Tuesday, April 30, 2013

UPDATE: Luetkemeyer Letter Goes To Duncan + Missouri Education Watchdog: Common Core to Teach Preschoolers/Kindergartners "Executive Function Skills"

Missouri Education Watchdog: Common Core to Teach Preschoolers/Kindergartners "Executive Function Skills":


Luetkemeyer Letter Goes To Duncan With 34 Signatures

Congressman Luetkemeyer of Missouri District Three submitted his letter to US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan expressing concern over the U.S. Department of Education’s decision to circumvent Congress with major changes to education and student privacy policies. An excerpt reads: 
“Since the ESEA’s expiration, the Department of Education has moved forward with education policy reform without Congressional input.  Such action is, at best, in contravention with precedent... We believe that state-based education policies are vital to the successful education of a child.  As with most one-size-fits-all policies, Common Core standards fail to address the specific needs of our states.”  
Luetkemeyer also raised concerns in his letter about two changes in which the government collects and distributes student data. Luetkemeyer has requested a detailed description of each change to student privacy policy that has been made during Duncan’s tenure and the need and intended purpose for such changes. Of particular concern to Luetkemeyer were regulatory changes made without congressional review regarding 


Common Core to Teach Preschoolers/Kindergartners "Executive Function Skills"

Register for a Common Core seminar to learn how your preschooler or kindergartener can learn to self-regulate and learn "executive function skills".   Three to five year old children must learn to become globally competitive and understand their importance to the government and prove themselves to be a good Return on Investment (ROI).

The seminar is sponsored by McREL, an organization that designs products for maximizing student performance:

Based in Denver, Colorado, McREL was incorporated in 1966 as Mid-continent Regional