Commentaries Subscribe to Commentaries
The Essential Cognate Instruction
Emily Godenschwager George Mason University As you walk in an elementary school with a highly diverse population, you are bound to hear students speaking more than one language. The most… Read more
TYPE #1 OR TYPE #2: WHICH ONE IS YOUR CHILD BEING TAUGHT?
by Donna Garner 6.18.13 For people who are still struggling to understand what Type #1 and Type #2 mean (the two different philosophies of education), below is a… Read more
LA Times belated entry into Common Core battle
Doug Lasken – For those who have been trying to get mainstream attention focused on the vast pork (and resulting harm to CA schools) inherent in President Obama’s Common Core… Read more
Teacher Training’s Low Grade
By STEPHANIE BANCHERO U.S. colleges of education are an “industry of mediocrity” that churns out teachers ill-prepared to work in elementary and high-school classrooms, according to a report by a… Read more
Common Core an assault on liberties
Christel Swasey – Utah state delegates officially disapproved Common Core when they passed the anti-common core resolution this year by a 65 percent vote. Utah state delegates officially disapproved Common… Read more
Meridian hosts ‘Common Core’ town hall meeting
BOISE — Are you and your child ready for Idaho’s Common Core State Standards when they’re adopted this fall? Do you know what the Common Core Standards are? Parents, teachers,… Read more
Common Core Education Standards Generate Catholic Concerns
The academic quality of the new federal standards is insufficient, according to critics. by CHARLOTTE HAYS WASHINGTON — Common Core State Standards — a set of federal education standards adopted… Read more
NYU Research: White Conservatives Want To Keep The Black Man Down
The latest New York University research finds that white conservatives tend toward elitism. That’s the bottom line of the study, but you know academics – they love to use jargon and… Read more
Why “Align” is Malign
by Bruce Deitrick Price Once upon a time, a teacher would teach American History. On exams, students would be asked questions about American history. Testing was straightforward and needed little… Read more
COMMON CORE WRITING PILOT BEING GIVEN TO SAMPLING OF D. C. STUDENTS NEXT WEEK
[6.10.13 -- Please notice that the Common Core Standards Writing pilot assessment being given to selected 8th graders in the Washington, D. C. public schools next week does not indicate... Read more »