Bill Whittle – Common Core Is Obamacare For Education (UPDATED)

American Glob  Government control over education just as Obamacare is control over our healthcare and our lifestyles.

 

Common Core – Teaching Alinsky to first graders   "Do first graders really need to learn how to use emotional words in writing to bring about social justice? Common Core thinks so."

 

 

UPDATE from the WaPo: Principal: "I was Naïve about Common Core"   "Here’s a powerful piece about how an award-winning principal went from being a Common Core supporter to an opponent. This was written by Carol Burris, principal of South Side High School in New York. She was named the 2010 New York State Outstanding Educator by the School Administrators Association of New York State. She is one of the co-authors of the principals’ letter against evaluating teachers by student test scores, which has been signed by 1,535 New York principals."

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Recalling how she and her colleagues were once fully behind Common Core, she  confesses,
"I even co-authored a book, “Opening the Common Core,” on how to help schools meet that goal.  It is a book about rich curriculum and equitable teaching practices, not about testing and sanctions. We wrote it because we thought that the Common Core would be a student-centered reform based on principles of equity.

"I confess that I was naïve...."

Utahns Against Common Core  This lists many organizations you are familiar with that oppose Common-Core.