Professor Emerita
Sandra Stotsky is credited with developing one of the country’s strongest sets of academic standards for K-12 students as well as the strongest academic standards and licensure tests for prospective teachers while serving as Senior Associate Commissioner in the Massachusetts Department of Education from 1999-2003. She is also known nation-wide for her in-depth analyses of the problems in Common Core’s English language arts standards. Her current research ranges from the deficiencies in teacher preparation programs and teacher licensure tests to the deficiencies in the K-12 reading curriculum and the question of gender bias in the curriculum. She is regularly invited to testify or submit testimony to state boards of education and state legislators on bills addressing licensure tests, licensure standards, and Common Core’s standards (e.g., Utah, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, South Carolina, and Texas). She currently serves on several committees for the International Dyslexia Association and on the advisory board for Pioneer Institute’s Center for School Reform. She served on the National Validation Committee for the Common Core State Systemic Initiative (2009-2010), on the National Mathematics Advisory Panel (2006-2008), co-authoring its final report as well as two of its task group reports, on the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (2006-2010), and on the Steering Committee in 2003-2004 for the framework for the National Assessment of Educational Progress reading assessments for 2009 onward. Her major publications include The Death and Resurrection of a Coherent Literature Curriculum (Rowman & Littlefield, 2012); Literary Study in Grades 9, 10, and 11: A National Survey (Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers, 2010); What’s at Stake in the K-12 Standards Wars: A Primer for Educational Policy Makers (Peter Lang, 2000); and Losing Our Language (Free Press, 1999, reprinted by Encounter Books, 2002).
Recent Professional Activities
August 2016
- Sandra Stotsky. Column on report by stealth committee on “civic learning” in Massachusetts. August 26, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Posted in Commonwealth Magazine, Punishing opt-outs: Feds more interested in sanctions for testing opponents than helping low-achieving students. August 17, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Interviewed for article on Massachusetts court decision by Elizabeth BeShears. August 11, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Quoted extensively on Judge Botsford’s reasoning that release of used test items is NOT related to test transparency, by Elizabeth BeShears. August 11, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Article in Naple News, Collier County Symposium on July 20. August 4, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog in New Boston Post, A rose by any other name… August 1, 2016.
July 2016
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog in New Boston Post, Can parents combat the media’s tolerance of institutional manipulation? July 22, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Talk in Collier County, Florida: PARENTS ROCK & SWFCA presents Dr. Sandra Stotsky & School Board Candidates. July 20, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Column in New Boston Post, Our judiciary failed our public schools – and our democracy. July 8, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Quoted in The Lowell Sun, SJC pulls Common Core repeal from Nov. ballot, by Katie Lannan. July 2, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog in New Boston Post, The curriculum is changing, once again without public discussion. July 1, 2016.
June 2016
- Sandra Stotsky. Quoted in Education Dive blog by , Are modern standards breeding a decline in cultural literacy? June 30, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Q & A at Boston Public Library, Dudley Branch. June 30, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog for Commonwealth Magazine, Peyser misses the mark on teacher licensing: Higher standards for ed programs are the answer. June 20, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Column in New Boston Post, Were Common Core’s ELA Standards written by charlatans? Sure seems so. June 16, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Three articles mentioned in blog in National Association of Scholars, Education School Follies. June 10, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Column in New Boston Post, Reform teacher licensing now. June 8, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog in New Boston Post, What Bay State teachers should do about our high school reading problem. June 8, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog in National Association of Scholars, Common Core’s Bluegrass Blues. June 2, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Reprint of review in New Boston Post, Are knowledge and facts no longer relevant?: Review of Seven Myths in Education by Daisy Christodoulou. June 2, 2016. This review first appeared in the Journal of School Choice: International Research and Reform, 8(3), 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. Quoted in Education ruined for a generation: Common Core has failed minority children in Kentucky — and all kids, for that matter. June 1, 2016.
May 2016
- Sandra Stotsky. Cited in Part 1 of Weekly Standard’s Blog on Common Core, Rebels against the Core: An intriguing grassroots campaign in Massachusetts, by Alice B. Lloyd. May 27, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky and others. Meeting in Sutton, MA (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3), on the ballot question to end Common Core in MA. May 25, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Column in New Boston Post, The Common Core journalism blackout. May 24, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Interview with Renk in Michigan, WBCK. May 18, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Hudson, NH, local cable TV, on Common Core and efforts to repeal it in NH. May 16, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Op-ed in Commonwealth Magazine, Baker should embrace pre-Common Core standards. May 12, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog in Common Core Forum, Why Massachusetts Should Vote Out Common Core’s Standards in November 2016 and Restore its Superior Pre-Common Core Standards. May 12, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Column in New Boston Post, Spreading the Massachusetts ‘education miracle.’ May 6, 2016.
April 2016
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog in New Boston Post, Six questions about Common Core-based tests — including MCAS 2.0. April 28, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog in Nonpartisan Education Review, Peisch Says Repealing Common Core Would Be “Huge Mistake.” April 27, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Quoted in Peisch Says Repealing Common Core Would Be “Huge Mistake,” by Andy Metzger. April 27, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Testimony for the Michigan State Senate Education Committee. April 26, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Column in New Boston Post, Hey Ho! Hey Ho! Western Civ. has to go! In Massachusetts, too. April 9, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Column in New Boston Post, School choice: Fig leaf of the pro-Common Core Right. April 1, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Column reposted by National Association of Scholars, School Choice: Fig Leaf of the Pro-Common Core Right. April 1, 2016.
March 2016
- Sandra Stotsky. Republication of essay, How Should American Students Understand their Civic Culture? The Continuing Battle over the 2002 Massachusetts History and Social Science Curriculum Framework. March 30, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Column in New Boston Post, Acts of deception have morphed into bullying. March 28, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on New Boston Post, The MBAE’s false “talking points.” March 24, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Name-calling by a member of the OK Board of Education. General Baxter is upset with criticism of the OK ELA standards he approved. March 21, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Column in New Boston Post, Opting out: A civic duty, not civil disobedience. March 16, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Speaker at Cumberland, RI meeting. March 10, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Reporter’s account of Hearing on ballot question to restore superior standards to MA, in New Boston Post. March 7, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. 3-minute Testimony on Ballot Question at State House Hearing. March 7, 2016.
February 2016
- Sandra Stotsky. Column on the front page of New Boston Post, To improve teacher quality, ditch Common Core. February 24, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on Education News, Undergraduate teaching faculty should be worried about common core: A perspective from K-12. February 23, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on New Boston Post, Why we need to be allowed to vote on Bay State education standards. February 15, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Quoted in article in New Boston Post on who may be behind lawsuit against voters’ choice on ballot question. February 12, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Extensively quoted in Oklahoman editorial. February 9, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Testimony, State House, Massachusetts. Feburary 8, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on Nonpartisan Education Review. February 7, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on New Boston Post, The high cost of academically under-qualified teachers. February 3, 2016.
January 2016
- Sandra Stotsky. Replies to article on MBA lawsuit in Massachusetts to kill ballot question on Common Core. January 28, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Post on Diane Ravitch’s Blogsite. January 28, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on New Boston Post, Why do we have academic standards in K-12? January 20, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on New Boston Post, How Massachusetts — not the feds — improved student achievement. January 19, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Quoted by Heartland on the ballot question initiative. January 4, 2016.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on New Boston Post, Deliberately deceiving the public on Common Core. January 8, 2016.
December 2015
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on Education News on Games of Deception Played by State Departments of Education. December 24, 2015
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on Deception as Political Strategy du jour. Education News, December 24, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Education News Blog on MA initiative petition. December 19, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Common Core Forum waiting for further word from Secretary of State in Massachusetts. December 17, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Post on Education News. December 5, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on Education News, More on how the snake bit its own tail. December 2. 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Video of petition signatures being delivered to the Secretary of State. December 2, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Enough signatures delivered to Secretary of State in Massachusetts for ballot question to end Common Core. Worcester Telegram, December 2, 2015.
November 2015
- Sandra Stotsky. Review of latest book: An Empty Curriculum.
- Sandra Stotsky. Reprint of pro-CC propaganda by New York Times Kate Zernike, in Worcester Telegram-Gazette, but with Stotsky picture attached. November 22, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Invited comments on the Draft Crosswalk by West Virginia Department of Education Showing Proposed Revisions of Common Core Standards. November 18, 2015
October 2015
- Sandra Stotsky. In a debate on Common Core on WBUR/NPR on Thursday, October 29, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. With Mark McQuillan and Richard Phelps. “How PARCC’s False Rigor Stunts the Academic Growth of All Students” Pioneer Institute White Paper, October 27, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Interview on Common Core, PARCC, and MCAS on WACA-TV in mid-Massachusetts. All Politics is Local, with Jon Fetherston. October 26, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Group Feels Common Core Tests are Dumbing Down Kids Scores. Westfield, MA, October 22, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Boston Globe op-ed. October 22, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on Education News, How Common Core-Based Tests Damage Instruction in the Central Component of Reading Comprehension, October 20, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Book Discussion on Drilling through the Core. Contributors Williamson Evers, James Milgram, Sandra Stotsky, Ze’ev Wurman, and editor Peter Wood discuss their book, Drilling through the Core: Why Common Core is Bad for America. September 28, 2015. Airing Saturday, Oct 17 7:30pm EDT on C-SPAN2.
- Sandra Stotsky. Quoted in student newspaper. October 12, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Review of “An Empty Curriculum”.
- Sandra Stotsky. Contributor to new book on Common Core. October 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Comments on Oklahoma’s last ELA draft. October 6, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Fund-raiser in Fall River, MA, for ballot question on the November 2016 election ballot.
September 2015
- Sandra Stotsky. Quoted in Newsweek article on Common Core, Septermber 28, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Interview with Women’s Radio. September 21, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Book Launch at National Press Club, DC, September 28, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Quoted in NPR article on 2015 ballot question initiative in MA.
- Sandra Stotsky. Quoted in WP article on state ballot initiative. September 9, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Cited in article on ballot initiative in MA. September 9, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Quoted in article in the Baystateparent. September 1, 2015.
August 2015
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on Advance Arkansas. August 14, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Review of her Rowman & Littlefield book on teacher licensure regulations and tests. ACTA, August 18, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Education News. August 17, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on access to old MCAS test items, from 1998 on. August 18, 2015.
July 2015
- Sandra Stotsky. Guest speaker. Launch of Ballot Question initiative in Massachusetts at the State House in Boston, July 8, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Quoted in article on launching of initiative petition campaign in MA. July 8, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. 3-minute video on the re-authorization of ESEA. July 4, 2015
June 2015
- Sandra Stotsky. On college and career readiness, What Does College and Career Readiness Mean? How Will We Know? Prepared Remarks for a Common Core Forum in Kirkland, Washington. June 27, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Common Core Forum, Northwood, New Hampshire, June 25, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Quoted in Forum on PARCC tests in Northborough, MA, June 20, 2015
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on Pioneer Institute website. Why Massachusetts Should Abandon the PARCC tests and Common Core. June 16, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky, Chamber Music Recital at Winchester Community Music School, June 9, 2015. Second movement, Beethoven piano quartet, opus 16.
- Sandra Stotsky. Invited testimony on PARCC tests vs. MCAS tests at Bridgewater State University, June 10, 2015
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Sandra Stotsky, In Podcast on Common Core on Colorado radio talk show. June 9, 2015. Hour 2.
- Sandra Stotsky. Dr. Sandra Stotsky’s June 2015 Testimony at Bridgewater State University – Public Hearing on Education News, June 9, 2015
- Sandra Stotsky. Dr. Sandra Stotsky’s June 2015 Testimony at Bridgewater State University – Public Hearing
- Sandra Stotsky. Testimony on the MA 2011 ELA standards for Public Hearing on PARCC versus MCAS in Massachusetts. June 10, 2015. Appendix B. Letter from Lupini re PARCC and MCAS.
May 2015
- Sandra Stotsky. Common Core Forum, Gloucester, MA, May 11, 2015
- Sandra Stotsky. Testimony and Research Paper for Arkansas Hearings on Common Core. May 6, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on “Government-Sponsored Research on Education: The Evaluation Brief on State Capacity for “Turnaround.” May 11, 2015.
- Stotsky, S., & Holzman, T. (2015). The Costs of Federal Intervention in Local Education: The Effectiveness of America’s Choice in Arkansas. Nonpartisan Education Review/Articles, 11(2). Also available in pdf.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blogs on Education Next and Education News, “Teacher Licensing Reform and the Massachusetts Education Miracle”, May 6, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Submitted Arkansas testimony and a related paper on federal policy and the effectiveness of America’s Choice in Arkansas: for Hearing of Arkansas Common Core Council. Wednesday, May 6, 2015.
April 2015
- Sandra Stotsky. Interview on Common Core on radio show “Healthy Home Show” (host Joseph Pires) on WSAR, 1480, Fall River area, Massachusetts.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on Education News. April 27, 2015. Does Congress think Self-Government is No Longer Possible?
- Sandra Stotsky. On the Disconnect between the General Public and Teachers. Education News, April 25, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Referred to in Heartland Institute article. April 23, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. In Education News. April 21, 2015
- Sandra Stotsky. Review of latest book (Rowman & Littlefield, March 2015) by Mary Grabar in City Journal.
- Sandra Stotsky. Posted on Education News, April 20, 2015. Common Misinformation from Public Officials and Professional Educators–and the Facts.
- Sandra Stotsky. Common Core Forum, Carver, Massachusetts, April 10, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Common Core Lobby Day, State House, Boston, April 15, 2015. Additional video: Stotsky to Legislators.
- Sandra Stotsky. Posted on Education News, April 8, 2015. Why Don’t Senators Alexander and Murray Want to Improve the Education of Low-Income Students?
- Sandra Stotsky. Posted on Education News. April 7, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Education News Blog, April 3, 2015. What Led to the Massachusetts Education Miracle?
- Sandra Stotsky. Breitbart blog, April 3, 2015. Why We Should Eliminate State Boards and State Departments of Education.
- Sandra Stotsky. Video of testimony and Q & A at Nevada Assembly Education Committee Hearing, April 1, 2015. From 34.18 on.
- Sandra Stotsky. Testimony to Nevada Assembly Education Committee. April 1, 2015. Why Nevada’s English Language Arts Standards Need Revision.
- Sandra Stotsky. Quoted in Nevada newspaper op-ed. April 1, 2015.
March 2015
- Sandra Stotsky, Interview with Michael Shaughnessay, March 31. Education News. On latest book.
- Sandra Stotsky. SCPIE Statehouse Rally, Columbia, SC. March 26, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Paper presented at Providence, Rhode Island Forum on Common Core, March 28, 2015. Rhode Island Testimony March 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Common Core Forum, Wheeling, West Virginia, Sunday, March 22, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Podcast on Saturday morning, March 14, on Andy Vasquez, host, Voice of Yuba County Radio Show.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on Education News. Adding requirements for a teaching license for Title I teachers and aides. March 7, 2015.
February 2015
- Sandra Stotsky. Testimony on Montana’s English Language Arts Standards: Why Montana Should Replace its Common Core-Based Standards with Rigorous Standards, February 18, 2015. Montana Testimony February 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on Education News. 10 Things NCLB/ESEA Supporters Want You to Think About the Student Success Act. February 24, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Foxboro, Massachusetts Common Core Forum. Tuesday, February 10, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on Education News. Why Not Simply Throw Title I Funds Out of a High Window? February 12, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Follow-up Blog to Heritage blog, February 11, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky, Blog on February 10, 2015. Completely revise or sunset ESEA.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on Breitbart, February 5, 2015, on ESEA
- Sandra Stotsky. Testifies in Bismarck, North Dakota, as reported in the Bismarck Tribune on February 3, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on Education Views. February 1, 2015. Why is Senator Lamar Alexander Removing the most Important Section in NCLB: Highly Knowledgable Teachers
January 2015
- Sandra Stotsky. Review of forthcoming book. January 20, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Stotsky – An Empty Curriculum forthcoming book, to be released March 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Common Core Panel in Fallon, Nevada, January 14, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Common Core Symposium – Fallon Nevada
- On YouTube.com
- File downloads – better quality – 390 megabytes total:
- Sandra Stotsky. KTVN video from the Arianna Bennett show. Interveiw with James Milgram and Sandra Stotsky on Common Core
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on Pioneer Institute website on whether we need state boards and departments of education any more. January 23, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky, Article on Common Core Forum, Newark, Delaware, January 24, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Newark, Delaware Common Core Forum, January 24, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog in Minding the Campus, January 21, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Lecture and discussion at the Conservative Talk Lunch, Jan. 14.
- Sandra Stotsky. Symposium at the NV Legislature, Jan. 13.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on “Do We Need State Boards and Departments of Education Any More? January 19, 2015
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on reading level of American high school students. January 19, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky on Common Core Forum, Carson City, Nevada, January 13, 2015. Local newspaper account.
- Sandra Stotsky at a Common Core Informational Forum in Palos Verdes, California, November 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. Meeting in Carson City, Nevada, January 12, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blogged about Ed Establishment Support for Common Core. January 9, 2015
- Sandra Stotsky. Blogs on Reading Levels and in Pioneer Institute, January 8, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on predictions for 2015. January 7, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky on Womens Online Media. January 6, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Common Core “Puppet Committees” Trying to Deceive Parents.
Common Core “Puppet Committees” Trying to Deceive Parents – See more at: http://www.iwf.org/blog/2795935/Common-Core-%E2%80%9CPuppet-Committees%E2%80%9D-Trying-to-Deceive-Parents#sthash.xnWZRt6D.dpufJanuary 5, 2015.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on Breitbart News, January 3, 2015.
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Sandra Stotsky. Blog in Washington Post, January 1, 2015. “How hard would it be to replace the Common Core with something better?”
December 2014
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on Education Views. December 31, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. December 26, 2014. Blog on Pioneer Institute website. Common Core’s Standards Can be Replaced by First-Rate Standards Overnight.
- Sandra Stotsky. December 26, 2014. Blog on Pioneer Institute website. How to Make Common Core Useful.
- Sandra Stotsky. December 24, 2014. Blog on Pioneer Institute website. How to Maintain the Massachusetts Education Miracle.
- Sandra Stotsky. “An Invalid Validation of the Common Core Standards” (pp. 55-72) and “How Did Charlatans Ever Get to Design National English Standards, and Why Would We Respect Them” (pp. 103-122). In K. Lombard (Ed.), Common Ground on Common Core. Madison, Wisconsin: Resounding Books, 2014. http://www.resoundingbooks.org/books/commonground/
- Sandra Stotsky. Testimony in Charleston, West Virginia, December 16, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky testifies in Charleston, West Virginia, December 16, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky and others. Education New Hampshire Videos on Common Core (math, ELA, data mining)
November 2014
- Sandra Stotsky and others. Common Core Panel. San Diego, California, November 12.
- Sandra Stotsky. November 2014. Why Do Common Core’s Supporters Try to Discredit Critics of Common Core’s Mathematics Standards?
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog 1 and Blog 2 on California speaking tour in November.
- Sandra Stotsky. Interview for Breitbart Blog on California speaking tour.
- Sandra Stotsky, Common Core Informational Forum, St. Louis,
Missouri, October 23, 2014. There are six 15-minute videos to
watch, in this order:
- http://youtu.be/z_Ps_25U1VI
- http://youtu.be/JRahJRom4r8
- http://youtu.be/9FffrrRsryY
- http://youtu.be/-t8IIfr_h8U
- http://youtu.be/4Wb5KclkKa0
- http://youtu.be/hpvY0ymINjk
- For a youtube produced by Samuel Otten, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education, Department of Learning, Teaching, and Curriculum, University of Missouri, in which he addresses the hand-out by Professsor R. James Milgram, write to ottensa@missouri.edu or call 573-882-6231.
- Sandra Stotsky, Common Core Debate, Ridgewood, NJ, November 9, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky, Common Core Forum, Marshfield, MA, November, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky, Merced County Times, California forum, November 3, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky, Merced County Forum on Common Core. November 3, 2014
- Sandra Stotsky. Pioneer Institute Blog. November 3, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. Interview for the Modesto Bee, Modesto, CA.
October 2014
- Sandra Stotsky. Breitbart Blog, October 30, 2014.
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Sandra Stotsky, Common Core Conference, York, Maine, October 25, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. Missouri Visit, October 20, 2014. NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EDUCATION EXPERT SAYS MISSOURI’S 1490 WORKGROUPS CREATING “WARMED OVER COMMON CORE” (VIDEO)
- Sandra Stotsky. Education expert speaks out about Common Core standards, KFVS, Sikeston, MO,October 22.
- Stotsky on Misouri, Sikeston Standard Democrat, October 23.
- Education expert speaks to crowd Tuesday, Sikeston Standard Democrat, October 22.
- Sandra Stotsky. Bismark and Fargo, North Dakota. September 18, 19,
- 6:30 Point of View broadcast, September 17.
- Valley News Live.com
- Dr. Stotsky in Bismark, ND
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Sandra Stotsky. Common Core Forum in Vineland, New Jersey, October 2, 2014. Stotsky talks beginning at 53:40 in Part I.
- Sandra Stotsky. Ohio Rising Podcast on Common Core. October 9, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on Pioneer Institute website, October 7, 2014: “Those Mathematical Societies that Supposedly Endorsed Common Core’s Standards Didn’t”
- Sandra Stotsky. Featured speaker in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire. October 7, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on teacher-made tests on CNS News, October 5, 2014.
September 2014
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Sandra Stotsky. Interview for State Journal, West Virginia.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on who was missing at the Georgia hearing on September 24, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. Testimony for a hearing in Milledgeville, Georgia, September 24, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky, Common Core Conference, Vineland, New Jersey, Saturday, September 27, 2014. Article in the Atlantic City Press.
- Sandra Stotsky. Interview on Fox News, Tuesday, September 23, 2014. (4 minutes)
- Sandra Stotsky on Point of View, KVLY/KXJB, in Valley City, North Dakota, September 19, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on CNSNews, September 18, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky on Seattle PBS radio show on Bill Gates’s Big History Project; September 16, 2014. Ross Reynolds talks with Sandra Stotsky, University of Arkansas education professor emerita, about Bill Gates’ push to bring a new model of teaching history to classrooms around the world.
- Sandra Stotsky. Doubling Down on Doublespeak. Blog on Pioneer Institute website. September 15, 2014
- Sandra Stotsky. To Speak About Common Core in Bismarck and Fargo, North Dakota on September 19, 2014. The Jamestown Sun.
- Sandra Stotsky, Blog on CNS News, September 11, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. Webcast, Family Research Council, September 9, 2014.
- For access to the whole webcast, visit www.frc.org/commoncore
- For individual speakers, visit:
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on Breitbart News. September 7, 2014.
August 2014
- Sandra Stotsky. Op-ed. Gannett papers, New Jersey, Sunday, August 31.
- Sandra Stotsky. Article by Erin Timony in The State Journal, West Virginia, August 28, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky: Quoted in August 27, 2014 blog
- Sandra Stotsky at West Virginia Town Hall Forum on Common Core, Sunday, August 24, 2014
- Sandra Stotsky. Testimony for the Ohio Rules and Reference Committee on Repealing Common Core: HB 597, August 19/20, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. August 17, 2014. “Common Core instructions won’t make grade”. Op-ed, Parkersburg News and Sentinel.
- Sandra Stotsky. Common Core Forum, Mesa, Arizona, August 2, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky, Publicity Release for Common Core Forum, Bridgeport, West Virginia August 24.
July 2014
- Sandra Stotsky: Manchester Academic Standards incomplete, unprofessional. Interview on Girard at Large in the Morning, July 31, 2014.
- Glenn Ouellette, Manchester, New Hampshire TV and talk show, interviews Anne Marie Banfield and Sandra Stotsky, July 31, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. Breitbart News. How to Develop State or Local Non-Common Core-Based Standards. July 29, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. Common Core Presentation. Family Research Council, Washington, D.C. July 30, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. July 23, 2014. What’s happened to Manchester, New Hampshire Mayor Gatsas’ request for the best standards in the country using Common Core as a “floor”?
- Sandra Stotsky. 7 Major Differences between No Child Left Behind and Common Core/Race to the Top. July 2014. Breitbart and Pioneer Institute post.
- Sandra Stotsky, Breitbart Blog on July 14, 2014. “Minority Parents Don’t Want a Workforce Common Core Curriculum for Their Kids Either”
- Sandra Stotsky. Discussion with Wakefield, New Hampshire, School Board, July 15, 2014 on their implementation of the Massachusetts 2001/2013 ELA standards and the Massachusetts 2000 mathematics standards
- Sandra Stotsky. Presentation at National Principals Leadership Institute, July 13, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. Pioneer Institute blog, July 8, 2014. A Study in Contrasts.
- Sandra Stotsky quoted in Breitbart blog on National Governors meeting in Nashville, July 7, 2014
- Sandra Stotsky. Breitbart blog on reforming teacher education. July 5, 2014
- Sandra Stotsky. Interview with Susan Arbetter. WCNY. Albany. July 4, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. With Common Core, States Face Problem of which Tests to Give Students. July 1, 2014.
June 2014
- Sandra Stotsky. Suggestions for emasculating Common Core. June 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky in Albany and Austin, June 2014
- Sandra Stotsky in Albany, New York, June 16, 2014
- Press Conference
- Speech at The Well
- Coverage at www.timesunion.com
- Coverage at Perdido Street School Blog
- Sandra Stotsky. Common Core Panel, Hopkinton, Massachusetts. June 5, 2010.
May 2014
- Sandra Stotsky. May 28, 2014 Pioneer Institute blog post.
- Sandra Stotsky. May 25, 2014. How Local School Districts Can Eliminate Common Core.
- Sandra Stotsky, May 23, 2014 blog on protests against commencement speaker at Harvard Graduate School of Education.
- Sandra Stotsky. Radio Talk Show from Madison, Wisconsin, May 20, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky blog on May 12, 2014 on Report to Governor Pence on Indiana’s ELA Standards.
- Sandra Stotsky. Blogs on Breitbart in May, 2014
April 2014
- Sandra Stotsky. Presentation in Palos Verdes, California, Sunday, April 27, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. Report on the fate of poetry in a Common Core curriculum. Co-authored by Anthony Esolen and Jamie Highfill
- Sandra Stotsky in Grass Valley, California, April 29, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. Interview with Roger Hedgecock, San Diego, April 24, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. “Sandra Responds to AEI’s Rick Hess’ and Michael McShane’s criticism of Common Core opponents.”
- Sandra Stotsky. Interview on Fox News. Tuesday, April 15, 2014. Catholic Classrooms Face Common Core Overhaul.
- Sandra Stotsky. On Armstrong and Getty radio talk show, San Francisco, Tuesday, April 15, 2014, KSTE AM 650
- Sandra Stotsky. Comments on Draft #2 of Indiana’s Future English Language Arts Standards: A Report to Governor Michael Pence, April 8, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. “The Fate of Poetry in a Common Core-Based Curriculum.” Paper presented at the ALSCW Conference, Bloomington, Indiana, April 5, 2014.
March 2014
- Professor William McCallum’s Remarks on Common Core’s Mathematics Standards in January 2010.
- Sandra Stotsky. In “Building the Machine.” March 31, 2014
- Sandra Stotsky. Forum in Hollis/Brookline, New Hampshire, March 29, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. New items on Pioneer Institute’s website, March 28, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. March 27, 2014 blog on Pioneer Institute website. Debunking myths and claims about Common Core.
- Susan Berry. Common Core Sandra Stotsky: Indiana Should Return to 2006 English Language Arts Standards. March 26, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. Interview on the Pat Miller show in Indiana. March 25, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. Podcast of my comments on the development of non-Common Core standards in Indiana. On Greg Garrison’s radio talk show in Indiana on March 20, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. Testimony to a Kentucky Legislative Committee on Common Core. March 13, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. Testimony in Connecticut on HB 5078 and HB 5331, March 12, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. Video of evening talk in Peabody, Massachusetts, March 11, 2014.
- Article in Salem News on March 13, 2014 on Peabody School Committee vote to allow parents to opt out of Common Core pilot testing
- Letter from the Peabody Federation of Teachers endorsing the School Committee’s vote to allow parents to opt out of the PARCC test and indicating agreement that the school committee has the legal authority to do so
- Sandra Stotsky. Blog on how states and school districts can opt out of the Common Core standards. March 6, 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. Fact Sheet on Common Core’s Developers, Writers, Validation Committee, and Standards. March 2014.
February 2014
- Sandra Stotsky. Common Core Forum presented by PTA Council of Howard County (PTACHC) and Howard County Education Association (HCEA), February 23, 2014
- Sandra Stotsky. How to Address Common Core’s Reading Standards: Licensure Tests for K-6 Teachers. Pioneer Institute White Paper #111, February 2014
- Sandra Stotsky. Testimony on Common Core for Kansas Legislators, February 2014
- Sandra Stotsky. Common Core Nation (podcast by the Liberty Fund). February 17, 2014
- Sandra Stotsky. Testimony in Wyoming on Common Core. February 12, 2014
January 2014
- Sandra Stotsky. Comparison of the Common Core and 2008 South Caroline Academic Standards for English Language Arts. January 2014.
- Sandra Stotsky. Interview for Breitbart News. January 14, 2014
- Sandra Stotsky. Testimony on Common Core’s English Language Arts Standards and Alaska’s Academic Standards. For the Alaska State Senate Education Committee. January 7, 2014
- Sandra Stotsky. “Common Core Doesn’t Add Up to STEM Success.” Wall Street Journal. January 3, 2014
December 2013
- Sandra Stotsky. Local Cable TV Interview, December 2013. Taunton, Massachusetts.
- Support: Research on how Gates’ money is used to undermine school choice:
- The Fordham Strong Arm of Letter Grades for State Standards
- The American Enterprise Institute, Common Core, and “Good Cop”
- Sandra Stotsky. Pioneer Blog, December 26, 2013.
- Sandra Stotsky. Podcast of Denver talk show on AM560, December 19, 2013.
- Sandra Stotsky. Common Core fails to prepare students for STEM. The Denver Post. December 18, 2013.
- Sandra Stotsky. Support for Common Core’s Fuzzy Math Doesn’t Add Up. December 6, 2013.
November 2013
- Sandra Stotsky, Common Core Panel, Carroll County, Maryland, November 4, 2013.
- Sandra Stotsky. Fatal Flaws in Common Core’s English Language Arts Standards: Testimony for the Ohio House Education Committee, Columbus, Ohio, November 20, 2013.
- Sandra Stotsky. Common Core’s English Language Arts Standards: Problems and Issues. Paper given at the Conference on Catholic Concerns about Common Core, Elberon, New Jersey, November 5, 2013.
October 2013
- Stotsky scholarship cited in October 2013 letter to all Catholic bishops in USA.
- Sandra Stotsky. Interview #4 on the Kathy Benuck Show, NH TV, October 2013.
- Sandra Stotsky. GUEST POST: Common Core Math Standards Do Not Prepare U.S. Students for STEM Careers. How Come? The Foundry. Oct 21, 2013
- Comments on the Florida Common Core English Language Arts Standards: Report prepared for a hearing in Tampa, Florida, October 15, 2013
- Common Core’s English Language Arts Standards: Testimony for a legislative hearing in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, October 16, 2013
- Video of testimony
- Sandra Stotksy on “Will Common Core Dumb Down Our Kids,” Tell It Like It Is with Kathy Benuck, October 3, 2013.
September 2013
- Sandra Stotsky on Common Core on Al Jazeera TV, Saturday night, September 28, 2013.
- R. James Milgram and Sandra Stotsky. Lowering the Bar: How Common Core Math Fails to Prepare High School Students for STEM, Pioneer Institute White Paper, #103, September 2013.
- Private reception for Sandra Stotsky in Columbia, South Carolina,September 20, 2013
- Sandra Stotsky on Drew Steele’s Talk Show, Fort Myers/Naples, Florida
- Sandra Stotsky. Common Core’s Invalid Validation Committee. Paper presented for a conference at University of Notre Dame. September 9, 2013.
August 2013
- Sandra Stotsky. “Invited Testimony for a Hearing in Michigan on Common Core.” August 14, 2013.
- Sandra Stotsky. “New York State Test Results: Uninterpretable But a Portent of the Future,” August 12, 2013. Pioneeer Institute Rock the Schoolhouse blog.
- Sandra Stotsky. Invited Testimony for a Hearing on Common Core in Indiana. August 5, 2013.
July 2013
- Sandra Stotsky. Comparison of the Common Core and 2008 Georgia English Language Arts Standards, July 2013
- Draft response by the Georgia Department of Education to the Stotsky July 2013 report
- Response by Sandra Stotsky to the Georgia Department of Education’s draft comments.
- Sandra Stotsky. My View: This is Why I Oppose Common Core. Desert News. July 24, 2013.
- Sandra Stotsky. Kentucky Needs Higher Expectations for its Students: Testimony Submitted to the Kentucky Board of Education, July 2013
- Sandra Stotsky. Invited Testimony for a Hearing on the Implementation of Common Core’s Standards in Arkansas, July 22, 2013
- Sandra Stotsky. “4 Steps to Upgrade Teacher & Administrator Prep Programs.” Pioneer Institute. July 18, 2013.
- Sandra Stotsky. “How Long Before Duncan and the Media Speak Out Honestly?” Pioneer Institute. July, 10, 2013.
- Sandra Stotsky. “Revise or Reject: The Common Core’s Serious Flaws.” National Association of Scholars. July 3, 2013.
- Sandra Stotsky. ”Common Core’s Cloudy Vision of College Readiness in Math.” Pioneer Institute. July 1, 2013.
June 2013
- Sandra Stotsky. “More Than One Fatal Flaw in Common Core’s ELA Standards.” Pioneer Institute. June 26, 2013.
- Sandra Stotsky and Jane Robbins. Pulling Back the Curtain on Common Core. The Blaze. June 27, 2013.
- Sandra Stotsky. What To Do Once Common Core Is Halted. Pioneer Institute. June 20, 2013.
- Sandra Stotsky. Why Do They Lie? And Why Do Others Believe Them? Pioneer Institute. June 18, 2013.
- Sandra Stotsky. Panel Discussion on Common Core, Thousand Oaks, California, June 10, 2013
- Sandra Stotsky. Forum on Common Core, Worcester, Massachusetts Public Library, June 5, 2013
May 2013
- Sandra Stotksy. Wanted: Internationally Benchmarked Standards in Mathematics, Science, and English Language Arts. May 2013.
April 2013
- Interview with Sandra Stotsky. Education Views. April 2013.
- Robert Pondiscio, Gilbert T. Sewall, and Sandra Stotsky. Foreward by Walter A. McDougall. Shortchanging the Future: The Crisis of History and Civics in American Schools. Pioneer Institute White Paper 100, April 2013.
- Sandra Stotsky, “Sandra Stotsky Discusses the Common Core (Video).” The Pioneer Institute. April 9, 2013.
March 2013
- Sandra Stotsky, Testimony for a Hearing in Arkansas for HB1590. March 28, 2013. (Appendix A and Appendix B)
- Sandra Stotsky, Invited Testimony for a Hearing in Michigan on House Bill 4276. March 20, 2013.
- Sandra Stotsky, Testimony for a Hearing on House Bill #616 and Senate Bill #210: Bills to prohibit the State Board of Education from adopting and implementing Common Core’s Standards and Tests. March 6, 2013.
February 2013
- Sandra Stotsky, Invited Testimony for a Hearing on SB 167: A bill on Common Core’s Standards and Tests. February 28, 2013.
- Sandra Stotsky, Invited Testimony for Kansas on Common Core. February 14, 2013.
- Sandra Stotsky, An English Language Arts Curriculum Framework for American Public Schools: A Model, February 2013.
January 2013
- Sandra Stotsky. 2013. Why Do Education Schools Have Such Low Standards? Essay written for Minding the Campus.
- Anders Lewis and Sandra Stotsky. 2013. The Rise and Fall of the Study of American History in Massachusetts. Pioneer Institute White Paper No. 97.
- Sandra Stotsky. 2013. Literature or Technical Manuals: Who Should Be Teaching What, Where, and Why?. Paper presented at The Constitutional Coalition’s Educational Policy Conference.
- Sandra Stotsky. 2013. Why We Must Raise the Bar for Admission to an Education School. Paper given at the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy.
- Sandra Stotsky. Testimony before the Indiana Senate Committee on Education and Career Development. January 16, 2013
2012
- Sandra Stotsky and George Denny. 2012. Single-sex classrooms and reading achievement: An exploratory study. Journal of School Choice: Research, Theory, and Reform, 6 (4), 439-464.
- Sandra Stotsky. Common Core Standards’ Devastating Impact on Literary Study and Analytical Thinking. The Heritage Foundation Issue Brief #3800, December 11, 2012.
- Sandra Stotsky. Invited Testimony on the Low Quailty of the Common Core Standards. Testimony Submitted to Colorado’s State Board of Education, December 6, 2012
- Stotsky, Sandra. “Lessons to Learn: Teachers’ teachers responsible, too.” Arkansas Democrat Gazette, October 6, 2012.
- Stotsky, Sandra et al. ”Good Citizenship: To Preserve Republic, Teach Civics.” Arkansas Democrat Gazette, September 19, 2012.
- Mark Bauerlein and Sandra Stotsky. (September 2012). How Common Core’s ELA Standards Place College Readiness at Risk. Pioneer Institute White Paper No. 89.
- Stotsky, Sandra. 2012. “How Common Core Standards Have Begun to Damage the School Curriculum,” Heritage Foundation, April 17, 2012.
- Stotsky, Sandra. 2012. “Invited Comments on the Common Core Standards to the House Committee on Education in South Carolina,” South Carolina, April 18, 2012.
- Stotsky, Sandra. 2012. “The Serpent in Finland’s Garden of Equity,” Journal of School Choice: Research, Theory, and Reform, 6(2), 295-300.
- Stotsky, Sandra. 2012. “Invited Testimony for a Hearing on a South Carolina Bill to Amend 1976 Code,” February 16, 2012.
- Stotsky, Sandra. 2012. “Invited Testimony for a Hearing on Wisconsin Bill AB 558,” February 15, 2012.
- Stotsky, Sandra. 2012. “Invited Testimony for a hearing on Indiana Senate Bill No. 373,” January 25, 2012.
- Stotsky, Sandra. 2012. “Competition and Choice Bring Reform, but there’s a Problem,” February 9, 2012.
- Stotsky, Sandra. 2012. “The Last Word: An Interview with Sandra Stotsky–A Call for Challenge and Coherence (May 2011). Joe Helbling and Catherine A. Little.”
- Stotsky, Sandra. 2012. “Invited Testimony for a Hearing on Indiana Senate Bill No. 373 to Void Any Action Taken by the State Board of Education to Adopt the Common Core standards as the state’s standards,” January 25, 2012.
2011
- Stotsky, Sandra. 2011. “The Stealth Curriculum,” in Sarah Stern (Ed.)Saudi Arabia and the Global Islamic Terrorist Network, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, 65-80.
- Stotsky, Sandra. 2011. “Tailoring to Students’ Interests”. Room for Debate, New York Times, August 23, 2011.
- Stotsky, Sandra. 2011. “Ten Steps to a Better ESEA (with apologies to the Fordham Institute): How to reauthorize ESEA so that it might actualy upgrade K-12 education. April 23, 2011.”
- Sandra Stotsky. How to Implement Common Core’s Literacy Standards to Enhance Civic Literacy in Arkansas. Presentation to Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators: August 2, 2011
- Sandra Stotsky, Heritage Foundation Event, July 27, 2011.
- Sandra Stotsky. “Testimony in Favor of Bill on Texas State Sovereignty over Curriculum Standards, Assessements, and Student Information,”Testimony for a Hearing on House Bill No. 2923, April 14, 2011
- Video of Event
- Prepared Remarks in Writing
2010
- Sandra Stotsky. “Literary Study in Grades 9,10, and 11: A National Survey” A Publication of the ALSCW, Number 4, Fall 2010.
- Sandra Stotsky and Ze’ev Wurman. “Common Core’s Standards Still Don’t Make the Grade,” A Pioneer Institute White Paper, No. 65, July 2010.
- Sandra Stotsky. “Literary Study in Grades 9, 10, and 11 in Arkansas,” March 22, 2010.
2009
- Sandra Stotsky. “National Academic Standards: The First Test,” September 22, 2009.
- Sandra Stotsky. “Teachers’ Pet,” The Weekly Standard, Volume 015, Issue 01, September 12, 2009.
- Sandra Stotsky. “New Guidelines for Teacher Training,” September 1, 2009.
- Sandra Stotsky. “The Academic Quality of Teachers: A Civil Rights Issue,” Commentary, Education Week, June 26, 2009.
- Sandra Stotsky. “Licensure Tests for Special Education Teachers: How Well They Assess Knowledge of Reading Instruction and Mathematics,” June 26, 2009.
- Invited written statement submitted to the New Jersey State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. “Teacher Licensing Standards, Teacher Quality, and Student Achievement in Urban Schools,” May 2009
- Sandra Stotsky. “Suggested Indices of Teacher Quality for Arkansas: A Position Paper,” Presented at the Office for Education Policy’s Conference “Preparing Highly Qualified Teachers for Arkansas”, April 2009
- Sandra Stotsky. “The Bitter Fruit of School Reform,” The New York Times, April 28, 2009
- Sandra Stotsky. “The global achievement muddle,” Northwest Arkansas Times, March 17th, 2009
- Sandra Stotsky. “What boys are reading,” L. Sax (Ed.), Gender Differences in Learning and School; an Online Special Edition, January 15th, 2009
2008 and 2007
- Sandra Stotsky. “Licensure Tests for Special Education Teachers: How Well They Assess Knowledge of Reading Instruction and Mathematics,” Education Working Paper Archive, November 7, 2008
- Sandra Stotsky. “Out of one, many,” Arkansas Democrat Gazette, June 21st, 2008
- Sandra Stotsky. “Teacher Licensure Tests: Their Relationship to Mathematics Teachers’ Academic Competence and Student Achievement in Mathematics,” Education Working Paper Archive, September 5, 2007
- Sandra Stotsky. RACE TO THE TOP AND K-12 MATHEMATICS EDUCATION: A Letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan