Education - Dr. Carole H Haynes

Common Core-Aligned SAT Faces Free Market Competition

By Carole Hornsby Haynes | April 14, 2016 National Center for Policy Analysis

The College Board is a non-profit association with a mission of promoting excellence and equity in education. The Board was founded in 1900 by twelve prestigious universities to create a standardized test to admit students based on merit — including the SAT and the Advanced Placement Program.

Now it has changed its mission to one that dictates the use of Common Core curriculum for success on the test. This has been effected by the College Board aligning the SAT to Common Core Curriculum Standards.

OPEN LETTER TO U.S. CONGRESSMAN PETE SESSIONS

February 2, 2016 Education Views

The Honorable Pete Sessions

Chairman of the House Rules Committee

United States House of Representatives

2233 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-4332

Dear Chairman Sessions:

This correspondence is in reference to your letter of February 1, 2016 which states, “The Every Student Succeeds Act includes major reforms that will stop Washington from imposing Common Core or any other academic standards on states.”

Senator Lamar Alexander has stated that ESSA repealed the Common Core mandate while you have stated that Common Core has been defunded by the Omnibus Bill. However, a Common Core mandate has never existed for the federal government but rather for the states. Neither of you is being truthful with the American people.

Education & Work Force Committee Belies Betrayal By GOP

By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. | January 18, 2016 Education Views

A January 12^th press released by the Education and the Work Force Committee states that the Every Student Succeeds Act “ends the era of federal overreach and restores control of education to its rightful stewards: parents, teachers, and state and local leaders.”

GOP Colludes With White House In Education Takeover

By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. | January 14, 2016

In the face of growing outrage over the Republican support of Obama’s radical agenda to nationalize and dumb down education, lawmakers are scurrying to convince voters the Every Student Succeeds Act, actually prevents the federal government from forcing states to adopt Common Core while reducing the federal role in education.

GOP’s ‘Christmas Miracle’ for President Obama

By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. | January 11, 2016 Education Views

The American people have voted in massive numbers for Republican congressional candidates over the past several elections. Yet nothing has changed in Washington. GOP leadership and establishment Republicans once again betrayed their constituents as they voted to codify Obama’s radical education agenda into federal law.

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela

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