THE TENNESSEAN: Bill Frist-led group continues support of Common Core
Topping the priorities of a Bill Frist-led education advocacy group in its latest report is the item it has trumpeted for months in Tennessee: stay the course on Common Core.
January 28, 201400
AP: Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin issues order supporting common core
Gov. Mary Fallin has issued an executive order in support of education standards in math and English known as common core and says she hopes the order will ease fears that the standards represent a federal takeover of public education.
December 4, 2013
ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION: A rural Georgia GOP leader on Common Core: Republicans should love it
I’m a Reagan Republican, Taxed-Enough-Already, conservative school board member from rural Georgia…and I like Common Core.
October 30, 2013
AP: Mich. Senate OKs Common Core Education Standards
The Michigan Senate has agreed to let the state continue implementing more rigorous and uniform education standards known as Common Core.
October 24, 2013America’s Top CEOs Discuss Need for Higher Standards
Watch best-selling author Amanda Ripley moderate a discussion the some of America’s top CEOs on the need for higher academic standards, featuring Jorge L. Benitez, Chief Executive (United States) and Senior Managing Director (North America), Accenture; Frederick Humphries, Vice President, U.S. Government Affairs, Microsoft Corporation; Rex Tillerson, Chairman and CEO, ExxonMobil; Joe Tucci, CEO, EMC.
October 23, 2013
