“The issues involving psychological testing and privacy are issues that should be of concern to every parent with a child enrolled in public school. The power granted federal and state education administrators via the regulations of CCSS are unprecedented in nature. Some parents will be quite comfortable with CCSS even in light of the issues…
Common Core – The New IRS -You Know – For Kids
Hear from one of the two professors that was part of the National Validation Committee on Common Core. Their love for children have made them some of the staunchest fighters against Common Core. Listen and understand why Professor Sandra Stosky, the only English Language Arts Professor on the committee, wants America to wake up. In…
As I am researching, I have noticed that the South Dakota Department of Education has changed it’s colors, from the blue and gold, to match that of Common Core. The Old South Dakota Dep’t. of Education Common Core Logo The New South Dakota Dep’t. of Education Common Core Logo The Common Core Standards Logo When…
Ensuring U.S. Students Receive a World-Class EducationA report by the National Governors Association (NGA), the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), and Achieve, Inc. From the Table of Contents:III. Five Steps Toward Building Globally Competitive Education systems Action 1: Upgrade state standards by adopting a common core of internationally benchmarked standards in math and language arts for grades…
On November 17, 2004, UNESCO (the education arm of the U.N.) signed a contract with Bill Gates of Microsoft, “…for collaboration in several areas including education and learning…” You may read that agreement at the UNESCO website: http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/strategy_microsoft_agreement.pdf
We shared with you a video of the Zaner Bloser First Grade Literature and Writing Curriculum aligned to Common Core. If you missed it, you can watch it here. Now this in from Utahans Against Common Core. If there is a video you need to see, this is it. Mental Health Therapist, Joan Landes has…
Want to share the first two chapters of this video series.Chapter One – The Origins of Common CoreChapter Two – Testing Mandates http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coRNJluF2O4
I would like to hear from people who have had an experience with any aspect of Common Core that illustrates a loss of local control. If you have seen real issues with what the standards, assessments, curriculum, and database tracking are doing to our schools and children, I want to know what’s going on in…
South Dakotans Against Common Core 