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…
Some of you know that I clean empty rental units, preparing them for the next tenant. Many times I go into units where the former tenant has claimed to clean the unit, but when you look deeper, you find that it is still dirty. For example, this morning I opened the refrigerator and thought that’s…
Too often we try to argue against Common Core based on results instead of principle. Here are the 2 overriding principles that Common Core violate: parental control, and decentralization of power. Those principles are clearly outlined, in the context of education, by Thomas Jefferson in his letter to Joseph Cabell (Feb. 2, 1816). He says,…
South Dakotans Against Common Core 