By South Dakota law, schools are required to administer an annual test to measure academic progress in grades 3-8 and 11. South Dakota schools have been doing this since the inception of No Child Left Behind. Because of that federal mandate, South Dakota developed the Dakota STEP test aligned to our academic standards to show…
This Knox County, Tennessee student speaks out about the Common Core at his local school board meeting.
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…
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…
A few weeks ago, we learned of this book on the Common Core Reading List.“The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison(WARNING: Graphic) Common Core Approved Child Pornography Here’s another book from the Common Core Reading List to watch for.“Dreaming in Cuban” by Cristina Garcia Porn At Buena High School in Sierra Vista: Common Core The Common…
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…
This is District 16 Representative Jim Bolin. This is District 27 Representative Elizabeth May.
Speaking at a Common Core forum in Edmond, Oklahoma, Dr. Everett Piper makes the case that Common Core State Standards are indeed ‘common’ and that a true liberal arts education has no place for ‘common’. Ideas have consequences. Ideas matter. Every human and every human institution is blessed or cursed by their guiding principals –…
“The worst thing about Common Core itself is that it’s low academic quality,” Common Core critic Joy Pullman told EAGnews. “It’s not rigorous, it’s not internationally benchmarked, it’s not competitive, it’s not high-quality…” “There’s a lot of really frightening data tracking and monitoring initiatives being required of states in conjunction with Common Core. The tests…
Three federal laws explicitly prohibit the U.S. Department of Education from directing, supervising, or controlling any nationalized standards, testing, or curriculum. The U.S. Department of Education subsequently awarded $362 million to directly fund two national testing consortia to develop common nationalized assessments. The consortia funding application clearly state that they will use federal funds to…
South Dakotans Against Common Core 