informing and fighting back against education overreaches to save hearts and souls
Recently, one of my fellow anti-Common Core Warrior friends in Colorado shared with me (along with others on Facebook) about ICAPs and Colorado. Individual Career and Academic Plans combine not only Common Core Standards, but Workforce, College Career Readiness, Career Tech Education AND IEPs (for those with learning disabilities)! So, being who I am, I […]
Continue ReadingRecently I saw where another anti-CCSS warrior posted on an anti-CCSS Facebook page about a Pearson Publishing RTI (Response to Intervention) Scale. Knowing how there’s always more behind the scope of Pearson in regard to Common Core, I went digging and discovered the RTI Action Network. (Their website: http://rtinetwork.org/) Of course, the site is set to […]
Continue ReadingNew Year’s Day is not far behind us, that’s true. In the scheme of fighting Common Core, however, each day is a new one to experience consistent progress in our battle for our students. So, how do we BEST plot out our course from here? Some ideas: 1) Remember, new warriors are joining the anti […]
Continue ReadingThe WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 27,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 10 sold-out performances for that many […]
Continue ReadingAt this time of year, many of us are focused on the future ahead. A season of togetherness, a new year…and yet, we find that Common Core Standards are STILL with us. But, what if it’s more than Common Core in our future for America?! What then? Well, my friends, depending on where you live, […]
Continue ReadingSurprise! My latest article for “Prevent Common Core” was just released a couple of hours ago. Here’s the link. It’s about our future in America with CCSS and the plans from CCSSO (Council of Chief State School Officers). A must read/share, regardless of the season. http://preventcommoncore.com/?p=1247
Continue ReadingWe’re near the end of 2014 and it’s a great time to take a look back at our anti CCSS victories! We’ll be back at it in 2015, for certain. Now’s a fabulous season for counting our blessings or considering the positive movements made against the CCSS Machine. What We Did Right: We got loud! […]
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