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Readin’, Writin’, and Proselytizin’

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Common Core’s Double Whammy

by David Anderson November 18, 2015

Some of the most reliable yardsticks in monitoring academic progress in K-12 education are the assessments known as the Nation’s Report Card, officially the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The results from its 2015 assessments are in, and they are not encouraging.

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Common Core Proponents Blame Their Victims

by Joy Pullmann October 11, 2014

It has become fashionable to blame the effects of nationalizing education on anything but the national curriculum mandates and the tests that accomplish it.

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Library Needs to Model Technology Restraint

written by Joy Pullmann

The Decadent Society November 16, 2019
The author is Ross Douthat and the subtitle is How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success. Excellent book!
The Trump Impeachment: What Is The Crime? November 16, 2019
Here we are in the midst of impeachment mania, and we have completely lost track of the whole idea that there might be a need for an actual crime.
Liberal Policy Failures Are the Reason for Socialism's New Appeal November 15, 2019
Multiple forms of socialism, from hard Stalinism to European redistribution, continue to fail.
Democrats Concede Their Impeachment Argument Is Failing November 15, 2019
Democratic leadership has indicated they can't move the polls, and their message is failing. That's kind of the whole ballgame.
The Democrats want to define Trump being president as a high crime and misdemeanor November 15, 2019
Trump is president, and many people find that unconscionable. Some of those people sit in positions of power.
Steve Moore: Trump economy is really experiencing a middle-class boom -- this data doesn't lie November 14, 2019
The left and the media are now engaged in a wholesale campaign to discredit the good news on family incomes, falsely accusing Trump of using phony numbers.
What Bananas Tell Us About Socialism and the Fall of the Berlin Wall November 13, 2019
The Berlin Wall offered us a natural experiment—one that showed which political system best enables people to thrive and flourish.
The Daily Northwestern Apologizes to Students for Reporting News That Triggered Them November 12, 2019
A newspaper staffed by the country's most famous journalism school says it shouldn't have covered a Jeff Sessions event.
Jane Fonda: Nuremberg trials for war criminals ... fossil fuel executives November 12, 2019
Jane Fonda is leaving quite a trail of over-the-top remarks in interviews these days.
Will Trump Admin's Ban On E-Cigs Help Teens, Hurt Smokers, Or Both? November 11, 2019
Many fear that the administration crack-down on electronic cigarettes will have far greater consequences for public health than addicting teens.

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