Why the Dems Loathe Betsy DeVos
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. | January 10, 2017 Education Views (Original title: "Betsy DeVos: Public School Enemy #1)
The Senate confirmation hearings for Betsy DeVos, President-Elect Donald Trump's nomination for Secretary of Education, are scheduled to begin January 17. Already the liberal hypocrites are doing what they do best – character assassination of anyone not of their radical ilk.
Common Core Math in Texas? And Why Has the SBOE Done Nothing to Resolve the Issue?
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. Part 4 of the Series: “SBOE kicks Common Core Math down the road”
December 6, 2016 Texas Insider
On November 16, 2016 the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) heard still more testimony about the Common Core process standards that are deeply embedded within the current 2012 SBOE adopted math standards. After several years of public rage over Common Core being found in instructional materials and on STAAR tests despite Texas law, one has to wonder why the SBOE has done nothing to resolve the issue.
Common Core Math in Texas: Did the TEA Overstep Its Authority On Math Curriculum Standards?
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. - Part 2 of the Series, “Common Core Math War Rages in Texas”
November 14, 2016 Texas Insider
In Part I of this series, we explored why Dr. James Milgram, one of the national experts for the Texas Math Curriculum Standards review, is so critical of Common Core. The only math content expert on the Common Core Validation Committee, Milgram refused to approve the Core Math Standards because of their low expectations.
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.
Taxpayer-funded International Baccalaureate Program Undermines U.S. Founding Principles
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. | September 1, 2016 National Center for Policy Analysis
American taxpayers are funding a public school curriculum commissioned by the United Nations that is at odds with our nation’s founding principles. According to the International Baccalaureate Organization Subject Guide (1996), “An international education must go well beyond the provision of information and is involved in the development of attitudes and values which transcend barriers of race, class, religion, gender or politics.”
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?
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.
Texas Schools Rush into Social and Emotional Learning: the ‘New Common Core’
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. August 8, 2016 Education Views
Texas declined the federal government’s efforts to force Common Core Standards into its schools. Yet now Texas is rushing headlong into implementing the ‘New Common Core.’
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