.Karen Effrem: "Although there is some slight encouragement in these candidates’ opposition to high-stakes testing and corporate charter schools, much of what was discussed at this forum was depressingly big-government in nature." thenationalpulse.com/commentary/202…

How can states revamp their math standards? Karen Effrem offers five suggestions. #StopCommonCore thenationalpulse.com/commentary/sta…

"A variety of curricula has been created to carry those same philosophies into the classroom, turning schools into veritable erogenous zones." thenationalpulse.com/commentary/dis…

Anne Taylor: Seeing how children are indoctrinated in stores and schools should raise awareness for what is at stake: Our children’s right to be free from harm. caffeinatedthoughts.com/2019/09/vacati…

Pre-school is crushing kids. thenationalpulse.com/commentary/new…

"The CTA would overturn the Higher Education Act’s ban on a student unit-record system, establishing a federal data system containing personally identifiable information (PII)..." thenationalpulse.com/commentary/con…

.Joy Pullmann: This is the opposite of what we were told would happen with trillions of taxpayer dollars and an entire generation of children who deserve not to have been guinea pigs in a failed national experiment. thefederalist.com/2019/10/31/fir…

.Cheri Kiesecker: The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (or COPPA) is about to be weakened by the FTC and they want public comments. truthinamericaneducation.com/privacy-issues…

Is this headed to your child's classroom? missourieducationwatchdog.com/is-your-classr…

.Still Fabulous!: Is this bill really about mass shootings? Or is it just building a bigger, more invasive police state? thenationalpulse.com/commentary/sen…

All4Ed today announced their partnership in the NewDeal for Education with a network of partners including HP, Gates, Markle, Jobs for the Future, Aspen Institute, Joyce Foundation, Third Way, Center for American Progress... missourieducationwatchdog.com/the-newdeal-fo…

.Barry Garelick: "I question the notion that providing students with a deeper understanding of math is what is needed to improve math education and its outcomes." traditionalmath.wordpress.com/2019/11/26/how…

.Karen Effrem: “Government and education technology entities are moving ahead with efforts to collect more and more sensitive personally identifiable information (PII) on America’s children and their families.” thenationalpulse.com/commentary/edu…

.Joy Pullmann: On Tuesday, the latest results from a respected international test showed U.S. students making no progress in math or reading in the past 19 years. It's the latest puncture in Common Core's inflated promises. thefederalist.com/2019/12/05/des…

.Still Fabulous!: Screen media has its place, but its overuse has resulted in a host of unintended consequences, most of which have had a net negative impact on education. thenationalpulse.com/commentary/tec…

"What readers are left with is the longstanding impression given by the bevy of education journalists that parents are a bunch of whiners and complainers who don’t realize a good thing when they see it." traditionalmath.wordpress.com/2019/12/07/sel…

A parent filed a federal class action suit today against the College Board for deceptively collecting and selling students’ confidential personal information. truthinamericaneducation.com/privacy-issues…

Bob Bowdon talks with Joy Pullmann on Pioneer Institute's podcast about the mediocre NAEP and PISA results, after a decade of the Common Core national education standards and the failed experiment with federal involvement in standards, curricula, and tests. pioneerinstitute.org/podcast/joy-pu…

.Still Fabulous!: "Common Core was never about education. It was never about improving achievement. It was never about making children college-ready. It was and always will be about the money." thenationalpulse.com/commentary/new…

.Richard P. Phelps: “Strategic Partnerships” represent an unfortunate trend of the past few decades in US education policy. truthinamericaneducation.com/common-core-st…