Lora Hubbel says she's running for Governor for the same reason I'm blogging: she just wants to "save South Dakota." And Hubbel and I may not disagree as much as you would think on what South Dakota needs saving from.…
Posts tagged as “Common Core”
The Sioux Falls School District used children as unpaid guinea pigs this spring in its field test of the Smarter Balanced Assessment, the new statewide, online standardized test our children will take to measure their fulfillment of the Common Core…
Common Core wears me out. The 2014 Legislature has considered and killed five bills and three resolutions explicitly targeting Common Core for study, delay, or abolition.* Of three other bills discussing waiting periods and accountability for curriculum standards in general,…
Rep. Stace Nelson continues to demonstrate how not to make friends among his fellow Republicans. This afternoon, Rep. Nelson brought to the House floor House Concurrent Resolution 1023, yet another legislative protest against Common Core. Bills attempting to hamstring Common…
The South Dakota House of Representatives defeated House Concurrent Resolution 1008 yesterday. After fierce debate, the House voted 35 to 31 against the following statement: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the House of Representatives of the Eighty-Ninth Legislature of…
I read the following lead and thought I'd have a bone to throw Rep. Jim Bolin and the anti-Common Core lobby: The board of the state's largest teachers' union voted unanimously Saturday to denounce the controversial Common Core standards and…
Rep. Jim Bolin (R-16/Canton) is playing catch-up with Senator Ernie Otten (R-6/Tea) in fighting the Common Core school standards. Rep. Bolin vowed to lead the fight against Common Core this year, but Senator Otten launched three bills on the topic…