Tag: Common Core

The National Education Association is seeing increased opposition to Common Core among its members, though a majority still support the move toward state standards in English and math.ÃÂ (Thinkstock Image)

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Teachers union survey shows growing concerns about Common Core

Ashe Schow · May 21, 2014 8:28 pm

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Study finds U.S. students lag behind those in other industrialized countries

Paul Peterson · May 13, 2014 4:00 am

Republican politicians with national ambitions better pay attention to what grassroots parents are saying and doing about the federal education racket known as Common Core. (AP Photo)

Good riddance: Common Core backlash claims new political casualties

Michelle Malkin · May 8, 2014 4:00 am

Report Card

Geoffrey Norman · May 7, 2014 6:56 pm

Former President George H.W. Bush is joined by his sons, former President George W. Bush and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, on his 85th birthday. (Associated Press)

Sources: Jeb Bush seriously considering 2016 bid

Paul Bedard · May 6, 2014 4:00 am

Common Core is an initiative designed to establish common math and English-language standards for public schools across the country. (Thinkstock)

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Survey suggests Common Core poses a conundrum for conservatives

Mark Tapscott · May 5, 2014 4:00 am

A new survey on Common Core indicates that the initiative might not be as unpopular with conservatives as some say. (Thinkstock)

GOP pollster: Republicans should be careful on Common Core

John McLaughlin · May 5, 2014 4:00 am

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (AP/Darron Cummings)

Big-government Republicans like Mike Pence pushing a phony Common Core rebrand

Michelle Malkin · April 30, 2014 4:00 am

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks at the American Legislative Exchange Council's 40th annual meeting, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, in Chicago. Bush defended new achievement standards for students around the nation while calling for an expansion of school-choice initiatives in states. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Jeb Bush’s candor on immigration and education could win the day

Linda Chavez · April 11, 2014 4:00 am

Despite spending tens of millions of dollars on advocacy along with millions more in federal and state taxpayer grants and subsidies, the Beltway educrats' propaganda machine is crumbling. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Untangling Common Core groups from lobbyists is impossible

Michelle Malkin · April 4, 2014 4:00 am

Critics open fire on Common Core education standards

Sean Lengell · March 28, 2014 12:00 am

FILE - This Jan. 14, 2013 file photo shows former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, right, and Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam talking about education reform during a forum in Nashville, Tenn. More than five years after governors from both major parties began a mostly quiet effort to set new standards in American schools, the so-called Common Core initiative has morphed into a political tempest that fuels division among Republicans. Bush hails Common Core as a way to improve student performance and, over the long term, competitiveness of American workers. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Common Core spawns widespread political fights

Bill Barrow · March 24, 2014 6:15 pm