Dr. Kirsten Lombard, Editor of Common Ground, on Common Core
VIDEO - Dr. Kirsten Lombard talks about her experiences editing "Common Ground on Common Core", the writers, and how she hopes it will...
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Dr. Kirsten Lombard – What’s Coming with Common Core
VIDEO - Dr. Kirsten Lombard - Editor of Common Ground on Common Core - talks about Common Core, and what's coming down the...
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College Shock: More Students Are Accepting Killing Children After Birth
The sincerity of the “My body, my choice" argument is again being called into question, this time by a phenomenon on college campuses...
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“No God but Allah”? Father Protests “Pro-Muslim” Curriculum at Son’s School
“Allah is the greatest. I bear witness that there is no God but Allah," reads a handout in Anthony Giannino’s son’s middle school...
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N.Y. Teachers Union Sues Over Common Core Confidentiality Agreement
New York State United Teachers has sued the state education department this week over a state stipulation that teachers can be punished for...
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Yale Professor: “Don’t Send Your Kid to the Ivy League”
William Deresiewicz, who taught at Yale for 10 years, recommends that students not go to Yale or other Ivy League schools, or even...
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Education Expert: Parents, Take Children Back From Gov’t Control
An education expert who heads up a popular online K-12 school is advising parents that they must be vigilant against government intrusion if...
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Will “Boys and Girls” be Prohibited in Nebraska Schools?
Newly uncovered middle-school training documents in Lincoln, Nebraska, counsel teachers to avoid “gendered expressions” as part of an effort to alter the traditional...
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Sex Education for Five-year-olds — Pushed by Pedophiles
A proposal in Nevada to teach five-year-olds about masturbation and homosexuality is just the latest sex-education attack on childhood innocence, an attack initiated...
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Truancy Laws Snag 13-year-old Piano Prodigy
Truancy laws that threatened to punish a piano prodigy for missing school in order to perform around the world have gotten national attention....
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Homeschoolers Outnumber Private-school Students in North Carolina
As opposition to the Common Core curriculum grows, homeschooled students now outnumber private-school students in North Carolina. ...
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Obama Administration Punishes Oklahoma for Rejecting Common Core
The Obama administration has punished the state of Oklahoma for repealing the Common Core standards despite assertions that the standards are entirely "voluntary."...
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Scandal Engulfs Common Core Architect for Rewrite of U.S. History
After recently facing controversy for dumbing down the SAT to better align it with the Obama-backed Common Core national education standards, College Board...
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Marietta, Ga., School Board Takes Issue With Federal Snack Laws
With guidelines setting limits on student food choices and calorie consumption, the federal government is overstepping the limits of its authority, says Marietta,...
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Surveys: Americans, Teachers Souring on Common Core
Support for the Common Core national educational standards has plummeted in the past year among Americans who are familiar with the standards, according...
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