachers, and...
by Jane Richey | Nov 18, 2013 | Education Issues
English Language Arts Standards specialist Sandra Stotsky on Drew Steele’s Talk Show, Fort Myers/Naples, Florida speaking on problems with Common Core. Click here to listen.
by Jane Richey | Oct 30, 2013 | Education Issues
This is the math being promoted through Common Core. See for yourself if this makes sense to you …. and keep in mind, this is what schools will soon be teaching. Think Common Core is a great idea? Try to figure this math problem out using the method this young lady...
by Jane Richey | Sep 17, 2013 | Education Issues, Politics
William Penn, Michigan State University professor of creative writing, greeted his first day of class with an anti-Republican rant. Campus Reform, a project of the Arlington, Va.-based Leadership Institute, has a video featuring the professor telling his students that...
by Jane Richey | May 16, 2013 | Education Issues, Fiscal Responsibility
The outstanding balance for all of the direct student loans the federal government has issued topped $600 billion in April, according to newly released data from the U.S. Treasury. The total balance hit $600.457 billion by the end of April, says the Treasury, up from...
by Jane Richey | Apr 17, 2013 | Alerts, Education Issues
Conservatives are in an uproar over Common Core, an educational curriculum being forced upon the states by the Obama administration, which is scheduled to be mostly implemented this year in the 46 states that have adopted it. Common Core eliminates local control over...