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Every Student Succeeds Act

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Democrats Wage War on Themselves Over Opt-Out Movement

  • August 1, 2016
  • Jane Robbins
An unintended consequence of the Common Core standards-and-assessments scheme is dissension among liberal interests over the testing. The “opt out” movement comprises essentially two categories: parent activists seeking to protect…
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Clinton-Kaine Education Views Might Make You Rethink Public School

  • July 29, 2016
  • Emmett McGroarty
We know what Hillary Clinton wants for public K-12 education. She wants universal government preschool, despite the well-documented failure of government preschool to deliver even a fraction of what the…
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Grassroots vs. Establishment Battle Evident in GOP Education Platform

  • July 22, 2016
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
Although present in many other areas of the Republican Party Platform, the struggle between parents/grassroots activists and corporate education reform/data overlords is no more evident than in education. That fight…
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Local and State Officials “Just Say No” to the Department of Education

  • July 20, 2016
  • Emmett McGroarty
Piercing the gloom of the current educational and political landscape are a few glimmers of hope. One promising development is that some state and local education officials are now openly…
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Trump’s Leading VP Candidates Are Not Strong on Common Core and Fed Ed

  • July 13, 2016
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
Donald Trump is set to announce his vice-presidential choice sometime this week, before the Republican National Convention in Cleveland begins on Monday. Despite occasional stumbles, such as identifying education as one…
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Why Did a Liberal Teachers’ Union Honor This GOP Senator?

  • July 12, 2016
  • Jane Robbins
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) must be very proud. Along with Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), he has received the National Education Association (NEA)’s “highest honor,” the Friend of Education award. The…
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Clinton Doubles Down on Common Core, Faults “Roll-Out” for Problems

  • April 20, 2016
  • Jane Robbins
Although the progressive education establishment (which includes Republicans such as Sen. Lamar Alexander) insists that the Common Core issue is fading and won’t affect the election, the question of the…
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Debate “Fact Checker” Ignores the Real Facts About Common Core

  • March 15, 2016
  • Jane Robbins
The day after the confirmation of New York Common Core enforcer John King as U.S. Secretary of Education has brought about a flurry of commentary about Common Core and the election. The…
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Big Brother Wants to Be “Engaged” with Your Family. Here’s How . . .

  • February 13, 2016
  • Jane Robbins
As the pro-Common Core Republican candidates get winnowed out, the remaining combatants should be quizzed in greater detail about federal education policy — particularly, the many troubling provisions of the…
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How a GOP Congress Quietly Imposed Common Core on the Entire Country

  • February 2, 2016
  • Jane Robbins
After a long absence, education policy has reclaimed a prominent role in the national and state campaign discourse.   What’s more, parents — not a particular party or candidate — are…
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Tampa Bay Times Examines Rubio’s Involvement in Common Core

  • January 25, 2016
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
Alex Leary of the Tampa Bay Times discussed Common Core’s role in the campaign of the two Florida presidential candidates, Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush. The article, titled “Rubio may…
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Six Reasons Jeb’s Plan Fails to End Federal Tyranny in Education

  • January 20, 2016
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
Former Florida Governor and presidential candidate Jeb Bush released his education plan on January 18th.  In it, he tries hard to sound like he cares about and supports local control and…
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Dear Moms and Dads: Big Brother Is About to Join the Family

  • January 13, 2016
  • Jane Robbins
Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and Donald Trump are making noise against the Common Core and the Democrats’ support for it. But have they looked at the gift the GOP-controlled Congress…
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Cruz Vows to Undo Common Core on Day One

  • January 12, 2016
  • Maggie Gallagher
Cruz imagines a pretty busy first day in office: Cruz, a Texas U.S. senator running for the Republican nomination, said he would spend his first day in office undoing “illegal and…
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The Fight Over Common Core Ain’t Over Yet

  • January 6, 2016
  • Emmett McGroarty
This piece was co-authored by Jane Robbins, an attorney and senior fellow at the American Principles Project. The passage of the new No Child Left Behind reauthorization bill (the Every…
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Former Obama Administration Aide Boasts GOP-Passed Bill (ESSA) Cements Common Core

  • January 4, 2016
  • Jane Robbins
Breitbart reports that another voice from the Left has entered the conversation about the recently rammed-through Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). This time, the commentary comes from Peter Cunningham, former…
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Our Top 10 Posts of 2015

  • December 31, 2015
  • Jon Schweppe
We had a great year at ThePulse2016.com. Thank you for being a consistent reader. Here were our top 10 most popular posts (ranked in order by unique page views) on…
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Obama Administration Reveals GOP Leaders’ Betrayal on Common Core in Ed Bill

  • December 21, 2015
  • Emmett McGroarty
Anti-Common Core activists tried for months to warn Congress that the new federal education bill (the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA) was a disaster that would cement, not overturn,…
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The GOP’s Corrupt Obamacore Bargain

  • December 11, 2015
  • Maggie Gallagher
The success of Donald Trump, Ben Carson, and Ted Cruz this year is a great and anguished shout from Republicans voters to the powers-that-be in Washington: The system is broken;…
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Republican Congress Thwarts American People, Passes Obama-Backed Education Bill

  • December 10, 2015
  • Jane Robbins
Several Republican presidential candidates had a great opportunity over the last two weeks to take the lead on an issue critical to millions of conservatives – federal control over public…
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