Wisconsin, Like All States, Has Always Been In Control of Its Standards
Next month, Wisconsin voters will choose whether they want to keep their current Education Superintendent Tony Evers at the helm or elect a newcomer, Dr. Lowell Holtz, to lead the Department. Evers and Holtz recently debated one another on a local news program where Holtz implied that Wisconsin’s Academic Standards were a mandatory “federal...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Common Core Standards Help Ensure Better Prepared Students
Bryan Albrecht, a member of the Common Core Validation Committee, writes in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that five years after Wisconsin adopted and began implementing the Common Core, to “turn back on this important education initiative just as it is taking root would be a mistake, putting the state’s students at a disadvantage and creating uncertainty...