On October 15, 2013, Dr. Melody Schopp was the guest speaker at a Sioux Falls School District Common Core forum. In this Argus Leader Editorial, local parent Dawn Krikke responds to that forum. I attended the informational meeting on the evening of Oct. 15 at the Instructional Planning Center. The topic was the Common Core…
One-hundred thirty Catholic scholars, who have taught in America’s colleges and universities, some for decades, address America’s Catholic bishops, regarding their concerns with the implementation of the Common Core national reform of K-12 schooling in the Catholic schools. Letter to the Catholic Bishops
All are invited to this Common Core Information meeting. Speakers: Representative Jim Bolin, Representative Jim Stalzer, Mary Scheel-Buysse, and local parents.
Five of the twenty-nine people on the Common Core Validation Committee refused to sign off on the Common Core Standards. Dr. Sandra Stotsky, one of the nation’s leading English Language Arts content experts was one of those five. On October 16, 2013, Dr. Stotsky testified at a legislative hearing in Fon du Lac, Wisconsin against…
Some of the highlights from Dr. Duke Pesta’s, October 16, 2013, testimony in Wisconsin. What if, instead of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, it were an extreme right wing foundation, that gave $225 billion, to unaccountable lobby groups, to create these standards? What if it were a conservative president, who created a program, whereby states…
On October 17th, in the Argus Leader “My Voice” column, the Argus Leader published a letter titled, “Common Core Should be Welcomed Not Feared.” Chris Buckley, local concerned father, has written this response to that letter. I want to take the time to address each and every one of your comments so if this gets…
From KELO TV: COLTON, SD – During what was meant to be a small portion of the Tri-Valley School Board meeting, several parents took a moment to express their concerns on the direction of education, a direction pointing toward two words: Common Core. “I believe maybe somebody has our best intentions at hand, but I…
South Dakota Secretary of Education, Dr. Melody Schopp and superintendents from the Sioux Falls area will be answering questions about the Common Core at a forum in Sioux Falls. Bring your friends and your questions. The secretary has confirmed that she will be answering questions. WHAT: Common Core ForumWHO: SD Secretary of Education,…
South Dakotans Against Common Core 