Stop Common Core in GA school

[SMLEshooter]

My wife just finished up a teaching degree at Mercer, which focused heavily on the Common Core.

She indicated that yes, Common Core literature does appear to be heavily biased in a liberal direction, however, the individual states and school districts have the option to use whatever media and literature they desire that meets the basic standards of reading comprehension, math & science as dictated by the Common Core...

So my take is that if the local school district elects to use the "Common Core suggested" literature, which has been shown to be obviously slanted toward the liberal agenda, it's a lazy move on the local districts part...

Let me know if I'm incorrect.

 

[Buck119]

don't understand common core issue, but good luck today.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Govern...hat-Is-It-And-How-Does-It-Affect-Our-Children

COMMON CORE 101: WHAT IS IT AND HOW DOES IT AFFECT OUR CHILDREN?

 

[chucklenut]

My wife just finished up a teaching degree at Mercer, which focused heavily on the Common Core.

She indicated that yes, Common Core literature does appear to be heavily biased in a liberal direction, however, the individual states and school districts have the option to use whatever media and literature they desire that meets the basic standards of reading comprehension, math & science as dictated by the Common Core...

So my take is that if the local school district elects to use the "Common Core suggested" literature, which has been shown to be obviously slanted toward the liberal agenda, it's a lazy move on the local districts part...

Let me know if I'm incorrect.

even though the district might be rooted in a heavily right wing population, the teachers and bureaucrats (so called educators) themselves tend to favor a doctrine that works in their favor, general consensus be damned

 

[chucklenut]

I see your point but I don't necessarily agree with it.
Exactly one year ago I did not even know about Common Core. And I am not even sure that today, NOW, the main focus is to fight Common Core. Of course we have to, but I think that the most important thing to do NOW is to make people, all the people (not necessarily only people who have kids) aware of what is going on. Again, one year ago I did not even know about the level of indoctrination our kids were subject to. We discovered it by ourselves little by little, piece by piece, because something was simply not matching up. The first spark was when the teacher began not answering our questions.
I can speak to 10 people in any place and I don't find a single person that knows about what's going on in our schools. Parents don't know. I have friends that are very happy to spend thousand of dollars so that their kids can be safe in private schools, without even knowing that they are common core aligned. Parents don't even know what their kids do when they are at school and they barely read they homework. imagine if they know about indoctrination and data gathering.
But believe me. I know very few of them that once they are made aware, once they realize the extent of this scheme, that do not fight back or do not try to shield their kids.

which is why public schools sucks lol

im pretty sure at this point alot of public "education" does more harm than good

 

[Buck119]

don't understand common core issue, but good luck today.

One more. In case you use FB


https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...23104217792.1073741828.159175897575846&type=1

 

[Buck119]

It is time to act!
Attend the hearing!


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February 8, 2014 ​ ​

Common Core bill to have possible hearing this Tuesday, February 11. We wanted to give you notice that the Common Core legislation will possibly be heard in the Senate Education and Youth Committee this Tuesday afternoon, February 11. Additional information, such as exact time and location will be sent out as soon as we know all the details. If at all possible, please plan to attend the hearing. We need to pack the hearing with concerned parents, students, teachers, and taxpayers. We all fall into one of those categories! Please consider traveling to the Capitol and attending the hearing to show your support. We cannot win this battle without your help! ​

http://georgia.stopcommoncore.com/Home_Page.html
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[Buck119]

common core is just cementing the already terrible indoctrination the kids receive

i see battling common core as a moot point since the assholes who run the education system and the ones who endorse common core will still be in power

if you beat it, it will simply return with a different name

..... and by the way:


Name game: Amid opposition, states change title of Common Core

But many top Republicans, including Jeb Bush and Mike Huckabee, support Common Core. They say a name-change is necessary.

Huckabee, a Fox News commentator and the former governor of Arkansas, said at a recent meeting of the Council of Chief State School Officers, which helped draft the standards, that state education leaders should be urged to ditch the “Common Core” name, because it had become “toxic.”



you can read more here : http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/02/18/name-game-amid-opposition-states-change-title-common-core/

 

[Buck119]

Georgia Senate Passes Senate Bill 167 to Withdraw from National “Common Core” Standards


ATLANTA (February 25, 2014) | The Georgia Senate passed Senate Bill 167 today by a vote of 34-16. Sponsored by Sen. William Ligon (R – Brunswick), this legislation provides an approach for withdrawing from the national education standards known as “Common Core” and specifies new protections for student privacy.


"Passage of this bill today represents the hard work of many people over the course of two years. This bill is the first major piece of legislation that has passed anywhere in the nation that has allowed the voice of the people to clearly say that national standards are unacceptable," stated Sen. Ligon. "This bill draws the line in the sand that Georgia will no longer be bound by national standards or the testing of national standards or be obligated to special interests. The people of Georgia, through this legislation, finally can begin to reclaim their educational sovereignty over what their children are taught in public schools. Georgia citizens should never again be shut out of the process as they were when the Common Core was ushered into this state."


"I want to thank the many citizens across Georgia and people in leadership who have been willing to come to the table and work with me on this legislation. There is quite a long list of people, but I personally am indebted to my friend, Sen. Lindsey Tippins, the Senate Education Chairman, who has stood with me the entire way. I appreciate Governor Nathan Deal and Lt. Governor Casey Cagle, along with their staff, who have reached out to me and were willing to offer assistance with the bill. I also appreciate House leadership working on the bill in advance and look forward to it being passed in the House of Representatives."


SB 167 helps returns control to Georgia’s citizens by creating an open and transparent public process for the adoption of content standards. The process will include a 90-day open comment period and public debate in each of the congressional districts throughout the state. In addition, an 18-member Curriculum Content Standards Advisory Council, composed of parents, university professors, K-12 teachers, and other citizens along with additional working subcommittees of K-12 teachers, curriculum specialists, and other knowledgeable citizens, will review public input and make recommendations on the standards to the State School Board. The effort will begin with math standards, so that those standards are completed in one year's time.


The legislation gives school systems local control through the option of utilizing the previous Georgia Performance Standards as the process of revising math and English language arts standards occurs over the next two years. Even after the revised standards are completed, the legislation offers more flexibility for local districts to sequence, expand, and enrich the standards in ways that better suit the educational needs of their students and local communities.


In addition, SB 167 requires all statewide tests and assessments to be solely controlled by the State of Georgia, requires the Department of Education to inform the Georgia General Assembly of the long-term effects of any educational grant, and prohibits officials from relinquishing constitutional authority over standards and testing to third parties.


SB 167 also enforces higher student privacy controls by outlining limited categories of data that can be collected and disclosed without parental consent and prohibits the use of student records for commercial purposes. State agencies, local school districts, and educational institutions must disclose the nature of information collected and also provide parental access to these records. Any funds used for building or maintaining data systems for student records may not be used beyond students’ K–12 and college enrollment years.


"Though I recognize that this is a major milestone today made possible through the efforts of many grassroots activists around the state and through the prayers of many people, the effort has really just begun," added Sen. Ligon. "If this bill passes the House and is signed by the Governor, parents and citizens will have to build on this foundation. They will need to stay engaged in the effort to not only revise Georgia's content standards in English and math, but also to ensure that their local school districts stop all Common Core instruction and return to curricula aligned to the superior Georgia Performance Standards while the statewide revision of standards takes place. This is a long-term effort, and we must stay the course."


Senate Bill 167 will now transfer to the House of Representatives for consideration.

 

[Buck119]

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SB 167 Keeps Moving
Phone call and e-mails needed!


March 3, 2014


SB 167 now moves to the Georgia House of Representatives. The House Education Committee will hold a hearing on the bill this Wednesday, March 5. The exact time and location will be posted at georgia.stopcommoncore.com after 1:00 p.m.,Tuesday, March 4. Rep. Brooks Coleman and Rep. Mike Dudgeon, Chair and Vice Chair respectively of the House Education Committee, have both stated on record that they support the Senate version of the bill and will only accept amendments approved by Sen. Ligon, the bill sponsor.

SB 167 is the strongest anti-Common Core bill to pass out of a legislative chamber in the nation. Its restrictions on data-collection and data-tracking are by far the tightest in the country.

Action Item
Contact the Chairman, Vice Chairman and members of the House Education Committee and urge each one to vote in favor of SB 167 and to vote in favor of only the amendments approved by Sen. Ligon.

Rep. Brooks Coleman (R- Duluth), Chairman
Phone: 404-656-9210

Rep. Mike Dudgeon (R-Johns Creek), Vice Chairman
Phone: 404-656-0298


Here is why SB 167 needs your support!
It all comes down to this: If SB 167 passes, we'll have the chance to abolish Common Core from most Georgia school districts as early as the next academic school year; we'll get an open standards-review process that will allow parents and other interested citizens into the previously closed-door process of setting standards; we'll get a prohibition on national standards and the testing of national standards, and we'll protect student data beyond anything thought possible several months ago. If it fails, we'll get none of this. And every year Common Core remains in effect, it will be that much more difficult to dislodge, and the companies eager to profit off Common Core's high tech bonanza will become much more difficult to stop.

Expect the following attacks on SB 167
(1) Big companies such as Google are now lobbying to strip the entire data-privacy portion of the bill, because they know strict data security interferes with current data-mining practices.
(2) Superintendents are attacking the bill with false rumors, even advancing the ridiculous claim that the bill gets rid of norm-referenced tests such as the SAT. This bill does not even attempt to replace any current Code section on norm-referenced testing.
(3) Friendly fire on the bill includes complaints that it should mandate an immediate statewide withdrawal from Common Core rather than allow local control over that decision. But if SB 167 had done that, it would have failed in the Senate Education Committee.
(4) Some attacks on the bill just originate from a lack of understanding on how to read legislation or from confusion about how it fits with other existing state or federal statutes.

SB 167 is our only hope of escaping Common Core in the foreseeable future. Your efforts are urgently needed this week with the House Education Committee. Call all House Education members before Wednesday.

 

[Buck119]

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SB 167 Keeps MovingNext vote takes place
Wed., March 12
March 9, 2014
The House Education Committee heard three hours of testimony last Wednesday, March 5, and Chairman Brooks Coleman said he expects a vote to take place on SB 167 this Wednesday, March 12.


It is critical that each person call the committee members listed below and urge them to vote in favor of SB 167. Do not underestimate the power of a phone call! Calls needed by Wednesday morning.


Rep. Brooks Coleman, Chairman
Phone: 404-656-9210




Rep. Tom Dickson
Phone: 404-463-2247


Rep. Kevin Tanner
Phone: 404-656-0152


Rep. Howard Maxwell
Phone: 404-656-5143


Rep. Tommy Benton
Phone: 404-463-3793


Rep. Randy Nix
Phone: 404-656-5087


Rep. Valerie Clark
Phone: 404-656-0202


Rep. Terry England
Phone: 404-463-2247


Rep. Amy Carter
Phone: 404-656-6801




Here is why SB 167 needs your support!
It all comes down to this: If SB 167 passes, we'll have the chance to abolish Common Core from most Georgia school districts as early as the next academic school year; we'll get an open standards-review process that will allow parents and other interested citizens into the previously closed-door process of setting standards; we'll get a prohibition on national standards and the testing of national standards, and we'll protect student data beyond anything thought possible several months ago. If it fails, we'll get none of this. And every year Common Core remains in effect, it will be that much more difficult to dislodge, and the companies eager to profit off Common Core's high tech bonanza will become much more difficult to stop.


Expect the following attacks on SB 167
(1) Big companies such as Google are now lobbying to strip the entire data-privacy portion of the bill, because they know strict data security interferes with current data-mining practices.
(2) Superintendents are attacking the bill with false rumors, even advancing the ridiculous claim that the bill gets rid of norm-referenced tests such as the SAT. This bill does not even attempt to replace any current Code section on norm-referenced testing.
(3) Friendly fire on the bill includes complaints that it should mandate an immediate statewide withdrawal from Common Core rather than allow local control over that decision. But if SB 167 had done that, it would have failed in the Senate Education Committee.
(4) Some attacks on the bill just originate from a lack of understanding on how to read legislation or from confusion about how it fits with other existing state or federal statutes.


SB 167 is our only hope of escaping Common Core in the foreseeable future. Your efforts are urgently needed this week with the House Education Committee. Call all House Education members before Wednesday.