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A New York Times frontpage headline last Aug. 13, 2015 stated, "20 percent of State Students Opted Out of Tests in Sign of a Rising Revolt." This grassroots rebellion is a response to the war on public education being waged by billionaire foundation...

On 15 September 2014, The Patriot Rising web site told us this: "A recent New York Times article exemplified how technological and billionaire elites live by different standards than they prescribe to the American populace. A piece entitled 'Steve...

“The changes to kindergarten make me sick,” a veteran teacher in Arkansas recently admitted to me. “Think about what you did in first grade—that’s what my 5-year-old babies are expected to do.” The difference between first grade and kindergarten may...

BY LEGISLATOR HARRIET CORNELL When I watch my 3-year old grandson playing with his trains, sometimes I feel as if I can see right inside his brain, with gears spinning and lights flashing. I marvel as he makes up stories about getting to Grand Central...

“The Common Core will never become the National Standards with National Tests that its creators wanted. It will go away like the world ends in the TS Eliot poem, the Hollow Men: ‘Not with a bang but a whimper.’” Last April, comedian Louis CK fired a...