informing and fighting back against education overreaches to save hearts and souls
Okay, so it’s not new news about the love affair NC has with Common Core. However, the latest move to allow both K12, Inc. AND Pearson into the virtual educational airwaves of the state remind me of the “Dumb and Dumber” guys. The Backstory: While I’ll not give you the entire past account of NC’s […]
Continue ReadingHave you heard of a portion of Race to the Top Funding that was used to create a CCSS laden course of study for North Carolina?! Yes, RttT is old news, but as we’ve seen in all that the CCSS Machine controls, old money still corrupts education every new day. What IF your state has […]
Continue ReadingToday’s “Tech Thursday” post has us look up close at the big name Common Core aligned publishers and their venture into the educational realm beyond high school. Post Secondary Textbook Publishers: Cengage Learning, supports Career and Technical students. They also participate in the SkillsUSA competitions (secondary and post secondary schools: public, proprietary, or private). Aside from Cengage […]
Continue ReadingHow many times have we heard that ONLY public schools have Common Core Standards? If you’re like me, you’ve heard this out and out fallacy TOO many times. However, how many folks have you met who still think Christian universities are exempt from the Standards? Yes, you read correctly, Christian universities. Many of us anti […]
Continue ReadingAhh..Sunday, our “Riddle Me This” day for all things Common Core. So, without fail, here’s your riddle of the day.. What do you get when you take the Vice President, add a couple of well financed union groups, provide a lunch in the meantime, AND talk Career Tech Education that just HAPPENS to be Common […]
Continue ReadingWhen was the last time you looked up the word ‘altruism’? Without looking it up now, what do you think it means? Common Core Standards, of course, will skew the meaning. On that, you can take it to the bank..better yet, let’s see how the Gates Foundation bankroll brought it to US! (if you would […]
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