By now many are aware of the teacher “walk-ins” Monday, but few people know the real concerns on teachers’ minds: Common Core Standards. A week ago, my attention was drawn to ... Keep Reading
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Mom Shows How to Fight Common Core
One Indiana woman has shown us how to win against the Common Core juggernaut. Heather Crossin spoke at our Common Core Forum last week. Her story was fascinating. It started ... Keep Reading
NC Teachers Speak Up On Common Core
As schools across North Carolina begin teaching classes based on the Common Core standards, it is timely and appropriate to consider the views of the people who are closest to the ... Keep Reading
Civitas Applauds Another Senate Hopeful for Signing ‘Stop Common Core’ Petition
Sept. 4, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Bob Luebke (919) 834-2099 Bob.Luebke@nccivitas.org RALEIGH -- The Civitas Institute applauds a second U.S. Senate hopeful for ... Keep Reading
Civitas Lauds Senate Hopeful for Signing ‘Stop Common Core’ Petition
Sept. 3, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Bob Luebke (919) 834-2099 Bob.Luebke@nccivitas.org RALEIGH -- The Civitas Institute has praised a U.S. Senate hopeful for ... Keep Reading
DPI’s response – er nonresponse – to Lt. Governor Dan Forest.
Earlier today Lt. Gov. Dan Forest issued a video in which he responds to the Department of Public Instruction's response to the questions he submitted regarding the implementation ... Keep Reading
Common Core Demystified, Part II
In Part I of our two-part response to the Department of Public Instruction's Common Core Demystified, (CCD) we confronted DPI's claims that Common Core Standards are state-led and ... Keep Reading
NC Department of Public Instruction’s Response to Lt. Gov.: …We Need Paper
In response to Lt. Governor Dan Forest's issuance of a letter outlining 67 questions for NCDPI and Superintendent June Atkinson yesterday, NCDPI requested 10,000 sheets of paper to ... Keep Reading
Lt. Gov. Forest on Common Core to DPI: Run, June, Run
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
Common Core: who’s not telling the whole story?
In expressing her dismay over the growing public opposition to Common Core Standards, State Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson said some people want to believe ... Keep Reading