Heritage Education Review: How States Are Roped in to Common Core

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What to Watch Common Core is rejected for a second time in Alabama. Number of the Week Learn which state ranks #1 for school choice. Quote of the Week The Heritage Foundation founder, Dr. Ed Feulner, on competition in education. Don't Miss More evidence that school choice works.

Common Core Standards: How States Are Roped In By Kelsey Harris What happens when the federal government extends its overreach into America’s classrooms? Should all states be forced to teach kids the same thing? Heritage’s Lindsey Burke, the Will Skillman Fellow in Education, debated the repercussions of the Obama Administration’s push for national education standards on “Stossel” Thursday night. Kathleen Porter-Magee of the Fordham Institute, which has been a major proponent of Common Core standards, argued that states were accepting the new standards “voluntarily.” In response, Burke explained how the Obama Administration used federal dollars to convince “cash-strapped” states to agree to national education standards. “You were prioritized in winning a grant if you agreed to adopt Common Core,” Burke said. “And now we have waivers from No Child Left Behind which were conditioned in large part upon adoption of Common Core standards.” WATCH THE FULL VIDEO HERE >> What To Watch Alabama Senate Committee Says No to Common Core On its second attempt, the Senate’s education committee approved legislation to repeal the Common Core standards.

Number of the Week #1 Indiana ranks as the number one state for school choice, according to a new report from the Center on Education Reform. Florida, Louisiana, and Ohio rank closely behind. See The Parent Power Index, Center for Education Reform   Quote of the Week “Competition, after all, improves education just as it improves most other things. When schools compete, parents can choose the one that’s right for their child’s learning needs, and that helps everyone." -Dr. Ed Feulner, Founder of The Heritage Foundation

Don’t Miss School Choice Works Dozens of studies from around the U.S. show that school choice benefits students, says a new report from the Friedman Foundation for Education Choice.

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