By Joy Pullmann Much of the time, public school initiatives and regulations do not affect homeschoolers. The “next big thing” in public education, called Common Core education standards, already is, and that influence will grow. There are three major ways…
Category: Common Core
What is Common Core? Part Deux…….
by Kevin Ritter In a recent issue of the Pirate, I described Edmund Burke’s notion of Moral Imagination and how that attribute was shared by many of the great minds of the western tradition. I described Burke’s belief that student’s…
Common Core Standards; federal government tyranny
By Jim Mullen Despite its lack of constitutional authority, the federal government relentlessly treads on the educational system with one giant bureaucratic boot after another. The very essence of every federal program is to encourage dependency, dissuade initiative, stifle competition,…
Common Core school standards… being exposed
A great meeting Monday night of the Marietta 912 providing information to families on the issue of Common Core Standards in the schools in OH and WV. Nearly 100 people taking notes and asking questions. If you have never heard…
Immediate Action Items for the Week of 4/22/2013
The Battle in the Senate The state senate will be meeting this week to discuss the budget. The PARCC reference successfully removed in the House was a good start, but we need more on this leg of the journey to…
Common Core State Standards Initiative
by Kevin Ritter Today in our schools there is a movement gaining traction that seeks to limit the reading of classical literature at the expense of what are being called “informational texts.” The movement, called the Common Core State Standards…
About Common Core State Standards
The National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) together formed the Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI) to develop a set of academic standards to be used in common across all states. The Common…
Is the ‘Common Core’ Initiative Dumbing Down America’s Students?
As we begin looking into this school issue called Common Core we must learn what is before we can move forward. I am attaching a link to a great web site that is filled with information on Common Core. As…