Tag: Common Core

I’m So Jealous

Filed in Uncategorized by on March 13, 2013 0 Comments

Last fall as I first started learning about Common Core I contacted Utahans Against Common Core asking them for help and guidance in doing the same thing here in Idaho. Christel Swasey then contacted me and started the long process of helping me understand what I needed to start reading and what I needed to […]

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There’s Gold in Them Thar Schools

Filed in Uncategorized by on March 12, 2013 1 Comment

Some things about a poor education can be compensated for at home. If a school is weak in teaching reading or math, parents can work on those subjects at home with their children.  But sometimes there are things that cannot be fixed at home. One of those things is the data mining and collection that […]

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A Mother Speaks Out: Children For Sale – Guest Post by Alyson Williams

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A Mother Speaks Out: Children For Sale – Guest Post by Alyson Williams

You will notice in her article this mother mentions a flyer being sent home.  Here in Idaho, or at least in the schools my children were attending, no such notice was given.  Almost everyone I have talked comments that a teacher mentioned it in passing this year.  Why did no one think to inform Idaho’s […]

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Are you doing what you thought you’d be doing…when you were 13?

Filed in Uncategorized by on March 5, 2013 2 Comments

I keep hearing how the U.S. has some of the lowest test scores in the world. I take issue with this statement. In the United States, we test every child. The new immigrant child who can hardly speak English – yep, she gets tested. The flunky who doesn’t have any desire to be in school […]

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What to do? What to do?

Filed in Uncategorized by on February 27, 2013 1 Comment

I have received several emails lately from people asking me, “I just learned about Common Core.  I know it needs to be stopped, but what can I do?” They are asking me the same question I asked myself just a few months ago. I thought it might be a good idea to put out a […]

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A Common Core Agnostic Is Turned

Filed in Uncategorized by on February 26, 2013 0 Comments

I was vaguely aware of who Diane Ravitch was before Common Core, but honestly didn’t agree with much of what she had to say. But she has finally made up her mind about Common Core and she doesn’t like it. As mentioned in the article below she thinks it’s going to drive people to charter […]

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Video: Common Core Primer

Filed in Common Core News and Updates by on February 9, 2013 2 Comments
Video: Common Core Primer

Jane Robbins of American Principles Project offers a helpful five-part video primer to help you better understand why we are opposed to the Common Core.

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