Gates Won’t Let Common Core Die The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the largest private foundation in the world and the chief private funder of Common Core standards, released a letter on May 23, 2016. It says the foundation aims to continue … [Read more...] about Education Reporter – June 2016

They Think They’re ‘Smarter’ Republican Senator Lamar Alexander recently expressed surprise that the federal Department of Education isn’t planning to implement the Every Student Succeeds Act in the way he expected. The legislation was supported … [Read more...] about Education Reporter – May 2016

States Should Share Best Practices How much American K-12 students are learning is an issue that remains under a constant cloud of debate. Some warn of dismal results and failing systems. Others say the achievement tests used to rank students are … [Read more...] about Education Reporter – April 2016

Watch Children Online and Be the “Best Voice” Parents must know what their children and teens are saying and doing online. Those that believe their children are protected from the evils that lurk behind screens could be fooling themselves. Recent … [Read more...] about Education Reporter – March 2016

Republican-Dominated Congress Betrays Students A Republican and a Democrat worked together to create education policy in hopes of improving  student performance. The new bill is a disaster. It increases the federal role in education, it … [Read more...] about Education Reporter – February 2016

Doing Reform Wrong in Newark In 2010, three people came together to change Newark, New Jersey public schools. They didn’t work with parents or local educators to come up with a plan. In fact, the public was first made aware of the reform project … [Read more...] about Education Reporter – January 2016

Transgender Issues: Who Are the Bullies? Some believe transgender people’s quest for special rights has gotten out of hand. Among them is feminist Germaine Greer, who has simply had enough. The author of The Female Eunuch, a book that encouraged … [Read more...] about Education Reporter – December 2015

Islamic Indoctrination in Social Studies Class? Some parents at Spring Hill Middle School in Tennessee were incensed when their children had to write “Allah is the only God.” The parent of a seventh grader says, “They have studied Islam for three … [Read more...] about Education Reporter – November 2015

Grading Candidates’ Common Core Fight The Common Core Report: Grading the 2016 GOP Candidates was issued in August by American Principles in Action, The Pulse 2016, and Cornerstone Policy Research Action. This report grades the Republican … [Read more...] about Education Reporter – October 2015

A Calendar of Indoctrination At the NEA convention, teachers were given colorful 2015-16 school calendars created by the union’s Read Across America Campaign. The calendar is titled “Read, Discover, Explore” and it claims to celebrate “a nation of … [Read more...] about Education Reporter – September 2015