If you have children that are now K-3 or soon to be in Kindergarten, you owe it to your child to take 25 minutes to watch this video. Dr. Megan Koschnick discusses the inappropriateness of the Common Core Standards for K-3 at the Common Core Conference held at Notre Dame on September 9, 2013.The evidence is…
The Secret Sixty Prepare to Write Standards for 50 Million By Anthony Cody on July 6, 2009 12:13 PM | Sixty individuals, ONE teacher among them, will write national education standards in the next five months, in a secret process that excludes effective input from students, parents or teachers.As teachers we spend a lot of time thinking about what…
They keep telling me the Common Core Standards are just that. Just standards. When I have connected the dots, I have been accused of taking liberties. When I say it is a reform agenda, I are told I am misinformed. Well, now the D.A.R.E. program has aligned to the Common Core. From the Watertown Public…
Earlier today we shared with you the June 11, 2013, USA Today editorial by American Principal Project’s, Emmett McGroarty.Today, he discusses the fight over Common Core on MSNBC’s “The Daily Rundown” with Chuck Todd.http://americanprinciplesproject.org/preserve-innocence/2013/emmett-talks-common-core-on-msnbc/
I am posting this video of Dr. Sandra Stotsky talking about the issues she had with the Common Core English Language Arts Standards. I am asking you to remember, that anyone who was invited to and participated in the Common Core Standards validation panel is a proponent of National Standards. Their underlying motivations may not have…
A few weeks ago, we shared with you a letter from Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer, (MO) to Arne Duncan, US Secretary of Education. In this letter he expresses serious concerns with the manner in which the US Department of Education has involved itself with Common Core standards. The letter also notes the highly irregular process used to…
Last week on Facebook we asked you to contact Senators Thune and Johnson with regards to co-signing Senator Chuck Grassley’s letter to the Appropriations Committee. In this letter he outlined the reasons the Common Core Standards, in relation to federal funding are illegal and is requesting that they prohibit future funding for the Common Core…
South Dakotans Against Common Core 