Another parent, denied a voice at BESE, speaks out here
Another parent speaks out against Common Core, Data Sharing, and biased studies, such as those contracted from CREDO, supporting charters. Debbie has supplied a number of links supporting and documenting her positions. Teachers and parents who are denied a voice in our public institutions are free to scream as loudly as they wish here. J Much of what we all see on the news, at BESE meetings and le
Parents, denied a voice at BESE, speak out here
Posted on August 19, 2013
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At BESE’s august meeting parents were denied an opportunity to speak about Common Core and inBloom. Because the feedback given so far has been overwhelmingly negative, I can understand why Chas Roemer, John White and their allies would go that route. Routinely BESE sends out invites to charter organizers, TFA supporters, and other folks that are paid to adore their positions to speak only things that reinforce their opinions and goals. At the last BESE meeting in June they tried shifting the schedule around to make parents and students who had come to speak students wait all day, and then when that didn’t work, they tried to postpone the agenda items they had come to speak on. Outbursts from the crowd changed their plans.
This time, however, BESE was able to completely silence their critics, denying them a chance to speak. When they did this, not only did they succeed in silencing their critics in a public, taxpayer funded forum, they made a mockery of Democracy; and rule of the people, by the people, for the people. Our board was purchased with millions of corporate dollars, not to serve us, but to serve those who would make money off of our children. Our BESE board and our Department of Education are cruel, farcical charades that pat themselves on the back for their own destructive behavior whilst squandering our hard earned tax dollars on their cronies and selling our children into a data zoo where they can be gawked at, poked and prodded for the amusement of others.
While corrupt politicians have succeeded in barring parents and students from speaking in a public forum, they cannot (yet) prevent them from speaking in private ones that are made available to the public. Here is Nikki Gaspard’s letter. A concerned public school parent who was denied an
