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The Following is From a Mother/Taxpayer who is NOT a Paid Education “Reformer”

January 15, 2013

Who are you going to believe? A mom (unpaid job) or an educational reformer (who uses your tax money to construct your public school’s mandates)? Reprinted from whatiscommoncore.com: *****************************************************************************[...]

Education

Be Very Wary of StudentsFirst in Your State.

January 14, 2013

Does this woman want even more control of educational decisions and state coffers? “Entrepreneurial investment in education technology has skyrocketed from $100 million in 2007 to $429 million[...]

Education

Common Core and the (Re)Distribution of Wealth?

January 11, 2013

Visit the Scholastic site for a full viewing of the worksheet. Is this an example of cross-curricular content present in Common Core Standards? Check out this site, Learning Resources, touting[...]

Education

Debunking the Common Core “The Emperor’s New Clothes” Narrative….

January 7, 2013

…and why are education reformers/politicians ascribing to fairy tales for policy? Should Common Core State Standards be considered an educational version of the story “The Emperor’s New Clothes”? The[...]

Government

Explaining the Fiscal Cliff To Dummies…or Politicians.

January 4, 2013

Maybe this should be forwarded to the House, Senate and President. They don’t seem to understand how the fiscal cliff works. But as there has been no budget passed by[...]

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Education Reform is Really About Surveillance.

January 3, 2013

Reprinted from Missouri Education Watchdog: If you are new to the Common Core Standards battle, below is an article that explains the outcome of the standards. The basic truth of[...]