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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela |
Common Core Math in Texas: Why Texas Schools Should Not Use Centralized Government Control
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. Part 1 of the Series: Common Core Math War Rages in Texas
November 2, 2016 Texas Insider
In 2012 the Texas State Board of Education approved new math curriculum standards. Since then chaos has erupted because Common Core process standards have managed to creep into math materials and STAAR tests.
Since Common Core is illegal in Texas, how could this happen?
Why Texas Must Start Education Savings Accounts
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. | October 28, 2016 Texas Insider
Texans boast that we’re a national leader on many fronts. However, school choice is not one of them. Half of the states have already enacted school choice while Texas remains entrenched in a 19th century industrial model of education with bureaucrats fighting to preserve their control over how children are educated when it is the right of parents.
Will Texas State Board of Ed Adopt ‘Common Core-Compliant’ Standards?
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. | September 9, 2016 Texas Insider
Review groups were formed by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to review and simplify the current English/Language Arts/Reading curriculum standards. However, these teams ignored their mandate and went out on a wild rewriting spree.
NAEP To Psychologically Profile Students On 2017 Test
By Carole H. Haynes | July 14, 2016 Education Views
John Stuart Mill, called the “most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century," characterized government schools in his 1859 treatise On Liberty.
Standardized Test Discontent Spreads the Nation
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. | April 21, 2016 National Center for Policy Analysis
As the nation moves into the peak weeks of the 2016 standardized exam season, the backlash against standardized tests is escalating sharply with opt-outs and protests being staged in many states.
Donald Trump, Jr. Was Right About American Public Education
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. | August 3, 2016 Education Views
Donald Trump, Jr., son of the Republican presidential candidate, had the audacity to be political incorrect at the recent Republican convention when he described American public education as being fundamentally flawed, “Our schools used to be an elevator to the middle class. Now they’re stalled on the ground floor. They’re like Soviet-era department stores that are run for the benefit of the clerks and not the customers, for the teachers and the administrators and not the students.”
Buffalo Teachers Union Continues Gouge of Taxpayers for Tummy Tucks
By Carole Hornsby Haynes July 11, 2016 Education Reviews
Since 2004 when the Buffalo Teachers Federation signed a new contract with the Buffalo Board of Education (BOE), which oversees New York State’s second largest school district outside of New York City, teachers have been gouging taxpayers for cosmetic surgery. Yet there has been a lack of basic resources to satisfy minimum state requirements for the high poverty area schools.
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.
