It’s an election year and I think that’s about all the explanation we need to understand a recent political flier from Governor Herbert. The Governor has to be a little worried about his political race this year. His challenger strongly opposes Common Core and its associated agenda, and Governor Herbert has been one of the … Continue reading Governor Herbert’s Outrageous Claim
No Child Left Behind (NCLB):2002 vs Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA):2015 (Thank you Wendy Hart for preparing this and Alyson Williams and Jane Robbins for your assistance) The ESSA has been explained as a significant improvement over NCLB in the areas of federal overreach into education, specifically regarding standards, testing, and accountability measures. In comparing … Continue reading NCLB 2002 vs. ESSA 2015
Utah’s state board was misled in April by the state superintendent. He sent them an email either knowingly or unwittingly, telling state board members the new science standards were Utah created. Here is his email. MEMORANDUM TO: Members, Utah State Board of Education FROM: Brad C. Smith Chief Executive Officer DATE: April 9-10, 2015 ACTION: … Continue reading Help Stop NGSS in its Tracks
Did you miss out on the recent UACC symposium, “Empowering Parents”? Here’s some of the videos from it. Your financial contributions help us continue to sponsor important events and provide this content to you. Please make a donation today. Big Ocean Women on Data Collection Jenny Baker on Common Core 101 Vince … Continue reading UACC Symposium Videos
Here’s a quick rundown on the Provo USOE meeting this past week. Syd Dickson was running the meeting and got up and started asking people for concerns they had with the standards. Frankly, I was stunned at the length and breadth of concerns people expressed. A very short list: the process of adoption; government control … Continue reading Provo USOE Meeting Report
“UACC Symposium – Empowering Parents” at UVU’s Sorenson Student Center May 13, 2015 (Register below) (parking is available adjacent to the student center for $1/hour) Come join Joy Pullmann from the Federalist (and formerly of the Heritage Foundation), Rod Arquette, Senator Al Jackson and his wife Juleen, and many others speaking on empowering parents. Also, … Continue reading UACC Symposium – Empowering Parents – May 13
Senate Bill 235 – School Turnaround and Leadership Development passed at the midnight hour of Utah’s legislative session last night. It passed under a different name though—”Education Modifications.” It sounds much more innocent that way. This bill, while already passed, MUST STILL BE CHALLENGED! Why? It codified Obama’s Federal Waiver reforms into state law and, for all … Continue reading SB235 Effectively Federalized Utah’s Education System and Federalization is Anti-Family
Guest post by Randall Lund, PhD —————————————- There is so much focus on the Common Core standards and the testing enforcement through SAGE testing that people may not realize that Common Core is also linked to standards for preservice teaching training and standards for the evaluation of inservice teachers. In other words, the Common Core … Continue reading Common Core Teacher Indoctrination
Reported in the Stop Common Core in North Carolina website, and what appears to be a Catholic related blog, this letter was sent to all US Bishops and signed by over 130 Catholic professors. It makes the case that Common Core is a flawed philosophy and approach to education. *********************** Your Excellency: We are Catholic scholars … Continue reading Catholic professors to Bishops, get out of Common Core
Stop Common Core Talk given by Christel Swasey at the Weber County Republican Women’s Meeting Jan.7, 2013 A few months ago a University of Utah exhibit displayed original documents, newspapers, books and letters written by Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin and many others. The exhibit did not only show the freedom fighters’ side of the argument, … Continue reading Stop Common Core Presentation by Christel Swasey
