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GUEST POST: How Common Core Standards are Taking Over our National Honor Societies

Posted on June 29, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

The following article is a guest post from a concerned parent in North Carolina about the deep reach of the Common Core Standards.
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GUEST POST ICON”Honor among thieves?! How Common Core Standards are Taking Over our National Honor Societies.”

Unlike any other American education reform, we have all seen, heard and experienced the many tentacles of Common Core Standards. For certain, the Standards are in our schools, regardless of where the school is located: public, private, home, post secondary, proprietary or on-line. Common Core Standards are there. We see CCS products in our dollar stores, our libraries. just about everywhere! So what about all those clubs, organizations and extra curricular activities we so loved & encourage our kids to sign up for?! Yep, you guessed it. Common Core Standards are there as well. Continue reading →

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The Standards Who Must Not Be Named

Posted on June 29, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

The-Standards-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named!

Was Arne Duncan’s speech in Texas a tribute to Harry Potter?
It would seem so, as Duncan cc sorting hat fivedidn’t utter the words “Common Core” a single time yet definitely was talking about Common Core. So, Duncan went the whole speech talking about You-Know-Who.The fear and loathing now associated with The-Standards-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is now confirmed by the top education official in the nation not uttering You-Know-Who’s name a single time.

Valerie Strauss at the Washington Post has the full story, but asks, “Why wouldn’t Duncan want to actually mention the words “Common Core” when he is talking about the Common Core? Could it be that in some places the Common Core is becoming somewhat toxic amid growing opposition to the initiative from different parts of the political spectrum?”

YEP. More distancing. Continue reading →

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OK Board Of Ed To Sue To Keep The Common Core?

Posted on June 28, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

In a rather desperate move, the Oklahoma Dept. of Education asked their state Supreme Court to throw out the new law repealing Common Core.
Oklahoma Policy Institute:
Today you should know that parents, teachers and members of the Oklahoma Board of Education asked the state Supreme Court to throw out a law repealing Common Core academic standards. Their lawsuit argues that the bill repealing Common Core gives the Legislature too much power to rewrite academic standards and violates the separation of powers.

Exactly what separation of powers are they alleging the repeal violates? Also, is the OK Department of Education totally tone deaf? I mean, the hypocrisy in the line, “the bill repealing Common Core gives the Legislature too much power to rewrite academic standards” is rather hilarious. Only the Department of Ed is allowed to have too much power as made clear by the mere fact there had to be a REPEAL BILL?

Also out of Oklahoma — Oklahoma Superintendent Loses Republican Primary. The Superintendent (who was for Common Core before she was against it) was beaten by the challenger who was solidly opposed to Common Core. Continue reading →

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Rasmussen Poll Shows large Drop In Common Core Favorability

Posted on June 27, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Rasmussen, a major national polling outfit, has a new poll out on Common Core. The poll shows support for Common Core among parents with school-aged kids is falling like a ton of bricks. Rasmussen recorded an 18% drop in favorability since their poll last Fall. The more parents find out about it, the more they are rejecting Common Core.

Rasmussen:

Common Core Support Among Those with School-Age Kids Plummets Continue reading →

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Case Study in #SelfAwareness

Posted on June 26, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

A case study in Self Awareness: Larry Nilles of the NCAE.
The NCAE’s Larry Nilles is not one to be issuing advice about condescension or lies. Run along back to Moral Monday, Mr. Nilles. Continue reading →

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Why Opposition To Common Core Is Winning

Posted on June 26, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Over at Instapundit, he has a link up to a Reason.com article:
JUNE 26, 2014

K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: The Populist Uprising Against Common Core Is Libertarian and It’s Winning.

I left a comment on the Instapundit link which reads:
The fight is really not right or left, but right down the middle. I’ve been in this fight almost two years now in NC — I’ve seen every walk of life & political ideology there is fighting Common Core.
The article is right. We are winning. The indication of that is that supporters are now resorting to passive-aggressively calling Opposition to Common Core racist.
The new talking point is: If you oppose Common Core, you oppose this White House and President.

See how that works? By hinting opposition somehow is based in not liking the President instead of the myriad of actual complaints about the Common Core, the supporters get to imply we’re racists and thereby marginalize anything we have to say.

The supporters aren’t outright calling us racists – yet. They can’t because they know that opposition is coming from all sides on this and is mainly parents and teachers. How do you call parents and teachers racists? Very carefully.

The Reason article has several bits to it that emphasize why Common Core is receiving the monumental pushback that it is. Here are two sections of the article and they get to the heart of it. Emphasis is mine. Continue reading →

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