From EAGJudge’s ruling in student privacy case will impact school data sharing and Common Core implementation By Ben VeldermanEAGnews.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – A month after appearing in a federal district court, privacy advocates are still awaiting a judge’s ruling as to whether or not the U.S. Department of Education overstepped its bounds in late 2011…
DATE: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 TIME: Registration begins 6:30pm. Forum 7:00pm-8:30pmPLACE: Good Samaritan Jerstad Center, 4800 W 57th St, Sioux FallsHOST: Siouxland Republican Women. RSVP to siouxlandrw@gmail.comCOST: $5 for members, $10 for non-members Our panel will feature: Dr. Melody Schopp, SD Secretary of Education Dr. Rick Melmer, advisor for several educational agencies at both the…
From The Washington Post President Obama’s unusual education roundtable President Obama hosted an education roundtable at the White House on Monday and I’ll give you one chance to guess who wasn’t high on the guest list. Educators. Below is a list of people who were invited to the event, which was described on the president’s schedule this way: “The…
From Truth In American Education Federal Government to have Access to your Child’s Data Via Common Core Assessments The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) assessments will provide the federal government access to information about your child. Yes, that is right. And you were never asked as a parent if this is okay with you, were you?…
A Lesson In Larceny for Taxpayers Jordan Mason, South Dakota Campaign for Liberty, breaks down the Caustic Costs of Common Core specific to South Dakota. Jordan was not aware before this presentation that the Common Core requires testing three times per year. Beginning, middle and end of year. So, as you can see from his…
From Idahoans For Local Education My First Experience with NCLB and Why I am Fearful of Common Core Guest Post by Mila WoodThe first time I remember having to come to the realization that public school could be dangerous to society as a whole was when my now Junior in high school was in fourth grade. I…
Joy Pullmann of the Heartland Institute responds to the Argus Leader article State counters Common Core ‘misinformation’. There is, indeed, a lot of “misinformation” about Common Core floating around. I would wager it’s largely from differences over ways to view the same events. For example: Was adopting Common Core “voluntary,” as the Argus Leader writes? Not if you…
This woman’s native country was a Communist country. Please listen to her warning against Common Core!
Dr Bill Evers. a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and US assistant Secretary of Education for policy from 2007-2009, participated in a Common Core Forum in Thousand Oaks, California. Dr Evers is a man who is on the inside track of education in America. In this 7 minute clip he shares a wealth of information. The…
South Dakotans Against Common Core 