From the Rapid City Journal:Jack R. Warner, Executive Director and CEO, South Dakota Board of Regents wrote a piece for the Rapid City Journal in which he touts the Common Core as being the way to create a workforce for the 21st Century. You can read Mr. Warner’s article here.Common core standards an economic issue Now…

On Thursday, I had the opportunity to watch a webinar from the Fordham Institute and Democrats for Education Reform. Right out the gate, at minute 3:25, I was surprised at what I heard. Michael Petrelli, Executive VP at Fordham, a strong supporter of the Common Core Standards said, “…using the Common Core as the standards…

MOVIE NIGHT!!!Monday, July 29th 7:00 to 9:00 “INDOCTRINATION”At the Ramkota Amphi-theatre Best Western Plus Ramkota Hotel, 3200 W. Maple Street • Sioux Falls, SD 57107$5.00 coverage charge covers the movie and popcornEvery patriotic Christian must see this movie!! How the government has taken over public education grade K-12 and used education and the NEA to indoctrinate every student…

YOU’RE INVITED ! SAVE THE DATE! To Learn about our education program in South Dakota! Learn about how the new “Common Core” curriculum will  change our children and their futures, to self- sufficient and independent adults. Please inform ALL parents, caregivers, guardians and families with special needs children (and adults with special needs too) on IEPs/504s,…

From What is Common Core:Today is big.The federal district court in Washington, D.C. is hearing arguments today from Khalia Barnes and Marc Rotenburg of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in support of nationwide student privacy, in support of parental consent laws, in support of protective definitions of terms. So, who on earth is on the…

From Stop Common Core in Illinois NOTE: This program is not specific to Common Core but a part of the new trend to collect data on our kids.  This is yet another example of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation using funding to introduce controversial programs into our schools. FERPA student privacy laws are quietly…

Hear James Milgram, Sandra Stotsky and Charlotte Iserbyt’s urgent warnings about today’s education system.Stanford University emeritus professor of mathematics and NASA Consultant, James Milgram, the only academic mathematician on Common Core’s Validation Committee, refused to sign off on the final draft of the national standards. He describes the standards as having “extremely serious failings,” reflecting…

One of the many “good” things we have been told about the Common Core Standards is that they are more rigorous. The question has been asked, “What is meant by more rigorous?”First let’s define rigorous. According the dictionary.com:rig·or·ous  [rig-er-uhs]  adjective1. characterized by rigor; rigidly severe or harsh, as people, rules, or discipline: rigorous laws.2. severely…

From Castlerock, Colorado The Douglas County School Board unanimously adopted a resolution July 16 opposing the Common Core Standards in favor of the district’s own.The Douglas County School District’s standards are “more rigorous, more demanding, more thorough, and reflect higher expectations and aspirations for our students than any national standard now in existence, including the…

You can read Lt Gov. Forest’s letter to North Carolina State Education Officials here. From NC Lt. Gov. Dan Forest’s Facebook Page:Common Core NC Update:For those of you following my efforts to seek answers to #CommonCore in North Carolina, please be aware that my 67-question letter to the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) will be…