On August 22, 2013  I had the opportunity to meet some amazing, involved people. Thank-you to all who gave up their evening to attend the meeting to learn about the Common Core agenda and what we need to do to stop the Common Core in South Dakota. Mark Walker from the Argus Leader was in attendance…

Beware of Common CoreWritten byMartha A. MasgaiCrooks Common Core is the unconstitutional federal takeover of our children’s education. Forty-five states have implemented Common Core without congressional or state legislative approval. The majority of citizens know nothing about this intrusion on our nation’s most valuable asset, our children.Common Core is bad to the core. The estimated…

Did you know that the Common Core, once fully implemented will require children take high stakes assessments three times per year? According to Governor Daugaard, on January 11, 2012, “This system will not just test students at the end of the year and measure them against an arbitrary bar instead we will test students at the…

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 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…