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SOURCE: Diane Ravitch blog
3-16-18
Will Fitzhugh points out a weakness in Common Core
by Will Fitzhugh
"The Common Core, thanks to [David] Coleman [and the College Board], has promoted the message that History, too, is nothing but a collection of 'texts.' "
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12/24/17
Historians Want to Put Events in Context. Common Core Doesn’t. That’s a Problem.
by Sandra Stotsky
A response to concerns expressed by teachers at a Language Arts Conference.
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SOURCE: NYT
7-23-16
Diane Ravitch: The Common Core Costs Billions and Hurts Students
She admits she was wrong to back the Common Core and wrong to back a national test regimen.
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SOURCE: Newsweek
9-28-15
How the GOP Turned on Common Core
The stunningly swift reversal by Republican politicians didn’t happen by accident. It was the result of an organized effort by Tea Party-affiliated groups anxious to make a mark after a series of legislative losses.
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8-23-15
The Historical Ironies of the Right-Wing Movement Against Common Core
by Andrew Hartman
Both left and right critics have assailed Common Core. Here's the debate in historical perspective.
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SOURCE: CNN
8-4-15
Common Core increasing popularity of children's history
Although Amazon won't release sales figures, publishers say the genre's growth is phenomenal.
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SOURCE: Huffington Post
11-17-14
Common Core: It Really Is All About the Tests (and Corporate Profits)
by Alan Singer
When you look at the history of the push for national standards you realize Common Core is all about testing.
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10-12-14
We Must Not Gloss Over America's Past
by Walter Kamphoefner
Our form of government has survived for more than two centuries not because it was perfect at the creation. It survived because it contains mechanisms for self-criticism and self-improvement, mechanisms that are undermined by "feel-good" history.
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SOURCE: Huffington Post
7-3-14
Good Riddance to Common Core Testing
by Diane Ravitch
So far, at least 17 states have backed away from using the federal tests this spring, and some are determined not to use them ever.
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SOURCE: Diane Ravitch blog
5-2-14
Diane Ravitch defends Louis C.K.'s attack on Common Core
by Diane Ravitch
It started with a tweet.
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SOURCE: Diane Ravitch blog
4-21-14
Diane Ravitch blasts the NYT for failing to understand the controversy over Common Core
by Diane Ravitch
Story after story has repeated the narrative invented by Arne Duncan, that the only opponents of the Common Core are members of the Tea Party and other extremists.
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SOURCE: WRVO Public Media
4-2-14
Diane Ravitch blasts Common Core
"It’s been estimated by people who study the Gates website that they spent $2.3 billion to create the Common Core.”
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SOURCE: New York Times
2-17-14
Ravitch: Common Core too complex for young students
Education historian Diane Ravitch says that very little of the curriculum taught to first graders will actually stick with them.
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SOURCE: Christian Post
1-11-14
Hillsdale College historian: Common Core "killing" great literature
Fewer students will be exposed to the great works of literature, art and music under the Common Core State Standards Initiative, Terrence O. Moore argues.
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1-2-14
Common Core History Standards Could Spell Disaster for Some Teachers
by David Austin Walsh
Some teachers may simply be unable to learn, much less teach, the Common Core.
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SOURCE: CNN
11-25-13
Why So Many Parents Hate Common Core
by Diane Ravitch
Officials need to stop pressing for implementation.
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SOURCE: The Daily Beast
11-19-13
How the Common Core Standards Can Help U.S. Students Understand History
by Charles Upton Sahm
These are tragic statistics.
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Do the Common Core Standards Flunk History?
by Craig Thurtell
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