GOP candidates taking aim at Common Core standards
Note to Republican presidential candidates:
Congress passed, with broad bipartisan support, an education law that specifically says the federal government cannot push academic standards such as Common Core or give incentives to states that adopt them.
State school board approves tweaks to academic standards
Mississippi’s state Board of Education unanimously adopted a series of minor changes to the state’s academic standards Thursday, in what could be a quiet end to a controversy over the Common Core-linked guidance over what students should learn.
Minor changes proposed for Mississippi school standards
Mississippi education officials are considering minor tweaks to the state’s academic standards, nothing like the wholesale rejection sought by opponents of the Common Core-linked standards.
Our View: Looking beyond schools’ poor test results
The report card for Mississippi’s K-12 education came back today.
Florida struggling with Bush’s Common Core legacy
Jeb Bush’s signature achievement in education policy as Florida governor may be at risk of coming apart.
Officials: Survey positive on Common Core-linked standards
The Mississippi Department of Education says public comments on the state’s Common Core-derived academic standards were overwhelmingly positive.
Slimantics: Does ‘History’ show us the need for Common Core?
It was once little more than an afterthought and what opinions there were of it were generally favorable. Now, it has become a pariah, an object of disgust and scorn.
Years into Common Core, teachers lament lack of materials
The learning standards were new. The textbooks were not.
States move to reduce time spent on Common Core-based exam
Students in 11 states and the District of Columbia will spend less time next year taking tests based on the Common Core standards, a decision made in response to widespread opposition to testing requirements.
Superintendent to launch own review of Common Core
Mississippi education officials will conduct their own voluntary review of the Common Core academic standards, even after Gov. Phil Bryant vetoed a bill that would have created an outside panel to examine the standards.
Bryant vetoes bill he calls weak on ditching Common Core
Republican Gov. Phil Bryant on Thursday vetoed a bill that some lawmakers said would move Mississippi away from the Common Core academic standards adopted by this state and many others.
Opt-out movement accelerates amid Common Core testing
Thousands of students are opting out of new standardized tests aligned to the Common Core standards, defying the latest attempt by states to improve academic performance.
Miss. Senate rejects effort to dump Common Core standards
Mississippi could create a 27-member commission to recommend new academic standards for its schools, under a bill passed by the state Senate on Wednesday.
Senators propose Common Core panel as House bans PARCC test
Legislators are wading deeper into determining what Mississippi students will learn and how they will be tested.
Miss. House passes pair of low-impact Common Core bills
Mississippi House members overwhelming approved a pair of bills Thursday that may immunize members against controversy over Common Core State Standards, but could have little effect over what’s taught in the state’s public school classrooms.
Common Core opponents seek momentum as session starts
Gov. Phil Bryant reiterated Tuesday that Mississippi should stop using the Common Core academic standards, but just what legislative leaders plan remains unclear.
Charlie Mitchell: If teaching is a profession, let professionals do it
I know what Mississippi teachers want for Christmas.
Bryant: Superintendent not in charge of education
Mississippi should change its academic goals even if the public schools superintendent wants to stick with the Common Core standards that have been put in place over the past several years, Republican Gov. Phil Bryant said Tuesday.
Reeves wants Miss. to shelve Common Core
The lieutenant governor wants Mississippi to stop using the Common Core State Standards to guide its public school curriculum and instead create its own higher standards.
Mississippi adopts tests with emergency contract
The state Board of Education approved an emergency contract Thursday that means Mississippi’s public school students will take multistate tests this year to evaluate student mastery of the Common Core state standards.