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Posts tagged as “Common Core”

Rep. May: Common Core Kills Indian Kids

I'd love to see the state and the education establishment abandon Common Core and similar exercises in faux-accountability and paperwork. But that won't happen with opponents claiming that Common Core kills Indian kids: We’ve buried eight kids down on that…

Smokeout! Kaiser Demands Ed Cmte Send Common Core Repeal to House Floor

Surprise! Just when you thought the Legislature was done debating Common Core, Rep. Dan Kaiser (R-3/Aberdeen) pulls a smoke-out! On Wednesday, House Education killed House Bill 1223, which seeks to end South Dakota's involvement with Common Core and related multistate…

House Education Kills Anti-Common Core Bill 8–7

I am now batting .000 as a bill proponent. I came to Pierre this morning to testify in favor House Bill 1223, which would have ended South Dakota's involvement with the Common Core standards and with any "multistate educational standards…

Common Core Test Questions Cost $1,000 to $5,000 Apiece

Marketplace last night broadcast an interesting piece on the cost of building the Common Core standardized tests, the first round of which our kids will soon be taking: That kind of test is more expensive, says Scott Marion, associate director…

SDGOP Will Impeach Obama But Won’t Fight Common Core; Pick Krebs for SOS

Pat Powers must have found the South Dakota Republican Convention really boring. After touting his supposedly riveting on-site coverage, Powers couldn't find much more interesting to post live from Rapid City than seemingly random dumps of unlabeled, uninformative photos (proving…

Handwriting Helps Kids Learn; Common Core Concentrates on Keyboarding

Last week my friend and Democratic District 33 Senate candidate Robin Page voiced her displeasure at the removal of cursive handwriting from the Rapid City School District curriculum. Blame that on Common Core: the new mostly nationwide education standards tell…