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Were Tennessee Poll Participants Asked About Common Core Data Mining? Fri Jun 7

Kyle Olson
Walker Mum as Wisconsin Locals Fight Back Against Common Core National Standards Thu May 30

Kyle Olson
Backlash Against Common Core Tue May 14

Phyllis Schlafly
Pence Hits Pause: Indiana Sets The Pace On Common Core Education Agenda Sun May 12

Austin Hill
The New Liberals’ Hymnal: The Book of Common Core Mon Apr 22

John Ransom

Remember these are the folks who told you that abortifacients have to be made available, over-the-counter, to every girl old enough to plop down the money for it, whether her head reaches the counter top or not. So what’s a little mathematics when "Alienation Studies" have gone a wasting for so long? ... more
Dissident Prof Dispatch: Common Core Teaching, Demonstrating a Crucifixion Mon Apr 1

Mary Grabar

First we have a college student ordered to stomp on a piece of paper with the word Jesus written on it. But on Holy Thursday, the U.S. Department of Education sent out this video from the Teaching Channel with a seventh-grader face-down on a table in the front of the class waving his arms and legs to illustrate a crucifixion. This video, like the other ones this non-profit produces, is intended to show teachers exciting ways to incorporate Common Core, the federal education program of the Obama administration. ... more
Common Core: Orwellian Lessons in Florida Sat Jan 19

Mary Grabar

In 2009, during the economic “crisis,” states were offered part of the $4.35 billion in stimulus funds in a hurried contest called Race to the Top. After the initial application, they were told that they would have to adhere to national standards and testing called Common Core, sight unseen, and without any legislative input. Forty-eight states signed on initially; today, 45 states are committed to CC—although citizens and teachers are organizing against it. ... more