My view: New Common Core lawsuit fights for local control. Porter Davidson of Payson gathers with Common Core opponents at the State Board of Education office in Salt Lake City on in this Friday, Aug. 2, 2013 file photo. Laura Seitz, Deseret News Enlarge photo» Two weeks ago, Gov. Herbert held a press conference to announce that he’s “listening” to Common Core critics and that he has asked the Attorney General to conduct a “thorough legal review” of these untested, yet quickly adopted, education standards. Whether or not the governor is seriously concerned about Common Core’s legal implications — given re-election pressures, it’s reasonable to suggest his inquiry may be more superficial than substantive — he’s right to seek a review.
Libertas Institute has identified numerous violations of the law in an investigation ongoing since January. Unfortunately, Herbert and others are primarily focused on the “federal entanglement” as a result of the strings attached to federal grants sought out and obtained by the Utah State Board of Education. Common-Core-repeal-has-Oklahoma-educators-worried-5636311. OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — With the Legislature's repeal of tough, new English and math standards known as Common Core, education leaders said they're concerned Oklahoma students will fall further behind their counterparts in more than 40 state which have implemented the standards.
Until Oklahoma develops its own new standards — a process expected to take at least two years — districts were directed by the new law to return to the Priority Academic Student Skills, or PASS standards, that were in place in 2010. But many educators worry those standards aren't nearly enough to adequately prepare students for college or the workforce. "From the use of those PASS standards, we have a 42 percent remediation rate in college," said State Superintendent Janet Barresi, referring to the number of Oklahoma students who had to take remedial courses after graduating high school. "That sort of speaks for itself. " Some veteran teachers say reverting back to the old standards won't be that difficult. Beware of Common Core ‘Lite’ On several recent occasions you may have heard pundits or public officials claim that South Carolina has gotten rid of Common Core.
The implication is that the state has retaken power from the federal government over education policy. There’s some truth in that, and it’s certainly encouraging to see some state officials moving in that direction, but to claim South Carolina has regained sovereignty over its academic standards would be — unfortunately — far from the truth. It’s true that the Legislature passed a bill that that, among other things, requires South Carolina to begin reviewing its current English and math standards — currently Common Core — by Jan. 1, 2015. The bill also specifies that “the new college and career readiness state content standards” must be implemented in the following 2015-16 school year. All good. Unfortunately, though, the department doesn’t have sole power over academic standards in the state. Dillon Jones is a policy analyst at the S.C. Why the internet of things could destroy the welfare state | Technology | The Observer.
On 24 August 1965 Gloria Placente, a 34-year-old resident of Queens, New York, was driving to Orchard Beach in the Bronx. Clad in shorts and sunglasses, the housewife was looking forward to quiet time at the beach. But the moment she crossed the Willis Avenue bridge in her Chevrolet Corvair, Placente was surrounded by a dozen patrolmen. There were also 125 reporters, eager to witness the launch of New York police department's Operation Corral – an acronym for Computer Oriented Retrieval of Auto Larcenists. Fifteen months earlier, Placente had driven through a red light and neglected to answer the summons, an offence that Corral was going to punish with a heavy dose of techno-Kafkaesque.
It worked as follows: a police car stationed at one end of the bridge radioed the licence plates of oncoming cars to a teletypist miles away, who fed them to a Univac 490 computer, an expensive $500,000 toy ($3.5m in today's dollars) on loan from the Sperry Rand Corporation. What, then, is to be done? Common Core accused of leaving special-needs students behind. There are 6.5 million special-education students in the U.S. today, and most are falling further behind their peers under Common Core standards. “The latest government figures show that the dropout rate for students with disabilities is twice that for non-disabled students,” NPR’s Claudio Sanchez reported.
“Two-thirds of students with disabilities are performing well below grade level in reading and math. By the eighth grade, that figure rises to 90 percent.” Secretary of Education Arne Duncan responded to the rising problem of special education failing under Common Core in a press conference, expressing his disregard for schools claiming it’s enough that they are following the standards of Common Core in their special-education classrooms. "Most states are in compliance with special-education regulations," Duncan said.
"There's always been a gap — academically, socially — between what he could do and other kids could do," Rebecca Ellis told Kamenetz about her autistic son. New York Students Opting Out of Common Core Testing Told To “Sit And Stare”… Written By : Tiffiny RuegnerApril 2, 2014 Perhaps I have lived in a box most of my life but I can attest that I had not really heard the word ‘rigor’ until Common Core Standards started to surface. Rigor is about helping students learn at higher levels. Ironically, a friend of mine met a Russian girl at the mall yesterday who said in Russia she was learning in 5th grade what American kids are learning in college. You can look at the rigor of our educational standards in the 50′s and see that American schools are soft in the rigor department just so the below average students don’t have to fail.
I’ve found when talking to administrative persons in the educational field that they talk about the beautiful words of a ‘fairer education’. Also, Common Core Assignment Asks Kids to Choose Two Amendments to Remove From Bill of Rights. Joanne Yatvin: The Common Core Standards May Be Harmful to Children. The following article was written by Dr. Joanne Yatvin, who does a great job of pointing out problems with specific standards, and how easy it is to tell that the Common Core Standards were not created by educators or child learning specialists.
Such specialists, such as Dr. Yatvin, have determined that they are harmful to the kids we expect to master them. The language arts standards of the Common Core in too many places are simply too difficult and/or irrelevant for elementary grade students. When I first read the Common Core English/language arts standards for grades K-5, my visceral reaction was that they represented an unrealistic view of what young children should know and be able to do. As an elementary teacher and principal for most of my life, I could not imagine children between the ages of 5 and 11 responding meaningfully to the standards’ expectations. But clearly I was in the minority. “What does the ‘re’ part of each word tell us?” “Those aren’t real words,” she said. Common Core panel says limit time teaching to test. New Evidence Common Core Was a Waste. School Choice Weekly #30 A new set of data analyses provides more evidence Common Core is likely a massive waste of time and money.
Here’s the conclusion of the Common Core portion of the Brookings Institution’s 2014 Brown Center report: It is doubtful that even the most ardent Common Core supporter will be satisfied if the best CCSS can offer--after all of the debate, the costs in tax revenue, and blood, sweat, and tears going into implementation--is a three point NAEP gain.The 2012 Brown Center Report predicted, based on an empirical analysis of the effects of state standards, that the CCSS will have little to no impact on student achievement. Supporters of the Common Core argue that strong, effective implementation of the standards will sweep away such skepticism by producing lasting, significant gains in student learning. So far, at least--and it is admittedly the early innings of a long ballgame--there are no signs of such an impressive accomplishment.
Shameful words. TESTING vs. Common Core Dates Back to the Marxist-Socialist Paradigm of UN Charter. [This article is co-authored by Bonnie O'Neil] The United Nations Agenda 21 has quietly changed the makeup of our cities and rural areas through highly questionable tactics, clothed in lofty adjectives such as ”smart growth” and “sustainability,” as we’ve written previously. Agenda 21 activists have quietly initiated laws that allowed the government to confiscate our land, water, private property, and wilderness areas.
Their ultimate goal is to strip Americans of personal rights and freedoms, creating a socialist future and eventually a one-world government. Not a pretty picture! A necessary path to obtain those desired changes must include the indoctrination of children through education. A plan to indoctrinate our children with communist ideals has been in the works at least as far back as 1963, and probably longer. Following the absence of Christian values in classrooms, sex education classes became popular, complete with intimate graphics and condoms freely handed out to students. To Think For Themselves, Students Must See Themselves. The First Step In Teaching Students To Think For Themselves The first step in helping students think for themselves just might be to help them see who they are and where they are.
If we truly want students to adapt their thinking, design their thinking, and diverge their thinking, it (the thinking) has to start and stop somewhere. Generally, this means beginning with the learning target a teacher establishes, and ending with an evaluation of how the student “did.” But thinking has nothing to do with content. Examining A Self-Directed Learning Framework Last year, we created a framework to guide students in self-directed learning. 1. 2. These theories don’t sound outrageous, but compared to existing educational forms they really are different. By now this is a tired argument, but one theory is that modern education can be characterized by its industrial form and its managerial tone. Teaching Students To Think For Themselves: Examining A Self-Directed Learning Framework Content Areas: All 1. Leaked Letter: Panicked Common Core Creators Want Documentary Discredited –or Not Seen.
A revealing CCSSO letter, leaked to the public, reveals Common Core investors’ collective panic about Ian Reid’s new film, Building the Machine. Missouri Education Watchdog and Breitbart News reported that CCSSO deputy executive director Carissa Miller’s letter shows top Common Core moneymaking / grant-receiving businesses are combining to discredit the Common Core documentary.
Many businesses need Common Core’s claims to be believed, or they lose this gold rush. So they’re trying to stop it, understandably. And if the documentary is seen despite their efforts to discredit it, the groups have laid a plan to smother the truth with smooth “positive” talking points and with a soon-to-be-released documentary of their own.
If you watch the film, you’ll know why they’re panicking. Truth is truth. The CCSSO doesn’t want people to know this power struggle exists. As the backers of the new documentary succinctly put it: “…This issue is far more than what standards public schools should use. What hath Common Core wrought? I received an email the other day from a substitute teacher who travels around and has kept track of the things she’s seen and heard. It’s mind numbing. After her stories, there is a story out of California as well. After reading the stories, check out this article showing even more issues. Common Core math education intentionally designed to make America’s children mentally Oak, Here are the few things I actually documented.
There have been so many, but if I don’t write, I don’t remember. Some math problems I’ve encountered: 6th Grade Class: The math aide was flustered about the lesson she was teaching regarding volume. 6th Grade Class: I have 34 candy bars. 29 got stolen. 3rd Grade Class: Kya jumped rope 77 times in a row. 3rd Grade Class: This took the class the entire math period. 100% of classes I substitute in where there are laptops, or full desktops, there is an internet abuse problem. Klein: 'Everyone agrees' on Common Core moratorium. ALBANY—Senate Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeffrey Klein said Tuesday that Governor Andrew Cuomo and other top lawmakers plan to institute a moratorium on implementation of the Common Core standards, for “at least three years.” Klein, who co-leads the Senate majority and is therefore one of the four men in the room for budget negotiations, said Common Core changes will "probably" be part of the state budget, as well as a provision to end the state's relationship with a controversial data company.
“I think it's very clear, I think everyone agrees that we have to sort of put a moratorium on the implementation of Common Core, at least three years,” Klein told Capital Tuesday before the Senate went into session. “I think everyone understands that the standards are important, but the implementation was just terrible. So I think we need to slow down the process and get it right.”