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A New Jersey Teacher Explains Why Schools Need the Common Core

Allison Sussman, via Save Our Schools-NJ Facebook page:Are any of you commenting above teachers? I and all of my many…

10 years ago

QOD: What Comes Next after Christie’s Call to Abandon Common Core

John Mooney at NJ Spotlight:New Jersey is not the first state to take this zig-zagging path, with Republican governors in…

10 years ago

She’ll Need a Better Platform

 "After six years of watching the governor doing it, I’m certainly trained for it.”New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno in…

10 years ago

Sunday Leftovers

Tom Moran on Christie's Common Core flip-flop and the "character issue": Christie was once a leading cheerleader for these standards --…

10 years ago

Christie as Mini-Jindal

Commentators have noted similarities between Chris Christie’s reversal of support for the Common Core State Standards and Louisiana Governor Bobby…

10 years ago

Reactions to Christie’s Common Core Flip-Flop

Politico: "The Republican flip-flop on the Common Core is nearly complete. On Thursday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie officially pulled…

10 years ago

NJEA Says Christie Is “Illogical” for Rejecting Common Core While Sticking with PARCC

Here's the press release:May 28, 2015NJEA: ‘Abandon the PARCC fiasco’TRENTON, NJ -- NJEA President Wendell Steinhauer today said Governor Christie…

10 years ago

New Newsworks Column: PARCC Shortens Test, But That Won’t Satisfy Critics

It starts here:The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), the consortium that provides student assessments for…

10 years ago

QOD: Ed. Comm. Hespe Says N.J. is Committed to Common Core and PARCC

In contrast with his boss, New Jersey Education Commissioner David Hespe remains committed to the Common Core State Standards and…

10 years ago

Paging Jon Stewart; Christie Flip-Flops on Common Core

Chris Christie, 2013:“We are doing Common Core in New Jersey and we’re going to continue. And this is one of…

10 years ago