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Showing posts with label Common Core. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Common Core. Show all posts

Thursday, July 23, 2015

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION... JULY 23, 2015

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Questions About Planned Parenthood? John Paul II Explains How We Got Here

America magazine is wrong to raise the white flag

A New Stripping of the Altars?

Today is the Feast of St. Bridget of Sweden. Read more here and here.

How St. Bridget of Sweden Taught Me Perseverance in Prayer





Behind Clinic Doors and Beyond: Redeeming Grief Amid the Headlines

Homeschooled Students Increase as Concerns over Common Core Remain

Be the Best Dressed: Fashion Advice from a Doctor of the Church

Book Notes: Catholic Saints for Children and A Missal for Little Ones

Today's Mass Readings

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: MARCH 2, 2015



Family of Brian Terry unveils statue to honor slain Border Patrol agent

'What nerve!' Media lapdog ticked that Bibi took so long to thank Obama at AIPAC

'Repercussions to your actions': Curt Schilling warns scumbags who sent appalling tweets about his daughter

'iPad minis?!' Is your kid being bribed to take the PARCC test?

Hundreds of students hold #PARCCWalkout in New Mexico districts

'I'm going home'': Internet, computer crashes trip up PARCC tests

For real: 9th graders forced to read 'Rapunzel' for PARCC test

Tweet teasing Vox Sentences apparently deleted; What is it, and can Vox Words be far behind?

'Everything looks like a nail': Slate says climate change caused ISIS

'Glum and Glummer': John Kerry's handshake with Russian foreign minister 'says it all'

Marie Harf 'incredibly disappointed' by what Netanyahu might say

David Limbaugh blasts 'petulant' President Obama over 'destructive' Netanyahu visit

Warren, Dems lecture Bibi, plan to skip speech because it's 'partisan'

Priceless: At AIPAC, Susan Rice gets standing ovation — just not when she wants it



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Thursday, February 26, 2015

THIS DAY IN TWITCHY: FEBRUARY 25, 2015



'Sick play on American Sniper?' ISIS releases its own video of a sniper in action

'Toy journalist': Politifact hack's not-so-extensive effort to contact National Review writer mercilessly mocked

'Cred-O-Meter Reading: DEAD': PolitiFact's B.S. 'apology' to @JonahNRO, @KevinNR

Washington Post: How Twitter — and Michelle Malkin — are changing the Common Core debate

ISIS recruits? 2 men from Uzbekistan, 1 from Kazakhstan arrested in NYC on terrorism charges

'Public still can't see it': The continuing transparency saga of Obama's Internet plan

THIS is Internet control: Iowahawk posits scenario preferable to net neutrality

Stacey Dash unloads on Hillary Clinton, announces new book; Libs bring the hate

'One word: Jesus': Amanda Marcotte thinks she's got Republican women pegged

'Open-air bribery': Will Hillary answer for Clinton Foundation's outrageous ethics violations?



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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

WALKER GOES ALL IN ON EDUCATION REFORM

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Gov. Scott Walker to defund new state standardized exam aligned with Common Core standards

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker delivered his two-year budget address Tuesday night, the highlight of which for many was the promise to defund Common Core testing.
WLUK's Alex Ronallo gave a brief but comprehensive overview of the address.






Again, the promise to pull state funding for the Smarter Balanced assessment, a standardized exam which is aligned to Common Core State Standards, was the most interesting news to conservatives.







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