The proposed Student Digital Privacy and Parental Rights Act to be introduced by Rep. Luke Messer (R-Indiana) and Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colorado) is ineffective and needs to be rewritten with the students’ interests in mind. This bill puts corporate interests first and
On March 23, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) officially announced his candidacy for President in a speech at Liberty University. His remarks emphasized his Christian conservative credentials, as well as other key issues like Common Core and education: Instead of a federal government
In a piece yesterday for Bloomberg Politics, David Weigel wrote: For at least five months, Texas Senator Ted Cruz has been punctuating his speeches with a demand to “repeal Common Core.” He previewed the line in a pre-midterm column, published by USA Today in October 2014; Common
During an event last Friday in Barrington, NH, Senator Cruz was asked about his position on Common Core. He told the crowd of 200: I think we should repeal every word of Common Core. Look, education is far too important to have
Shane, here’s a clip of the speech the New York Times was reporting on, where Gov. Bush praises himself for having “backbone” on the Common Core: The effort of Common Core was forty-five state governors and state school officers voluntarily creating a
At his Iowa blog Caffeinated Thoughts last week, ThePulse2016.com’s own Shane Vander Hart posted a lengthy interview with Gov. Bobby Jindal during his Iowa swing. Jindal’s mastery of the Common Core debate was epic: “We are going to fight Common Core with everything
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush made his first New Hampshire appearance on March 13th. Bush participated in a round table discussion and was asked for his thoughts about the federal government’s role in education policy: You know, the federal government could play
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry appeared at the New England Council’s “Politics and Eggs” event in New Hampshire on March 12th. During the Q&A, Perry was asked about education policy: I’m pretty simple about the K-12 as a potential candidate for the United
