The Cardinal Newman Society has published a guide to the Common Core Standards and their potential impact for Catholic schools and students. You can find this guide at Cardinal Newman Society Catholic is Our Core.

Tuesday, 4/8/14 is election day in Sioux Falls. There are two candidates for the one open position on the Sioux Falls School Board. The incumbent, Douglas Morrison, and challenger Roger Russell are on the ballot for this position. Both candidates participated in the Chamber of Commerce and League of Women Voters Candidate forum. I want…

With the timeline for adopting Social Studies standards, fine arts standards and K-12 technology standards in 2015, the South Dakota Department of Education is looking for applicants for a work group that will review and revise South Dakota social studies, fine arts and K-12 technology standards. They are looking to inlcude the following list of people…

Eliya Ahmad, seventh grader at MS 447 in Brooklyn, wrote the following poem on the back of her testing booklet, April 2, 2014. She liked it, copied it down on scrap paper, and would like to share it widely. –  Dohra Ahmad, Eliya’s mother  April used to be poetry month,  Where we’d learn about rhythm…

Parents from all over the state of South Dakota have been contacting me in the last week sharing their experiences with the SBAC tests and their efforts to prevent their children from being used for research for SBAC. I’m going to start with responses from schools and the SD DOE to parents requests to opt…

The Common Core documentary by HSLDA is now online. Please watch and share. You can watch it at http://commoncoremovie.com/  or here:  

The Sioux Falls School District has a channel, KLRN, channel 20, on our local cable network. On that channel the district runs school programs, informational segments, and video of the school board meetings. It is how I personally keep up with what’s going on as many times I am unable to attend school board meetings.…

On April 8, 2014, there is a school board election in Sioux Falls. There are two candidates on the ballot. The incumbent Douglas Morrison and challenger Roger Russell. If you are unable to vote on election day, absentee ballots (for voters in both Lincoln and Minnehaha County) will be available at the County Auditor’s Office, Minnehaha County Administration…

We have been told that the federal government will not be collecting data on children. The state has said it will not be collecting data and sharing with the federal government. Dr. Schopp and education officials from 33 other states penned a letter to Arne Duncan, United States Secretary of Education, saying that they will…

TO ALL PARENTS: As I have researched the Common Core, unlike the pro common core propaganda claims, I have read and listened to both sides. For the purpose of this letter, I will not refer to any of the groups I am going to mention here as unions or trade organizations. They are advocacy groups.…