Common Core Opposition

The Lee County school board has reversed its decision to reject state tests, after board member Mary Fischer changed her mind. Last week the board...

Last week Gov. Rick Scott delivered an $8.5 million check to Hillsborough County schools earning good marks on the state’s grading formula.Those grades…

Sondra Hulette and her granddaughter joined dozens of anti-Common Core protestors as they circled a fountain outside the Orange County school district…

The conversation about Common Core standards hit a fever pitch in Florida last week.Florida’s education commissioner, Pam Stewart, moderated three…

Lory Baxley said she drove two hours to discuss her complaints about Common Core standards after checking out her son’s math assignments.Baxley’s son…

The Florida Department of Education will hold the first of three public meetings to discuss multi-state math, literacy and English standards known as…

The chairman of the Senate education committee is asking residents to send him their questions about Florida’s new math, English and literacy standards,…

We caught up with House Speaker Will Weatherford at yesterday’s meeting of the Suncoast Tiger Bay civic club.Weatherford, a Wesley Chapel Republican, took…

Tim Curtis says the federal government doesn’t have a record of getting things done.It’s why the Tampa resident is concerned the federal Department of…