This issue of Capitol Connection highlights especially the flaws in the Common Core education standards. ... Keep Reading
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Indiana repeals Common Core
Congratulations to our friends Erin Tuttle and Heather Crossin of Hoosiers Against Common Core. Earlier this week Indiana became the first state to repeal the Common Core ... Keep Reading
N&O Editorial on Common Core: Misinformed and Misguided
In an editorial earlier this week, News & Observer editors admonished those who seek to slow down the implementation of Common Core Standards and want the state to back out ... Keep Reading
NC lawmakers finally taking a look at Common Core questions
This article originally published in the News & Observer After a spring and summer of growing public discontent over the Common Core State Standards and their effect, the ... Keep Reading
Examining Common Core: Better Late Than Never
The North Carolina legislature adopted Common Core standards for math and English in 2010 with little discussion. More than three years later, legislators have finally formed a ... Keep Reading
North Carolinians Remain Split over Common Core
Dec. 17, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Dr. Robert Luebke (919) 834-2099 Bob.Luebke@nccivitas.org RALEIGH -- North Carolinians remain conflicted over Common Core ... Keep Reading
JWPCI newspaper October 2013
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Justice Department would sue North Carolina over its new elections law. Also, a Civitas forum highlighted flaws in the Common ... Keep Reading
Common Core English Language Arts Standards: More Problems than Promise
On June 2, 2010 the North Carolina State Board of Education adopted the Common Core math and English Language Arts standards. Opinion regarding the quality of the English Language ... Keep Reading
Arne Duncan’s big brain cramp is instructive
He stepped in it. Big Time. That's what U.S.Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is realizing a few days after saying some of the pushback on Common Core was coming from ... Keep Reading
NC NAEP results unchanged
This has been a big week for K-12 education news. Yesterday state test results which helped to measure the impact of new Common Core standards were released. I shared my ... Keep Reading
