informing and fighting back against education overreaches to save hearts and souls
Could it be possible to have an independent federal agency for humanities align us all via Common Core? That’s the riddle for today, April 12, 2015. NEH, National Endowment for the Humanities: Before we get into what NEH does or who is involved, let’s assume you aren’t familiar with ‘humanities’. According the Act of 1965 […]
Continue ReadingHave you heard of “Google CS First”? Well, by the end of the anti CCSS “Sic’ ‘Em Saturday”, you’ll know plenty. Thanks to one of my avid followers, I was pointed to the program. Before we get too far the “CS” refers to Computer Science, but it could be code for Core Standards, too. What’s […]
Continue ReadingCommon Core Warriors, have you taken a stand against some of the P3 (public, private partnerships) yet? I hope after today’s “From the File” Tuesday, you will! The Club: Over on Twitter, it’s the “Pearson Students”, especially their “AcedIt” campaign. (see the photo above) On the Internet, it’s also “Pearson Students”..tag line, “Join Pearson and […]
Continue ReadingIf you’ve been following the news lately, you’ll note that a victory (of sorts) was gained by those fighting CCSS. The Good News: The controversial HR5 (Student Success Act) was put on hold. HOWEVER, that’s not the end. As long as the federal overreach and P3 money flows, you can bet your crown of laurels, […]
Continue ReadingBefore the CCSS, a Brief History: The National Association of State Boards of Education is a public policy, non profit group since 1958. They are dedicated to helping your state B of E be even stronger. Given CCSS’s grasp on our state Bs of E..we’re in trouble. (more history: http://www.nasbe.org/about-us/about-nasbe/) Enter, Mr. and Mrs. Gates: Click […]
Continue ReadingJust released from the Common Core Standards laden group, Foundation for Excellence in Education, is a report titled (and this is NO joke) “Turn and Face the Strain”. The report is a true ‘gloom, doom, and we’ll all perish UNLESS we adhere to FEE’s way of aligning education’..This one’s going to be good, so, let’s […]
Continue ReadingIn Yesterday’s Fib-o-Meter Friday post, there was quite a reaction to the revelation about CCSS in more ways than we’re being told about showing up in Christian private schools. After the mountain of responses I received, there was one from a mid west state (OK) who asked if I could help her get her family’s […]
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