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The Past, Present and Future of Common Core
American Legislator ^ | 2-19-15 | Lindsay Russell

Posted on 02/19/2015 1:33:10 PM PST by ThethoughtsofGreg

Education policy is taking top priority in state legislatures across the nation. Education funding formulas, opportunity scholarships, educational savings accounts and charter school reforms are just a few of the policy issues being discussed and debated. However, while all of these policy issues are imperative to the advancement of educational freedom, the Common Core State Standard Initiative (CCSSI) is quickly becoming the top concern for state legislators.

The first installment, seen in the video above, was presented by Mike Petrilli from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Neal McCluskey from the Cato Institute and moderated by Jonathan Butcher from the Goldwater Institute.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanlegislator.org ...


TOPICS: Education
KEYWORDS: commoncore; education; unions

1 posted on 02/19/2015 1:33:10 PM PST by ThethoughtsofGreg
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To: ThethoughtsofGreg

Why are the Common Core conferences all held in Dubai?


2 posted on 02/19/2015 1:46:32 PM PST by DBrow
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To: DBrow

Frequent Flyer Miles? (In addition to making it harder for any crusading journalist to attend...)


3 posted on 02/19/2015 1:55:43 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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To: Calvin Locke

Well they won’t be discussing homosexual rights at the conference!


4 posted on 02/19/2015 2:01:28 PM PST by DBrow
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To: ThethoughtsofGreg

bump for later


5 posted on 02/19/2015 2:18:16 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but, they're true)
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