A state representative in Florida said publicly, at an education conference no less, that the Common Core is a conspiracy to turn your kids into homosexuals. Really. Florida State Rep. Charles Van Zant said that the company hired to build the state’s new Common Core-aligned assessment is secretly attempting to use the test to make… Continue reading Lawmaker Says Common Core Will Turn Kids Gay. Seriously
The results of a new Quinnipiac University poll shows, contrary to what a certain irate blogger has been spouting, Governor Malloy’s approval rating for education is on the rise. According to a press release sent out this morning, “voters approve 45 – 39 percent of the way he is handling education.” As education news site… Continue reading New Quinnipiac Poll Shows a Rise in Approval of Malloy’s Education Policy
The results of a UConn poll on Common Core tell a very different story, if you look at the numbers in context. Is it a poll on Americans’ views of Common Core or on the effectiveness of the anti-Common Core propaganda machine? I’d say the latter. There are some interesting data points in this poll… Continue reading Poll Results Show Depth of Anti-Common Core Propaganda
After last week’s public hearing on the Common Core, the New London Day published a fantastic must read editorial which outlines why Connecticut Republicans have come out of the woodwork to oppose the Common Core State Standards. If your guess was for the “children of Connecticut,” unfortunately, you’d be wrong. According to The Day, the… Continue reading New London Day: “Any Roll-Back of Common Core is a Step Back for Our Kids”
Jon Pelto must suffer from selective hearing. Going on his account of events alone, you’d think the only people who testified at last week’s Common Core hearing were his buddies who came out in support of House Bill 5078. Pelto completely ignored the teachers, advocates and school leaders who spoke out against halting the Common… Continue reading Pelto Hides The Truth About the Common Core Hearing
Jon Pelto does it again! With the arrogance only a washed-up political hack could muster, Pelto spouts a phrase so false and hypocritical it boggles the mind. In a recent email blast about yesterday’s state legislative public forum on the Common Core, he wrote: “First, most of these people who support the Common Core and… Continue reading Jon Pelto Bashes Common Core Supporters; Many of Them Teachers
Yesterday, the Record-Journal published a story on Connecticut’s Smarter Balanced assessments and the field test scheduled to be administered this spring. The story quotes Wendy Lecker at length, and I thought that it would be helpful for my readers to translate what Lecker said into what she actually means: The field test “is a trial… Continue reading Lecker Translation: We Must Follow The Tea Party’s Lead And Sabotage The Common Core
