Guest Post by Jennifer Brooks (If you live in Davis School District, sign this petition: https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/davis-school-district-eliminate-summit-learning) Summit Learning Systems How Big Tech takes control of teaching and learning in our public schools Utah taxpayers should say “NO” to Summit Learning, here is why. Over the past five years Davis School district has progressively mandated Summit … Continue reading Say No to Summit Learning Systems →

The following article by Jane Robbins and Karen Effrem is reprinted with permission from http://thefederalist.com/2016/10/19/schools-ditch-academics-for-emotional-manipulation/. This summer the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) announced it had chosen eight states to collaborate on creating K-12 “social emotional learning” (SEL) standards. All students, from kindergartners through high-school seniors, would be measured on five “non-cognitive” … Continue reading Schools Ditch Academics For Emotional Manipulation →

Reprinted with permission from: http://nhfamiliesforeducation.org/content/maine-state-board-education-member-speaks-out-against-competency-based-education My name is Heidi Sampson, I am a member of the State Board of Education in Maine. I am in no way speaking for the Maine SBE, but as a concerned citizen who has a vested interest in NH.  I wanted to share information with the New Hampshire Legislators on … Continue reading Maine State Board of Education member speaks out against CBE →

At a recent legislative interim meeting, Jo Ellen Schaeffer from the USOE stated to legislators that SAGE testing was validated by UCLA. This was quite the revelation since for years we’ve been stating that SAGE was an invalid test, and the testing that was done in Florida on Utah’s test proved it (Link1, Link 2). … Continue reading Dr. Thompson slams USOE misrepresentations about SAGE →