Common Core Standards For Young Children…Beware

National “Common Core,” grade by grade, K–12 educational standards are being rapidly finalized across the political landscape as they pass through the doors of governor’s offices and state houses even before the miniscule window of opportunity for public comment closes. Kentucky has already become the first state to endorse such standards publicly in a special [...]

Voices in the Wilderness

If you work in the field of education, you may share the same troubling mental image I have as we enter the new decade and ponder the future of our children.
I see the beginning of a national marathon with teachers, administrators and state education officials all crowded at the starting line. There’s a giant banner [...]