The Common Core documentary by HSLDA is now online. Please watch and share. You can watch it at http://commoncoremovie.com/  or here:  

The Sioux Falls School District has a channel, KLRN, channel 20, on our local cable network. On that channel the district runs school programs, informational segments, and video of the school board meetings. It is how I personally keep up with what’s going on as many times I am unable to attend school board meetings.…

On April 8, 2014, there is a school board election in Sioux Falls. There are two candidates on the ballot. The incumbent Douglas Morrison and challenger Roger Russell. If you are unable to vote on election day, absentee ballots (for voters in both Lincoln and Minnehaha County) will be available at the County Auditor’s Office, Minnehaha County Administration…

We have been told that the federal government will not be collecting data on children. The state has said it will not be collecting data and sharing with the federal government. Dr. Schopp and education officials from 33 other states penned a letter to Arne Duncan, United States Secretary of Education, saying that they will…

TO ALL PARENTS: As I have researched the Common Core, unlike the pro common core propaganda claims, I have read and listened to both sides. For the purpose of this letter, I will not refer to any of the groups I am going to mention here as unions or trade organizations. They are advocacy groups.…

On Monday, March 10, 2014, I presented to the Sioux Falls School Board during the 5 minute open comment period, regarding the SBAC Field Test. I simply read the email I had sent to all board members earlier in the day. And I promise, each letter was personally addressed. March 10, 2014 Dear School Board…