FAQ

Have you had someone tell you one of these whoppers?

“We can withdraw from Common Core any time we want to.”

Not only is it unrealistic to think the state would withdraw once it’s spent millions of dollars in compliance, but the best response was from one senator who said: “Yes, we can withdraw from Common Core any time we want, just as we can withdraw from the federal highway program any time we want. But we don’t do that. We’re on the federal hook and they’re reeling us in.”

“I’m on the _______ school board and Common Core is not the nationalizing of education.”

Oh really? Have you read the contracts Utah’s leaders have signed? We have contractual obligations we are responsible for and the longer we stay in the more committed we will be and the greater the problems with getting out of a bad situation.

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  1. My Dad taught me to think for myself. Anytime I wanted to follow the crowd, he made me ask myself, will it make you a better person? So when I heard my Superintendent and School Board Chair tell me a year ago, “It’s Out of our hands, why is everyone jumping on board? So I asked myself, Is this really better, should Utah follow the crowd?

    After a year of Researching and asking questions, the AnSWER is NOOOOOO! The documents state clearly that we are not going to be thinking for ourselves. One of the biggest misconceptions, or lies, told about this, is that this is utah’s common core. I have read the documents, it clearly states that we had to accept the common core standards as written!!!! We have signed our right to sign for ourselves to Washington State who is the lead State in the smarter balance assessment consortium. it is not just a matter of we want out and it is done. Besides that, no cost anaylsis was done.

    so, my dad was right, think for ourselves, utah, we have dedicated teachers, parents, administrators who truly care what happens to our children and it has been taken out of our hands!!

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  2. …and the Common Core conspiracy resumes. Yada, yada, yada! Blah, blah, blah. Give it a rest already.

    I am sick of the tea party/eagle forum’s fear-mongering.

    noun
    [mass noun]
    the action of deliberately arousing public fear or alarm about a particular issue:
    his campaign for re-election was based on fearmongering and deception

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    1. Linda, it’s not just tea party members against Common Core. There’s a large and growing group of liberal Democrats in California fighting it, too. No all liberals are progressive, and we’re seeing more democrats waking up and fighting back against Common Core.

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