It will come as no surprise that I have written often about the Common Core Standards. Here, in reverse chronology, are those posts.
CCSS Politics Make the Daily Beast Sad. 4/21/14.
Duncan Lays It All Out (2010 edition). 4/19/14.
What Would Winning Look Like? 4/18/14. My CCSS alternative proposal.
What If There Were Fifty Standards? 4/18/14.
Paul Bruno's Advice for CCSS Supporters. 4/17/14.
Eduprenuering Hard Rock Instructional Boondogglery. 4/14/14. CCSS PD at Hard Rock Casino.
Duncan to Rest of US: Shut Up. 4/12/14.
Anti-Test & Pro-Core. 4/11/14.
Common Corer? I Don't Even Know Her! 4/9/14.
Just How Federal Are The Standards? 4/7/14.
It's Not the Implementation, Stupid. 4/6/14.
Bush, FEE, the Chamber & How Not To Tweet. 4/4/14.
Mythbusting the US Chamber. 4/2/14.
Re: Building the Machine. 3/31/14.
Van Roekel/NEA CCSS Update. 3/29/14
Jeb Bush's Shiny Campaign. 3/28/14.
Why CCSS Can't Be DeCoupled. 3/24/14. One of the more important pieces I've written.
Another Style of CCSS Profiteering. 3/17/14.
Who Loves the Core? 3/15/14.
The Conservative Defense of CCSS. 3/13/14.
How Did CCSS Happen? (Newbie Edition). 3/8/14.
Brookings Wins in "Most Clueless CCSS Commentary" Olympics. 3/7/14.
Mercedes Schneider Rips CCSS in Five Minutes. 3/3/14.
"If Not the CCSS, Then What?" 3/2/14.
Sharp-Minded Van Roekel and Rhee Join Debate Club. 2/28/14.
DVR Corrects Course. 2/19/14.
"Why I Heart Common Core." 2/14/14. One of my most popular posts ever.
Vicki Phillips Tries Again. 2/11/14.
The New CCSS SAT. 2/9/14.
Note to a CCSS Supporter. 2/6/14.
George Miller Still Doesn't Get It. 2/2/14.
Training Day-- CCS, DOK, MOUSE. 1/30.14.
Reform and Engineering Systems. 1/28/14.
NEA Sees News From NY, Punts. 1/27/14.
#askArne and Spleen Theater. 1/24/14.
A Peek at CCSS 2.0. 1/22/14.
Civil Rights and CCSS. 1/21/14.
A Question for CCSS fans. 1/19/14.
An Important CCSS Marketing Idea. 1/17/14.
Allies and Opponents. 1/8/14.
The Wrongest Sentence Ever in the CCSS Debate. 12/2/13. Jockeys for most popular post ever spot.
Searching for Teacher Zero. 12/12/13.
What's the Big Deal? 12/15/13.
Raise the Bar, or Not. 12/31/13.
Can the CCSS Be Cleansed? 11/18/13.
Arne Duncan vs. White Moms. 11/16/13.
Lowering the Bar. 11/14/13. Why college and career ready aren't enough.
Taking a Deep Breath. 11/8/13.
Missing Links. 10/31/13.
With Top-Down Universal Standards, You Get This... 10/13/13.
Why van Roekel Should Go. 10/11/13.
One Size Does Not Fit All. 9/25/13.
And We Know This How...? 8/26/13.
People Are Not Toasters. 8/19/13.
Central Planning Sucks. 8/17/13.