informing and fighting back against education overreaches to save hearts and souls
How many of us have, by now, seen the image below? How do you think it’s connected to Common Core? DO you think they are connected? I wasn’t so sure, but now I know! “Creative Commons”: If you’re like me, you have seen these. With so much “CC” stuff out there, I was under the […]
Continue ReadingI have a ‘suppose this’ scenario for you…Suppose I wanted to take progressively liberal agenda, add Common Core and come up with something ‘wonderful’? What do you suppose the results may be? You’d get PBL (Project Based Learning). Now PBL has been around awhile, but think, what better way to move my ‘educational agents of […]
Continue ReadingHave you heard of “Springboard”? According to the ‘College Board’s’ website, the product line is a foundation. The description also goes on to tell you how great it, how it’s been proven, and so on. (http://professionals.collegeboard.com/k-12/prepare/springboard) What’s interesting is that to find out about Springboard, you have to go the site’s ‘K-12 Services’. Oh, gee, […]
Continue ReadingThe phrase, ‘The turnip truck is not parked right outside!’ or it’s close ‘relative’, ‘No, I did not just fall off the turnip truck!’ are classics here in the South. We typically use them when it comes to someone who’s less that intelligent. Seems like many of the Common Core Standards folks have that opinion […]
Continue ReadingYes, October is here and that means Halloween will bring out all kinds of treats..and tricks. Common Core and all that goes with it are some of the worst tricks ever to be played upon us, the citizens of America. With some of us not too crazy about Halloween, you can go as ‘all […]
Continue ReadingRecently, I ‘attended’ yet another webinar connected to Common Core and classrooms. It’s amazing to me just how many on-line meetings have taken place over the past few months with new ways to ‘sell’ the Standards, make them ‘easier’ or how you just can’t live without their greatness..Please, give me a break! Here are the […]
Continue ReadingToday’s post is dedicated to my fellow NC citizens set to ‘storm the halls’ of the building the First Common Core Repeal Committee meeting is set for on Monday, September 22nd! We have worked long and hard for this day. A day where we will begin to see the wrongs righted; the plight of illegal, […]
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