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THURSDAY: Political Consultants Trey Ourso & Scott Wilfong; Novelist Alan Furst "Midnight in Europe"Former Executive Director of the Louisiana Democratic Party Trey Ourso and GOP political consultant Scott Wilfong discuss and debate Jindal's recent…
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Governor Bobby Jindal announced Wednesday his intent to withdraw the state from the Common Core Educational Standards. Jindal said the standards were…
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation made clear today it still believes in the Common Core State Standards, but that it's too soon for tests to matter.
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States and school districts are struggling to navigate the flood of new materials claiming to be Common Core-aligned.
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State lawmakers have been showing an independent streak this session. Defying Gov. Bobby Jindal on some of his most defining policy positions that he’s…
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“I’m not a communist.”But Senator Conrad Appel isn’t a happy camper, either. He took to the floor of the Senate Thursday to deliver a tirade directed…
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The new Common Core State Standards for English have stirred plenty of controversy. In a Vermont classroom full of 8th graders, they are working on a cornerstone of the core: close reading.
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New Common Core teaching standards mean new standardized exams. NPR's Cory Turner took one himself and reports on what's changed.
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On Wednesday, Louisiana’s capitol building was full to the gills with people representing all sides of the debate over the Common Core state standards.…