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? How did this happen? Who authorized this?If your state has adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and will be using either the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness f
The NC Supt. Responds to the Lt. Gov.’s Questions About the Common Core
…or does she? On July 18, I posted a video in a post titled NC Lt. Gov. Forest Expresses Concerns and Questions About the Common Core. In the video the Lt. Gov. of NC posed a lot of questions he was seeking answers to from the state superintendent. He also provided a link to his letter that contained all of his questions. The superintendent has responded to the Lt. Gov. and he provides this video
Americans Are Sick of Standardized Tests
Yesterday I reported at Caffeinated Thoughts on the Gallup/PDK poll that showed only 1-out-of-3 Americans knew anything about the Common Core State Standards. Not surprising really, well actually the surprising aspect is that it is that high. Only 45% of public school parents knew – and it is being implemented in their school! This blows a hole in the common talking point from Common Core advoc
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal Orders Review of Common Core
Governor Nathan Deal (R-GA) appears to be doing a 180 on the Common Core State Standards and it seems that it is due to political pressure and an upcoming re-election bid.The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports:Gov. Nathan Deal has ordered a sweeping review of the Common Core national guidelines and asked the State Board of Education to “formally un-adopt” a part of the program that includes samp
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Alaska Schools Rush Headlong into Subpar Math Standards
Well officials in Alaska are admitting what we already knew. Alaska has adopted the Common Core State Standards, at least one school district has (Alaska has as well, but they’re not being honest about it). Via Anchorage Daily News:It’s the first major overhaul of the district’s math curriculum in a generation.The new textbooks, "Go Math!" for elementary school students and "Big Ideas" for middl
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Maine Group Working Toward Ballot Measure to Repeal Common Core
In the Maine newspaper, the Morning Sentinel they run an AP story about a Maine group trying to get rid of the standards via the ballot box.No Common Core Maine and the Maine Equal Rights Center say they will soon submit a proposal to the state for a ballot measure to repeal the Common Core Standards. They would need to collect more than 57,000 signatures before it would go before voters in Novemb
NY School Superintendent on Common Core: Stop It, Scrap It or Fix It
Dr. Joseph V. Rella the Superintendent of Schools for Comsewogue School District in Port Jefferson Station, NY was appalled by the results of the New York Common Core Assessments. He sent a letter to State Senator Kenneth LaValle (R-Mt. Sinai) expressing his concern. See below. NY School Superintendent Letter to NY State Senator LaValle on Common CoreHe also robo-called families in his school di
This Wave is Coming to Kill Common Core
Via the Tampa Bay Times – “Common Core curriculum standards spark political firestorm”An excerpt:That wasn’t always the case. When the initiative launched in 2009, lawmakers from both parties, teachers unions, parent groups and business associations supported it. They made the argument that national standards would raise the bar for students across the country and enable educators to compare stude
Common Core Conference at the University of Notre Dame
From FightCommonCore.com, this will be a great conference to be held next month at Notre Dame University in Indiana.The Changing Role of Education in America: Consequences of the Common CoreUniversity of Notre DameSeptember 9, 2013You can register online here.Please join us for a one-day conference at the Notre Dame Conference Center in South Bend, Indiana, as leading experts from across the count
Common Core Math: 3×4=11 is Ok?
The Daily Caller highlighted the video below. I had seen it before and I posted on this already at FightCommonCore.com, but I haven’t here and wanted to make sure our readers have seen this (even though I a, sure many of you probably have).A little context. This is a video taken of Amanda August who is the curriculum director for the Grayslake D46 school district in Grayslake, IL northwest of Ch