These are the Common Core Weekend Reads for December 7, 2014.

This is a review of the past week of news on Common Core nationwide and in North Carolina.

Articles are organized by category.

Prior Edition of Weekend Reads: 11-30-14

NC UPDATES:

• NC Common Core Commission December Meeting Notice
• Why is NC still a member of SBAC?
• CCSS, Too Big for Your Britches

APUSH UPDATES:

• News and Observer Uses Smear Attempt To Protect #APUSH
• APUSH in the Wrong Direction

Translated: Dr. Atkinson wants to skirt NC law no matter what => https://t.co/bYsXlk9F4O #apush #nced

— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) December 1, 2014

QUOTES OF THE WEEK:

“I would like to see us throw out Common Core standards and adopt the standards Massachusetts used to have,” said Sen. Donna Boley, R-Pleasants.
– Charleston Daily Mail, Editorial – Tread lightly on new education laws

“From the standpoint of national support, [Mr. Kasich] is out of step with virtually every other candidate,” Mr. Zawistowski said. “He’s on the wrong side of Common Core and Medicaid expansion. On immigration, he’s really hurt himself on that. But that’s John Kasich.”
– Toledo Blade, Ohio Gov. Kasich Potential Presidential Candidate

“We found obviously that federal mandates don’t work well. Where we’ve had the most success is around incentives. And lots of carrots. Not mandate, not have sticks, but put money out there where we can to reward excellence–and that’s a hard sell on both sides in Congress. They’d much prefer straight formula funding. So we’re always fighting to have just a little bit of money to put out there as carrots.” – Arne Duncan
– Missouri Education Watchdog, How the USDoED uses common economic advice to their advantage

LEGISLATIVE/LEGAL:

• Republican education committee leaders seek to fix outdated No Child Left Behind law
•  DC Rush To Judgement on ESEA?
•  RttT, STEM, Education Waivers
•  Educational Waivers, Friend or Foe?
•  Lawsuit Against Next Generation Science Standards in Kansas Tossed
•  Teacher’s lawsuit alleges retaliation for opposing Common Core
•  Goldwater Institute To Defend Teacher Opposed To Common Core

 POLITICAL/PROTESTS:

• VITTER: I’m Still For Standards, But I’m Changing My Mind On Common Core 
• When Senator David Vitter Contacts Me, He Thinks of Himself
• Flashback: Sen. Vitter “Strongly Supports” Common Core
• ​Lt. Gov. Reeves wants Miss. to shelve Common Core standards
• A Recall Effort Before Diane Douglas Takes Office?
• Mississippi Gov. Bryant: The Public Is In Charge of Public Education

 HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES:

• Veteran member of the board of the HRC Foundation, which disseminates Common Core-aligned “anti-bullying” material to children’s schools nationwide indicted on sexual abuse allegations
• USDEs Paul Gammill Fired Over FERPA Concerns

THE WEEKEND READS:

• Pearson Is Everywhere: FBI Seize LAUSD Docs On iPads
• Common Core Fallout: Homeschooling Rates Are Rising
• New York Charter Approval Process an Object Lesson Against Common Core?
• “Create”, “Jcsee”, and the rest of the gang​
• Career Tech/Common Core and Alternative Education
• Missouri ELA Workgroup Member Terminated by Speaker, Refuses to Leave and Facilitates Meeting. Definition of Chutzpah?
• Education Reformers Unmasked. They Make the Rules, Not the Legislature.
• ​Dear Bill Bennett: Get a little more Reaganesque on Common Core
• Christian Colleges, Exempt from Common Core..NOT!
• Catholic Parents: If Parochial Schools Use Common Core, Why Not Enroll Your Student in Public School?
• Exxon CEO Just Knows Common Core Is the Answer
• A Walton’s Plan to “Fix Public Education.” Uh huh.
• Obama Slipping Common Core and Propaganda into ‘Arts Education‘​

TESTING UPDATES:

• Federally Funded Common Core PARCC tests going prime in 6 states
• PARCC is down to DC plus 10 states and Louisiana isn’t one of them
• PARCC Shares ‘Lessons Learned’ from Common Core Field Tests
• Students need to be ‘digitally literate’ to take upcoming Common Core Assessments
• Beware the Hidden Agenda of PARCC​
• W. Virginia Standardized Test Scores Drop

WEEKEND VIDEOS:

• Geraghty: Immigration, Common Core May Doom Jeb Bush in 2016
• The Kelly File: Who is teaching our kids?
• Full Wappingers Forum from 11-19-14
• Deborah Torres ~ Common Core Grant ‘Blood Money’ Needs To Be Returned 12 (board tries to cut her off)

 TWEETS OF THE WEEK:

Common Core Kool-aid drinking & parent bashing Idaho Superintendent Tom Luna won’t run again. http://t.co/S1LuGMnGUC #stopcommoncore — LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) December 1, 2014

Democrats Politicizing the Core => PAC Organizes to Oust Anti-Common Core Arizona Superintendent http://t.co/gUURe8sunX #stopcommoncoree

— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) December 1, 2014

Thanks to Common Core there has been a jump in the amount of students now homeschooled. http://t.co/S0ImxnTTHW #tcot — Accuracy In Media (@AccuracyInMedia) December 3, 2014

“…on wrong side of Common Core” => Ohio Gov. Kasich potential presidential candidate http://t.co/pjilVkV0pC #stopcommoncore @patmccrorync

— LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) December 1, 2014

@kathleen_herne https://t.co/KHwW4oMlSX Join this page and help her keep her job! She wants to #StopCommonCore in AZ! — Teri Sasseville (@TeriGRight) November 30, 2014

Via @RopeOK: Complaints About Sexually Inappropriate Reading Material In High School Part 2 – … http://t.co/nRYBxxLzvT #stopcommoncore

— Truth in American Ed (@TruthinAmEd) November 30, 2014