Posted by Neal McCluskey on August 12, 2010
By Neal McCluskey
You might recall several weeks back when Chester Finn, president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, called people like me “paranoid” for seeing federal money driving states to adopt national education standards as cause for serious concern that (a) the feds will take over schools’ curricula, and (b) the new federal curriculum will be taken over by [...]
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Posted by Neal McCluskey on July 20, 2010
By Neal McCluskey
As Massachusetts nears decision time on adopting national education standards, the Boston Herald takes state leaders to task for their support of the Common Core standards, which some analysts say are inferior to current state standards. But fear not, says Education Secretary Paul Reville. If the national standards are inferior, the Bay State can change them. “We will continue to [...]
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Posted by Neal McCluskey on July 19, 2010
By Neal McCluskey
As national education standards continue their hushed and rushed adoption process, there may be only one chance left to significantly slow them down: Massachusetts.
The Bay State is seen by national-standards supporters as having the toughest mathematics and language arts standards in the nation, and if Mass refuses to adopt the Common Core standards on the grounds that they’re not [...]
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Posted by Neal McCluskey on June 21, 2010
By Neal McCluskey
Last week, national standards super-advocate Chester Finn called me “paranoid” for arguing that “common” curriculum standards states adopt in pursuit of federal money will somehow end up being federal and, as a result, bad. Well it seems that Jay Greene and I — the two paranoiacs Finn identified by name — are not alone. Here’s a roundup of [...]
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Posted by Neal McCluskey on May 26, 2010
By Neal McCluskey
Would you agree to sell your soul? And not just sell it, but sell it for an undisclosed prize? The states of Maryland and Kentucky would: Both have endorsed as-yet unpublished national curriculum standards for mathematics and language arts, declaring that they will relinquish their ability to set their own standards — to control their [...]
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