Missouri Call to Action. Show Your SB210 Support to Shed Transparency on Common Core Cost/Data Retrieval.
SENATE BILL 210 WITNESS FORM TO COMPLETE
URGENT! Hearing Thursday, May 9th -- Fill out a witness form NOW
SB 210 is a bill designed to shed some light on Common Core Standards, which the Missouri Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education intends to implement in 2014. This bill requires DESE to hold a series of public meetings and issue reports to the legislature.
Hundreds of citizens from around the state are concerned about Common Core resulting in an intrusive national database of very personal data about our children. This bill provides the transparency needed to establish the facts.
Find the witness form here.
Post Dispatch STL Today's Disingenuous Editorial on Common Core Standards. Susan Ohanian Chimes In.
The definition of disingenuous amply sums up the St. Louis Post Dispatch's editorial on Common Core standards and the recent meeting DESE held "informing" the public on the initiative. From a googlesearch of the word:
You can read the editorial here. The readers' comments are overwhelmingly against the PD's stance and the paper's integrity is called into question. Those with any factual knowledge about Common Core and who have read more than what the Post has published about CCSS will recognize this editorial as reprinting talking points about the initiative from either CCSSO or the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. There are no facts in this editorial piece to back up the editorial board's
dis·in·gen·u·ous
/ˌdisinˈjenyo͞oəs/
Not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.
insincere - false - devious - hollow-hearted
You can read the editorial here. The readers' comments are overwhelmingly against the PD's stance and the paper's integrity is called into question. Those with any factual knowledge about Common Core and who have read more than what the Post has published about CCSS will recognize this editorial as reprinting talking points about the initiative from either CCSSO or the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. There are no facts in this editorial piece to back up the editorial board's