The Latest on Common Core:

Wyoming first state to block new science standards

Common Core opponents put pressure on Gov. Rick Scott (FL)

Our View: State waiver to help schools test Common Core (CA)

Legislative notebook: Lawmakers take more swings at Common Core (TN)

Go Back to Move Forward from Common Core Standards (KS)

Assembly GOP renews push to fix Common Core (NY)

Norwalk’s Lavielle Signs Petition For Public Hearing On Common Core (CT)

In the trenches of Common Core fight

Malkin: Get to the core of ‘Common Core’

Web Essay: Common Core is simply more of the same

Video: North Carolina Lt. Gov.’s Epic Takedown of Common Core

Teachers union, GOP sound off on Common Core (CT)

Mo. House panel hears bill to block education standards

Oklahoma Legislature may rescind Common Core education standards

Name game: Amid opposition, states change title of Common Core

Panelists at anti-Common Core event in Baton Rouge slam new education standards

The Insulting Move State Lawmakers Made to Mock Common Core Opponents

Brad Zaun Introduces Common Core Rollback Bill in Iowa Senate

Want Your Kids Learning Anti-Reagan Propaganda in Math Class? You’ll Love the Common Core

MTSU Poll: Common Core still a mystery to most Tennesseans

Teachers, school boards seek to drop standardized tests this year

Senate sends bill to kill Common Core to House

Common Core and Unionitis

West Jefferson Hills officials object to Common Core State Standards (PA)

Can you solve this grammatically incorrect, impossible Common Core question?

‘Tin foil hats’ line item leads to tin foil-covered desk for representative (MO)

States, Vocational Groups in Rebellion over School Standards

Asphyxiating Education (HuffPost)

Parents form new private school  (GA)

Bill attacks Kansas’ math, reading standards

Iowa Lawmakers Want to Pull Away From Common Core

Guest opinion: Common Core poses serious threat to school choice

Common Core math question for sixth graders: Was the 2000 election “fair”?

Common Core curriculum reduces teaching to ‘Little Boxes’ (Commentary)  NY

Feds Spend Millions to Promote Common Core

Indiana bill to nullify common core standards passes out of committee

SWLA legislator plans to fight Common Core in upcoming session (LA)

Sen. Scott beason takes up fight against Common Core Again  (AL)

Postcards list concerns of tea party  (KY)

Md. superintendents criticize implementation of school reforms

Some states rebrand controversial Common Core education standards

Common Core town hall draws packed house  (OK)

Malloy Delays Start of Common Core Curriculum (CT)

Unlikely Allies Agree On Common Core Opposition

Indiana Senate panel OKs plan to drop Common Core

Powerful NY teachers union renounces support for Common Core

Effort to Slow Down on Common Core Gets Boost in State House (RI)

States OK education reform, back away from testing  (SD)

Teachers ‘instructed’ to teach ‘all right wing extremist groups’ are fascist [VIDEO]

Common Core May Conflict with Subsidiarity, Say Heritage Foundation Experts

Common Core dollars spent to retrain teachers but states still can’t identify failing teachers

Wake Up Call For New York’s Gov. Cuomo

Voices Rise Loud and Clear Against Common Core in Carmel

Will: Common Core standards are facing new opposition

FL Governor Rick Scott Pulling Back Throttle On Common Core Education Standards

Common Core doesn’t improve education

Common Core needs to be slowed for further explanation

Common Core: The Latest Flaw in One-Size-Fits-All Public Schools

Tennessee education officials trying to implement the federal government’s new Common Core academic standards face opposition . . .

Some Governors and the Common Core: ‘Hot Friends Cooling’

We need to fix our schools down to the core

“As for the core curriculum, it was always my impression that we had one from the beginning of public education. It was called reading, writing and arithmetic and it has been followed with refinements since William G. McGuffey taught half of our populace how to read in a primer that was used from 1836 to 1961. I personally was of the ‘Dick and Jane’ generation.”

State lawmakers attack Common Core standards at Shelby County legislative forum

Eight Senators Join Fight Against Common Core

Common Core math standards don’t add up for Massachusetts

State education standards face opposition in Iowa

Common Core Meets Education Reform: What It All Means for Politics, Policy, and the Future of Schooling

Regents chancellor to appoint committee for Common Core review

Bryant takes his stand against education system

Regents chancellor to appoint committee for Common Core review

Bryant takes his stand against education system

Teachers, Parents Struggle With New Common Core State Standards

Letter: Common Core could bring children ‘under total government control’

Is Common Core ‘Rigorous,’ Or More Nearly The Opposite?

Bill calls for mandatory Pledge at Okla. schools

Survey Supports Opt-out for Common Core

Ex-schools chief Bennett pitches ACT’s Aspire to Common Core states

Rotten to the Core

First Obamacare, Now Obamacore, Part 2: Riveting Facts About Common Core That Can’t Be Ignored

Education charity to pay millions for misusing funds

State Rep. Brett Geymann speaks out against Common Core

Arkansas Mother Obliterates Common Core at Her School Board Meeting (Video)

Common Core Standards Could Knock As, Bs And Cs Off Report Cards

Common Core slammed at Corning forum

Is Common Core Good for Kids and Teachers? Part V, by Chuck Norris

Feds’ 3 Tentacles in the Common Core, by Chuck Norris (Part 4)

Time for a conversation about Common Core

Madison, La Crosse Dioceses Reject Common Core

Common Core Unrest Obvious in 17 States

Feds’ 3 Tentacles in the Common Core (Part 3)

Diane Ravitch slams Common Core approach to teaching Gettysburg Address

Does Common Core Suggest Instructors Teach Students About the Gettysburg Address Without Mentioning the Civil War?

Texas Common Core critic dispels claims of lobbying by state board member

Kids across NY join to protest against Common Core in Albany

Protesters rally to stop Common Core standards in SC schools

Less than 50% GCS Test Scores ‘Proficient’ w/ Common Core

 

Common Core lessons blasted for sneaking politics into elementary classrooms

Feds’ 3 Tentacles in the Common Core (Part 1)

The Common Core Rabbit Hole

A Conceptual Critique of the Common Core

Common Core Instructs Students To Change The ‘Outdated’ Bill Of Rights

How NOT to argue with parents about Common Core

Passions High at NY Common Core Forum

Parents Protest National Common Core Standards

SAY WHAT? The Tennessee Firearms Association, Inc.Tells the State to End Common Core Standards?

Common Core getting worse with more info (MI)

The Common Core Steamroller

More states delay Common Core testing as concerns grow

Common Core book claims white voters rejected Obama due to race

Catholic Diocese stays away from Common Core (Green Bay)

Common Core standards cause passionate debate (Ohio)

Common Core critics see examples of agenda in class assignments

Pedophilia, Incest, and Graphic Sex: Excerpts from a Common Core Reading List Book for 11th-Graders That Will Make You Blush

How Common Core Standards will succeed — even if they don’t

Deal orders review of Common Core

Common Core: Reinforcing Failure

Maine group seeks to repeal Common Core school standards

Education Reform and the Common Core

Video: The New Common Core Obama Math Standard: “3 x 4 = 11″

Some locals still fighting Common Core

Children’s Privacy at Risk with Common Core Curriculum Standards

Common Core curriculum standards spark political firestorm

AP-NORC Poll: Often criticized by teachers, standardized tests have support from parents

Common Core standards are ‘curriculum upsidedownia’

Speaker says common core education standards have taken public ‘out of the equation’

NYC Teacher: The Common Core Standards Are Broken and Can’t Be Fixed

Supe: State Tests ‘Too Much, Too Soon,’ As Scores Drop

Oregon GOP Opposes Common Core State Standards

Poem by fifth-graders fuels debate over Common Core (but where’s the poem?)

What If the Common Core Standards Are a Huge Mistake?

Common Core: A Scheme to Rewrite Education

Common Core education standards are rotten to the very core

Teachers & Parents Protest outside School Board Office

Misinformation or monopoly of thought? Common Core opponents, supporters square off

Common Core Turns Students Into Lab Rats

Concerned about Common Core Standards

Common Core Controversy Continued

A final bow for ‘outdated’ ISAT

Start of school delayed 3 days so teachers can learn iPads for CCSS

Common Core may create common problem for Georgia and other states: Lower test scores

Only Pro-CCSS candidates OK for Nev. Supt of Schools job

Common Core Is Not What Its Supporters Claim It Is

Will Common Core “State” Standards do Further Damage to American Public …

Schools pass the tin cup to fund CCSS

COMMON CORE, STATE STANDARDS: YOU’RE LETTING GLOBALISTS …

Hillsdale College president criticized for calling minorities ‘dark ones …

Hillsdale College’s President Larry Arne critiques CCSS

COLUMN: Questions linger on Common Core standards

What is Common Core?

Rubio comes out against Common Core, putting him at odds with Jeb Bush

UR study reveals concerns about new Common Core curriculum

Ohio legislators try to repeal Common Core school standards

Pence, Ritz pull state out of group creating tests for Common Core

Common Core supporters say defections are no big deal

Common Core under fire by area’s reps

Brawner: Common Core standards receiving a hearing

Florida GOP feels conservative backlash over Common Core

Ann Marie Banfield: Common Core is not what its supporters claim it is

The Front Burner: Common Core has laundry list of failings at its …

Reality Hits Sunshine State “Accountability”

Choice key to school success

Concerns about access to algebra classes persist

NWEA Introduces New Assessments Built on the Common Core State Standards

Does it matter that testing is being aligned with the Common Core?

Common Core under fire by Ohio reps

GA pulls out of test group

Florida GOP feels conservative backlash over Common Core

Principal: “I was naive about Common Core.”

Idahoans for Local Education

Too many reasons to be concerned about Common Core

Common Core for schools earns praise, derision

BRAVE NEW SCHOOLS

Rokita wants to block federal involvement in Common Core education standards

Michigan Scores a Partial Victory over CCSS

NWEA Introduces New Assessments Built on the Common Core State Standards

Concerns about access to algebra classes persist

“Abolish all local school districts, save 70 (50 states; 20 largest cities)” says CCSS curricula writer

Rule Change Guarantees No “Fs” for Schools This Year

How American education got to where it is today (Part 1)

The Rising Force Behind “Common Core Indoctrination

Who Will Rule Our Global Schools? (.doc)

The Folks in PA are busy! Residents urge state to drop Common Core school standards

In Utah, 3 Moms Against Common Core present an interesting dialogue with a law maker

CCSS: “The national control of ideas.”

In PA: “private, religious and homeschool educators might be forced into adopting government-dictated curricula and assessments that violate their academic freedom and rights of conscience”

U.S. News & World Report acknowledges the problems with CCSS

NEA votes for CCSS but against its testing

NY senate and assembly introduce bills to halt CCSS:
“the standards are demeaning and particularly unacceptable for students of African descent.”

The $16 billion shell game.

Liberals and Conservatives agree on Common Core? (Yikes!)

NFL to adopt Common Core Standards?

In Pursuit of the New Soviet Man

Alinsky methods are being put to work for CCSS supporters – be prepared. Neal McCluskey at the Cato Institute lifts a rock to see what’s under it.

Does the Common Core Matter? Excellent commentary in Education Week.

Common Core Standards = No Child Left Behind on Steroids:  Jonathan Turley’s Blog

Looks like Pennsylvania is about to get it right as the legislature steps up to the plate:

The Patriot News
Public Opinion Online
The Sentinel

What’s worth learning? A rather appropriate question these days! Here’s a short e-book that is free of charge that answers that question. It should be worth a read for everyone!

Common sense about Common Core in this blog post on the Talk of the Sound blog

For a no-holds-barred consideration of the collectivist nature of CCSS, read this post at the Canada Free Press.

Oklahoma withdraws from standardized testing citing myriad technical issues – Tulsa World blog.

Resolution to withdraw from CCSS in Missouri: The Turner Report

CCSS = National Control of Ideas.  No words minced here!  Enter Stage Right blog.

Common Core: An Uncommonly Bad Idea: The Contra Costa Times

The Central Pennsylvania Patriot News presents a list of pros and cons if you still need them.

New Hampshire – Common Core people seem to use the word “voluntary” much the way the IRS does.

For a look at the commercial interests that may be “fer or agin”, visit The Educational Freedom Coalition, a very thorough data base of homeschool related companies who have declared themselves one way or the other.

Wyoming Star-Tribune’s blog expresses some serious doubts about CCSS held by a very concerned parent.

Kansas:  Some lawmakers are a little concerned with the math and science of CCSS as reported in the Topeka Capital-Journal.

Unlikely bedfellows? The Socialist Worker blog tackles CCSS.  Good on ’em!

Mike Matthews explains in Delaware Right why CCSS might be one more top-down bureaucratic pressure to bog down our teachers.

Education historian and blogger Diane Ravitch explains why she cannot support CCSS:  Diane Ravitch’s Blog

A Wisconsin Reporter article on some of the more nefarious aspects some suspect of CCSS