Feds Confess Truth About Common Core
It is a frequent talking point among certain Republican presidential candidates that the Common Core initiative to establish national standards was a state-led effort that was “hijacked” by the U.S.…
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Jane Robbins
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Jane Robbins is an attorney and senior fellow with the American Principles Project.
School Choice Being Used to Undermine Academic and Religious Freedom?
As Republican candidates for president promote K-12 education reforms, they should reject “school choice” programs that interfere with the academic and religious freedom of participating private schools. Otherwise, parents who…
Cruz Reminds Voters That Bush Still Supports Common Core
Former Governor Jeb Bush has softened his language on the Common Core national standards since his presidential campaign began, decrying the federal coercion he once defended and converting his support for…
The Giant Common Core Cover-Up
From Breitbart: Within the last two weeks both houses of Congress passed legislation that will effectively cement the Common Core national standards, or something very similar, in state school systems (politicians’…
Every Child Achieves Act Is Bad News for Students, Teachers
From The Daily Caller: Sen. Lamar Alexander’s Every Child Achieves Act, which recently passed the Senate, is brimming with troubling provisions. One that has received little attention is the grant…
NCLB Rewrite Fails Again
An op-ed from APIA Senior Fellow Jane Robbins and Ohio mom activist Heidi Huber in Townhall.com: Parents across the nation are in open revolt against the testing mania that has…
Did Slanted Questions Skew Latest NBC Common Core Poll?
A new NBC poll shows that 50 percent of the parents surveyed favor the Common Core national standards (61% of Democrats but only 26% of Republicans). These results contrast with…
Kasich Doubles Down in Favor of Common Core
While even former Gov. Jeb Bush eases off his promotion of the Common Core national standards (at least semantically), Gov. John Kasich of Ohio seems headed in the other direction.…
