Tag: Next Generation Science

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

If you are troubled by Common Core, check out the controversial new nationalized science standards

This article doesn’t mention Illinois, but Next-Gen has been used locally for at least a year, maybe longer. By Ben Velderman EAGnews.org TOPEKA, Kan. – In education circles, 2013 may well be remembered as the Year of Nationalized Learning Standards – and the beginning of the political battles they instigated. Even while Americans are still […]

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

Local control of education is GONE

45 states have adopted Common Core.  They did it for the money the Federal Government was waiving in front of them.  They by-passed state legislators and went straight to the person in charge of education in each state.  Common Core covers English and Math with an untested curriculum – in other words – Your kids are part […]