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Our next-door-neighbor state has legally ended its relationship with the curriculum associated with Common Core.…
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School administrators are typically too polite to say “Told ya so!” but they have every right to when it comes to the PARCC test -- the new standardized…
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Parents and educators alike have been questioning the increasing number of standardized tests now required in public schools. A measure filed by Illinois…
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In mid-January, Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennet decided to take a stand against the Common Core test known as the PARCC (Partnership for…
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Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett has declared that only 66 of her 6,000 schools will participate in PARCC testing this spring. That's…
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Illinois schools are preparing to implement a new standardized test based on the Common Core standards. Some school districts have pleaded with state…
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If you want to get an idea of how controversial the new Common Core standardized test is, consider this: The number of states that have legalized…
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With the rise of computers and electronic communications, educators have all but written off penmanship. And kids who don’t learn to write cursive tend to…
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The Science Of SmartSchools across the country are trying new ways to teach based on brain science. Teachers say current techniques are failing, but new…
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Benjamin Churchill has been spending extra time with his daughter at the computer lately. Quinn, 8, will be taking her first state exam this school year,…