Thursday, July 11, 2013 6:30 p.m. Pizza Ranch, 2717 West 41st Street, Sioux Falls We urge your attendance at this important meeting.  Speakers as of this writing are Mary Scheel-Buysee, South Dakotans Against Common Core, and Representative Jim Bolin. No less a personage than Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, has recently attempted to marginalize those voices organizing against…

I don’t know this teacher, but I would dare to say, he has an ability to reach all of his students in whatever way it takes.NFL Adopts Common Core Playbook-Copying Education Reforms

On the 237th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence from tyranny, I thought it would be appropriate to post this historic document. I chose this particular link because it gives the context in which the Declaration was written. With Common Core, our children may read the Declaration, but will they learn the context in which it…

From Stop Common Core in North CarolinaCatholic Children in Grave Danger: A Report on Common Core in Catholic Schools Stephanie Block directs our attention to a research report by Betsy Kraus titled “Catholic Children in Grave Danger: A Report on Common Core in Catholic Schools.” Kraus list the “dangers” she sees in Common Core, including the…

From NewsOK: Educator: States Led Into Common Core Decision Time and again state leaders say Common Core is “state led.” The mantra “state led” has been repeated from federal officials, the National Governors Association, Council of Chief State School Officers and other supporters. Fact is, they’ve been sold a bill of goods for bait. The…

South Dakota Citizens for Liberty is hosting a Common Core informational conference –  Making Common Core Common Knowledge.  Who owns your kids, you or the Government? What you don’t know will hurt your kids. Learn why Common Core is the stealth takover of your local schools and what you can do to stop it. Speakers:…

From Forbes:A relatively tiny donation from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has created quite a stir over the past several days. News broke that Clemson U. had late last year obtained a nearly half million dollar grant from the foundation to conduct a pilot study with Galvanic Skin Response (GSR) bracelets, wireless sensors that…

Speaking to the City Club of Chicago, Lewis said, “We’re flying the [Common Core] airplane as we’re building it. So we’ll see. Who knows what that will bring?” She also said Common Core was never “field tested,” which is an indisputable fact that worries many education experts around the nation.Read the full story and watch…

Arne Duncan Tells Newspaper Editors How to Report on Common Core It seems that a big part of Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s job now is giving impassioned defenses of the Common Core State Standards, which he did Tuesday to a convention of American news editors (some of whom may not have even known it needed defending). A…

Shirley McCune, former OBE Senior Director at Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory (MCREL) From the 1989 National Governors’ Conference on Education Total transformation of our society (sound familiar?) Facts and information(knowledge) no longer primary purpose of education The close connection between economic(sustainable) development and human capital(labor)  Educator whose job is to work with the social welfare…