2003 Updates From Newest to Oldest:
12/26/03: STW & Career Technical Education
12/23/03: Plymouth Day
of Mourning; Yecke & Kelley on MPR; Historians Not the Sole Keepers of
our Nation's Past
12/19/03: EdWatch Issues Cautious Praise for
Final Academic Standards
12/10
/03: Govt. Role: Securing the Unalienable Rights vs. Promoting
the Common Good
12/9/03: Before getting
to critical thinking, students need facts
12/8/03: Print
and distribute our Academic Standards Alert! (pdf)
11/28/03: "Math Scores" by Charles Lewis
11/29/03: Is The Curriculum Biased? A
Statement of the National Association of Scholars
11/20/03: Comparison of
Traditional and Progressive Education Models
11/19/03: NAEP Results Confirms Compliance
with National "Fuzzy Math" Standards
11/13/03: Haunted by Profile's ghost
11/12/03: Critics would teach about an
oppressive America
11/12/03: Teaching American Values - Social
Studies Review from John Fonte
11/11/03: Commissioner Yecke, tear down this
wall (of ignorance)!
11/10/03: EdWatch Calls for Academic and
Balanced Science Standards
11/1/03: Comments on
Draft Science Standards
10/31/03: Public Opposes Anti-American
Academic Standards
10/30/03: Kids as Investments
10/28/03: Come to the Review of Draft
Standards
10/24/03: Who is the CCE
Coordinator for your state?
10/22/03: Science Standards Matter
10/21/03: Hearings on New Academic Standards
10/20/03: Commentary on Baby Ed by Dr. Karen
Effrem
10/20/03: Quotes and References from Early
Childhood Testimony
10/16/03: Bad Education Appointee
10/1
3/03: This and more from the Apple Valley standards hearing
10/10/03: School-to-Work Alive and Well
10/7/03: From the DC Trenches: Worse Than
Our Nightmares
10/7/03: Audit Faults Oversight of Career
Program Effectiveness
10/2/03: DC Conference Pushes "New
Civics"
10/2/03: Attendees at
Conference on Civic Education Hosted by the CCE
9/30/03: Response to Charles Quigley's
Letter
9/30/03: Charles Quigley, from CCE, Responds
to Criticism of "We The People"
9/23/03: Education Cartel Weighs in on New
Standards
9/15/03: The Public Hearings Begin
9/14/03: View Academic Standards and
give comments online
9/14/03: See Critique of Minnesota Draft
Science Standards by Ross Olson
9/14/03: Sample letter
to Congress
9/12/03:
Transformational Education by Michael J. Chapman (.pdf)
8/28/03: The Child
Medication Safety Act (HR 1170/S 1390)
8/28/
03: FedEd in MN Classrooms: SLC's Preparing Workers for a State
Planned Economy
8/28/03: Testimony on
Child Medication in the Schools by Dr. Effrem
7/29/03:
Securing the Unalienable Rights vs. Promoting the Common Good
7/29
/03: Traditional v. Radical: Two Competing Worldviews
7/29/03:
Analysis of Virginia Standards for Civics, Economics, History and
Geography
7/10/03: Sponsors of HR
1078
7/7/03: Beware the New Civics
6/29/03: Priority! Minnesota Academic
Standards
6/27/03: Academic Standards and The Federal
Curriculum
6/23/03: Upcoming Conference: Worldview War
in the Classroom
6/16/03: Grandstanding about Profile doesn't
help
6/13/03: Applications Needed for Standards
Committees
6/9/03: Session Summary
6/5/03: Gross, Grosser, and Grossest: How
Far Have We Sunk in Children's Literature?
6/5/03: First-Hand Experience With a Planned
Economy
6/3/03: When the Monkeys Came Back:
Educating Environmentalists
5/27/03: Ethics
Curriculum Shows There's Also a Marketplace of Ideas
5/22/03: Text of Profile Repeal Bill
5/22/03: Profile of Learning: Rest in Peace
5/21/03: Rally to Celebrate the Defeat of
the Profile!
5/21/03: Profile of Learning Repealed!
5/20/03: Minnesota Legislature Repeals the
Profile of Learning
5/13/03: Stevenson
Tells How Ivan Studies
5/13/03:
Telltale Characteristics to Look for in Suspect Curriculum
5/13/03: New K-12
standards hobbled from the start (Star TribuneArticle)
5/12/03: Profile Goes to Conference
Committee
5/5/03: ACT NOW! DFLers in Senate Pass
Profile Clone
4/30/
03: KARE Finds Questionable Spending at Department of Education
4/28/03: Saying "NO" to MCA's
4/25/03: Alert & FAQ on "Tax Free Twilight
Zones"
4/25/03: Tax Free Zones: Twilight of the
Free Market Economy
4/16/03: Profile Clone moves to Senate Floor
4/16/03: Brainwashing Preschool Peaceniks
4/14/03: MN Chamber Backs POL
4/14/03: House and Senate Committees Say
"NO" to NCLB
4/4/03: Should Minnesota Repeal or Tweak the
Profile of Learning?
4/4/03: Character Education
3/28/03: Senate Voting
Record
3/26/03: Senate DFL Rejects Profile
Repeal
3/24/03: Kelley's Monster
Mother-of-all-Profiles!
3/24/03: MREdCo
Announces Statewide Media Campaign
3/15/03: Review of Academic Standards
3/15/03: Re-Authorizing WIA
3/10/03: More on Senator Kelley's Profile
Clone
3/9/03: Senate File 639: View the "Profile
Clone" for Yourself
3/6/03: Profile Update: The Ultimate of
Arrogance
3/3/03: Senate Offers Profile Clone
2/19/03: Profile Repeal Passes House in
Landslide
2/19/
03: House File 2: Bill to Eliminate the Profile of Learning
2/16/03: Parental Involvement in
Education
2/5/03: A Letter: What about private & home
schools?
2/3/03: Re-funding Special Ed (IDEA)
1/31/03: Repealing MN's Profile of
Learning
1/29/03: Hearing on HF 2, "Repeal of the
Profile of Learning"
1/20/03: What state tests are
required?
1/19/03: MREdCo Applauds Pawlenty's
Education Appointment
1/16/03: National Standards is a Federal
Curriculum
1/14/03: Eden Prairie school board hears
parents' views on reform math curriculum
1/11/03: Capitol Lobby Day Huge Success
1/10/03: Anti-Profile Group Sees Victory
Ahead
1/9/03: No Child Left Behind: What Is It?
1/02/03: States argue
schools can't measure up