At approximately 2PM today, Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest’s office released a statement announcing his publication of a letter to North Carolina Department of Public Instruction ... Keep Reading
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DPI Defense of Common Core Is Mystifying – Part I
On June 13 the state Department of Public Instruction (DPI) released Common Core Demystified. The document was intended to quell what DPI regarded as confusion and stem the growing ... Keep Reading
The True Conservative Response on Common Core
In a misnamed article, “Common Core is a conservative victory,” Republican education reformers Chester Finn and Michael Petrilli used a recent News &Observer op-ed to try and ... Keep Reading
Expert Highlights Dangers in Common Core Standards
Last fall public schools in North Carolina along with 44 other states began implementing Common Core Standards. The standards — developed by academic experts and private trade ... Keep Reading
Common Core Standards: Little to like and a lot to worry about
We've been hearing much about the Common Core standards of late, and for good reason. The ideas that motivated the standards and the way the changes have been implemented have ... Keep Reading
Does Indiana lead the way against Common Core?
An interesting debate and -- one well worth watching -- is playing out in Indiana. Senator Scott Schneider (R-Indianapolis) introduced a bill (SB 193) to reverse the State ... Keep Reading
Common Core standards: where things aren’t quite as they appear
With the threat of losing millions in federal aid dollars in 2010 North Carolina joined with 44 other states and adopted common core academic standards for grades K-12 in math and ... Keep Reading
Common Core Standards: There’s Plenty to Dislike
North Carolina continues to work its way through one of the most significant but least reported stories of the last year: the adoption of common core standards by states and school ... Keep Reading
