Tag: Idaho Common Core
Public Meetings by the Governor’s Task Force On Education
I should have posted this earlier, two meetings have already taken place. Here is a list of meetings that Gov. Otter’s Task Force For Improving Education will be holding: • Monday, April 15, 6:30 p.m. Meriwether Lewis Hall (MLH) Room 100, Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston. • Tuesday, April 16, 6:30 p.m. Lake Coeur d’Alene […]
Us vs.Them Rethinking “Them”
Yesterday I wrote a post about how battle lines are being drawn differently. Today I am posting a link to an article by gentleman who I would not normally agree with, but he has some good ideas. And while I don’t agree with all of them 100%, I don’t agree with anyone all of the […]
Fordham’s (Not So Unbiased) Opinion.
Supt. Tom Luna is feeling some heat. He has felt it necessary to start doing damage control. Here is a letter that was sent out to our elected officials sometime in March. Dear Senators and Representatives, We continue to field questions at the Department regarding the new Idaho Core Standards, which were adopted as […]
Glenn Beck Outs The Common Core
Thank you Truth in American Education and Shane Vander Hart Glenn Beck today highlighted the Common Core on his show on The Blaze TV. His guests were Emmett McGroarty of American Principles Project, Sherena Arrington, a political consultant from Georgia, and two teachers from Utah, David Cox and Christel Swasey. Beck in his opening remarks […]
There’s Gold in Them Thar Schools
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 […]
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 […]
