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EducationFeatured
Common Core: The Biggest Election Issue Washington Prefers to Ignore
by Joy Pullmann November 26, 2013Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s recent comments disparaging “white suburban moms” for protesting new national tests and curriculum mandates are not the isolated remarks of an out-of-touch elitist. His attitude is typical among bureaucrats from both parties regarding Common Core, but politicians who ignore this sleeper topic endanger themselves in 2014 and 2016.
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By briefly quoting one critic of the national Common Core education standards, which are shaping curricula and tests for schoolchildren in Pennsylvania and across the nation, the Trib at least…
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MediaPolitics
In State of the Union Address, Obama Endorses Book Heartland Will Feature Feb. 1
by Jim Lakely January 24, 2012In his State of the Union Address tonight, President Barack Obama endorsed the findings in a book The Heartland Institute will be featuring at our next “Author Series” event on…