common core

This mom went to a tutoring seminar at her local library to try and get a better handle on common core, and made this fantastic video demonstrating the ridiculous waste of time, I mean the new common core standards for learning and teaching simple math.

Many Louisiana students are participating in standardized testing this week. What's different about this year's test? We'll explain.

A new survey done by LSU finds that Louisiana voters are becoming less comfortable with the idea of Common Core in our state's schools.

The state's BESE Board has approved changes that will slowly start to remove the Common Core policy from state's education curriculum.

Edwards' predecessor, Republican Bobby Jindal, filed the federal lawsuit in 2014, as he was readying his failed bid for the GOP presidential nomination.

The newly adopted scale will allow for Louisiana students' performance to be compared with students in 10 other states and in Washington, D.C.

State Superintendent of Education John White receives high marks in his end of the school year evaluation.

The House Education Committee has passed on legislation to the full House that would change the way Common Core standards are administrated.

The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education will form a committee to review Louisiana's academic standards.

Supporters of the lawsuit say they intend to appeal Judge Tim Kelley's decision.

Governor Bobby Jindal has announced a plan to introduce legislation to remove Common Core from Louisiana.

Participation levels for PARCC testing across the state were very high according to education officials after the first day of the exam.

There will be a town hall-type Common Core meeting October 28th at 5:30 at Magdaline Place in Abbeville

This action came about after it was reported that a Rapides Parish teacher was reprimanded for critical remarks about the curriculum on her personal Facebook page.

A Jindal spokesperson says outside counsel is needed when the individual has special expertise in certain areas of the law.

The controversy over common core standards in Louisiana has lawmakers looking across state lines for answers.

Is Bobby Jindal playing hard ball politics the way Edwin Edwards and other former Governors used to do? The State Department of Education website was temporarily shutdown yesterday. Was this the result of a technical glitch or did the Governor make it happen?

One suit claims the governor violated his legal authority by using executive orders and contract suspensions to keep schools from using Common Core. The other questions BESE.

A dispute between Gov. Bobby Jindal and the state's top education leaders over the use of tests tied to the Common Core standards has left testing plans stalled.

Will the La. Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) seek legal action against La. Governor Bobby Jindal's attempt to remove the Common Core education standards out of the Pelican State?