by Jane Richey | Nov 20, 2013 | Alerts, Fiscal Responsibility
VCTPP Action Alert: On Tuesday night Representative Lee James voted to pass a transportation bill that includes the second largest tax increase in history — a $2 billion gas tax increase to be exact!! It would raise gasoline taxes by as much as 28.5 cents per...
by Jane Richey | Nov 20, 2013 | Education Issues
Anthony Cody spent 24 years working in Oakland schools. He has written an essay entitled: “Common-Core Standards – Ten Colossal Errors.” Error #1: The process by which the Common Core standards were developed and adopted was undemocratic. Error...
by Jane Richey | Nov 18, 2013 | Education Issues
Superintendents in Maryland have an opportunity to address parents’ concerns over Common Core, instead they screened, omitted, and edited parents’ questions. Questions from the audience of about 160 people, which consisted of parents, PTA members, teachers, and...
by Jane Richey | Nov 18, 2013 | Education Issues
English Language Arts Standards specialist Sandra Stotsky on Drew Steele’s Talk Show, Fort Myers/Naples, Florida speaking on problems with Common Core. Click here to listen.
by Jane Richey | Nov 1, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
There’s still no end in sight for the Federal Reserve’s stimulus program — known as quantitative easing — after the central bank met this week and decided to continue buying $85 billion in bonds each month. In a statement released after the...