This is a call for ALL homeschoolers to pick up the phone IMMEDIATELY and call their U.S. Senators and DEMAND that they vote NO on Senator Lamar Alexander’s Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 (S.1177) which would reauthorize the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law until 2021. Phone number to call is: 202-224-3121. Homeschooled children […]
Even as Congress moves to strip his power, Arne Duncan holds his ground
July 9, 2015 by
Christina Waters’s cellphone rang, and she looked down to see that the number was blocked. She knew immediately it was U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, just calling to check in. It has been that way since Waters attended a 2009 church picnic in Chicago and came away with a bullet lodged in her head from […]
Common Core: Goodbye, Homer; Hello, UN Declaration of Rights
July 6, 2015 by
Common Core standards require students to read less literature and more nonfiction. And, judging from the list of approved texts, it’s not the sort of nonfiction most parents would appreciate. On two separate occasions, the New York Times has published information regarding the reduction reading from the classics of Western literature in favor of an […]
Nationwide boycott of Common Core Exams
July 2, 2015 by
Standardized tests centered on Common Core standards had a shaky start across the country as tech issues inundated the exam in some areas and provoked student demonstrations in others. From now till then end of March, school-age children in 43 states will be taking a standardized test linked to these new federal education guidelines. Parents […]
Why Catholics Should Oppose the Common Core
July 1, 2015 by
Forty-five states and over 100 Catholic dioceses have adopted the national Common Core Standards for K-12 English Language Arts and math. This happened quickly, without any debate. Public and Catholic school parents did not have notice as to what was happening. Very few state legislators, even those on education committees, knew what was happening.Uggs Black […]
Progressive Mass Hysteria
June 30, 2015 by
Democracies have been fickle for 2,000 years, but the Internet makes it worse. One of the most harrowing incidents in the Athenian historian Thucydides’ history of the Peloponnesian War is the democratic debate over the rebellious subject state of Mytilene on the distant island of Lesbos. Thucydides uses his riveting account of the Athenian argument […]
Obama-linked Extremist Group Publishes “HIT LIST” of Anti-Sharia Females in the U.S.
June 24, 2015 by
The Obama-tied leftist group that helped a gunman commit an act of terrorism against a conservative organization has assembled a starter kit for Islamists to attack American women who refuse to comply with Sharia law, the authoritarian doctrine that inspires Islamists and their jihadism. It’s the summer special from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), […]
CONGRESS: Please Investigate Gates’ Takeover of U.S. Education!
June 23, 2015 by
While grassroots movements are trying to get their Governors and State Legislatures to stop Common Core education in ALL the states, the bulldozer of Gates and our Federal Government are doing everything they can to push it through. The data collection on our children is a massive intrusion and is giving tyrants access to control […]
GRADING THE COMMON CORE: NO TEACHING EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
June 23, 2015 by
Rose Rodriguez-Rabin, left, and Valerie Gomm scored Common Core exams at an office in San Antonio. Ms. Rodriguez-Rabin has worked for the testing company Pearson on various projects since 2009. Ms. Gomm described the scoring process as challenging, saying that “you go into analyzing every trait.” Credit Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times […]
Anti-Common Core Groups Plan Protest at Jeb Bush Event
June 19, 2015 by
Common Core Protest Former Florida Gov. and newly-announced GOP primary candidate Jeb Bush shouldn’t expect cheers, sunshine and roses when he comes to Tampa Friday for the Hillsborough County Republican Party’s dinner. Anti-Common Core protesters will make sure of that — they’re planning to descend on TPepin’s Hospitality Centre, 200-strong, to protest the standards, letting […]
PARENTAL WARNING: Gaming is Coming to America’s Public Schools
June 18, 2015 by
The U.S. Department of Education is partnering with the gaming industry to bring their products to the classroom. This effort, like textbooks, can become a billion dollar industry. If every public school in America integrates gaming into the public school curriculum what will be the positives and negatives? In her column “Transforming Education Beyond Common […]
Fiery ‘What an Ego!’: Judge Jeanine Rips Obama’s ‘Most Respected Country’ Claim
June 7, 2015 by
As seen on Justice With Judge Jeanine On “Justice,” Judge Jeanine Pirro blasted President Obama for saying that he’s restored the United States as “the most respected country on Earth.” “With all due respect, Mr. President, I’m not sure if you’re delusional or you just think that we are,” Judge Jeanine said. “We’re the most […]
FSA math test unfair to students and teachers
June 5, 2015 by
To my students and their parents: I think I owe you an apology. See, I already know that most, if not all, of you are going to fail the Florida Standards Assessments math test this year. How can I say such a thing, you ask? It was my job to prepare you for it. Well, […]
Catholic Children in Grave Danger: Common Core in Catholic Schools
June 5, 2015 by
To escape the Common Core nightmare, many parents are thinking about withdrawing their kids from public schools and enrolling them in Catholic Schools only to find out that Common Core is there, too! As a Catholic mom of four kids, I am working to get Common Core out of our Catholic Schools. My third grader […]
COMMON CORE CONFERENCE – 2015 (VIDEOS)
May 28, 2015 by
The Common Core conference with Dr. Pesta, Armando Escalante, Alex Newman, Frank de Varona, Juan Torres and Dr Tom LaHue took place near Daytona Beach on May 1. Videos of the conference are being released, please visit this site often to see all the videos. CLICK PICTURE TO GO TO CONFERENCE VIDEOS
UN Plots Future of Education: Creating Green “Global Citizens”
May 21, 2015 by
Speaking at the United Nations World Education Forum in South Korea this week, UN chief Ban Ki Moon and UNESCO boss Irina Bokova declared that globalized schools around the world need to re-shape children’s values and create “sustainable” “global citizens.” The controversial summit, which outlined what the UN described as a “roadmap for global education” […]
The Slow Death of Common Core
May 20, 2015 by
Common Core teaches collectivism—socialism—and degrades various elements of education from math to English to science Think about the major policy undertakings of the Obama administration over the past six and a half years. It began with a “stimulus” that wasted trillions in the quest of generating jobs, but did little to nothing in achieving that […]
THE COMMUNIST ROOTS OF COMMON CORE
May 18, 2015 by
One can not be indoctrinated into something – unless the ENTIRE BELIEF SYSTEM is changed to eliminate freedom, liberty and individual ownership. To Transform means to Destroy and Change. When I taught school, I taught a class in eighth grade called Capitalism vs. Communism, where we made comparison charts, did role-playing, and had discussions – […]
AFFIDAVIT AGAINST COMMON CORE
May 14, 2015 by
— — — USE YOUR POWER!! If YOU don’t FIGHT for your child’s Education… WHO WILL? This is a REAL FIGHT…A FIGHT for OUR CHILDREN! The Future of Florida’s Children is DEPENDENT on OUR VOICES – SPEAKING UP FOR THEM! BE A WARRIOR FOR YOUR CHILD, AND FOR FLORIDA’S CHILDREN! I am asking for […]
Liberal teacher: Common Core like education system I saw in Soviet Union
May 14, 2015 by
A recently published article stated that Common Core was a flashpoint for conservatives. I disagree with this statement. This is not a partisan issue. I come from a staunch Democrat family. By most people’s standards, I would be considered liberal. I am also, however, very much against Common Core. Public dissatisfaction with Common Core is not […]
Scholar: Under New AP Standards, ‘American History Will Not Be About America’ [VIDEO]
May 11, 2015 by
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Stanley Kurtz, a senior fellow with the Ethics and Public Policy Center, sees America being fundamentally transformed by a host of pernicious Obama policies, including education initiatives which are nationalizing school curriculum without a single vote. This month, America’s best and brightest high school students will take a controversial new advanced placement U.S. history (APUSH) […]
Ohio Budget Defunds Common Core Testing
May 11, 2015 by
The Buckeye state is fighting back against the intrusive federal testing mandates that come with Common Core education standards. A House version of the state’s budget contains provisions defunding and blocking the use of PARCC, the set of Common Core aligned assessments that have students in tears all over the country. The Ohio legislature unsuccessfully […]
Huckabee’s Photo Featured in Pro-Common Core Big Business Group’s Book of Supporters
May 11, 2015 by
GOP 2016 candidate Mike Huckabee’s photo appears among a list of political, education and business leaders who support the Common Core standards in a book provided to state lawmakers by the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI). Recently, Huckabee has distanced himself from the controversial education initiative. But some pro-Common Core groups are still […]
Where 2016 Candidates Stand on Common Core
May 11, 2015 by
The names keep coming for the list of potential 2016 presidential nominees — and with a crowded pool, several issues will be hot talking points that will allow candidates to separate themselves from each other. Candidates will more than likely discuss immigration, the economy and job creation, but they’ll also be duking out one of […]
Feds Panic on Mass Common Core Test Refusals, Threaten Reprisals
May 6, 2015 by
Public resistance to Common Core is exploding across America, and officials are not happy about it. The Obama administration’s Department of Education, along with pro-Common Core government officials across the country under pressure from the feds, appear to be in panic mode. Facing a growing nationwide “opt out” movement to refuse participation in the unconstitutional […]
Ohio Budget Defunds Common Core Testing
May 6, 2015 by
The Ohio House takes on Common Core testing again. The Buckeye state is fighting back against the intrusive federal testing mandates that come with Common Core education standards. A House version of the state’s budget contains provisions defunding and blocking the use of PARCC, the set of Common Core aligned assessments that have students in […]
Why the movement to opt out of (Refuse to Take) Common Core tests is a big deal
May 3, 2015 by
The movement among parents to refuse to allow their children to take Common Core-aligned standardized tests has been growing in a number of states, as recent Answer Sheet posts have chronicled (here and here, for example). As opt-out numbers have grown, so too has reaction from officials who argue that frequent testing is valuable and […]
10 books to celebrate the socialist holiday of May Day
May 2, 2015 by
May 1 marks what is known as May Day, a celebration of international workers chosen by the socialists and Communists of the Second International to recognize the Haymarket affair in Chicago’s Haymarket Square of May 1886. In order to ring in the holiday, we thought it apt to share 10 books on socialism and Communism […]
Eighth grader: What bothered me most about new Common Core test
April 30, 2015 by
Here’s a piece from an eighth grade student named Isaiah Schrader about his recent experience with the new Common Core-aligned assessment tests he and other New York students just took. Isaiah, who is 14 years old, attends Anne M. Dorner Middle School, in Ossining, New York. He is a 2012 Caroline D. Bradley Scholar (awarded […]