Posted on 08/28/2014 7:21:51 AM PDT by Academiadotorg
Common Core, as it is known to the American public, has seen significant setbacks in recent months as parents and teachers have staged an open revolt against the government-mandated education standards. Its official name, the Common Core State Standards, was a one-size-fits-all education standard given by the federal government in English and math for grades K-12. However, the standards were put into place by private organizations and committees, but not approved by lawmakers or voters. mary fallin common core
As we have noted, Common Core has a weirdly bipartisan coalition supporting it consisting of current Democratic officeholders such as the president and former Republican governors like Florida’s Jeb Bush. Parents of all parties, meanwhile, have opposed the CC standards.
Indeed, parental rights are under siege across the United States:
Missouri Democratic Governor Jay Nixon signed House Bill 1490 to replace Common Core with the state’s own curriculum South Carolina Republican Governor Nikki Haley repealed Common Core by signing a repeal bill Oklahoma’s Supreme Court rejected the state education board’s lawsuit that Common Core should remain in place, after the state legislature and Republican Governor Mary Fallin repealed Common Core due to intense parent pressure
In other education-related news…
Wisconsin, in trying to make school voucher programs more transparent, has passed new rules to require charter schools to “provide more data to state and federal governments.” Part of this requirement is to hand over personal information about their students and teachers, along with all students receiving “a unique student ID number.” Some worry this is an invasion of privacy by collecting data on children. A North Carolina judge allowed nearly 2,400 North Carolina schoolchildren to continue to attend the school of their choice while two lawsuits are handled. The lawsuits contend that the school voucher funds should not be used to send children in low-income areas to private schools, but instead they should be sent to public schools. A father of four children in Nevada, John Eppolito, asked his state’s Department of Education for information that they have on his children. The state said that obtaining this information would cost Eppolito “approximately $10,194.” The reasoning is, “the system currently is not capable of responding to the type of individual student data request you have presented.” Property taxes continue to rise for Pennsylvania parents due to loophole in state law, where 164 Pennsylvania school districts are using it to pay for rising pension costs. Federal education rules are now leading to bloated state education bureaucracies, with 40% of state agency paperwork solely geared to complying with federal regulations. There are 26 Cristo Rey Catholic schools, and what makes them different is that one day a week, their students are employed by professional organizations to earn back a part of their high school tuition. They also receive professional development training and skill development as a part of the program.
Proponents of Common Core are reportedly unable to count their supporters because they... are unable to count.
The problem is that many schools will do it anyways
One must admire the progressive use of words.
“Core” used to mean something in colleges.
Ain’t true no mo’.
About the only areas that have core courses that are worth anything are the STEM departments, along with very very few lib arts departments.
Awesome.
Being in PA - the school portion of my property taxes are higher than the actual local property tax portion by about 20%. My home is probably worth on the retail market about 90K. My school taxes are $810.00. I have no children in school.
I retired from the military in 1989 after 20 years service. I get about $23500 per year in military retirement.
A neighbor school teacher retired at age 55 after 30 years of teaching. In addition to having full medical coverage to age 65 that person’s retirement is a shade over $58K per year. In 10 years she will get social security which will add about another 26K to her retirement package.
I don’t want to fault anyone for earning a retirement but at some point as a nation we have to start demanding that we scale back the retirement package to where it is a stipend that supplements social security to meet a base set of standards. If the person wants more they can self fund - which is what I have done in the years since I retired. Secondly we have to take a good hard look at the terms of service to reach that retirement age - hate to say it but teaching is in no way comparable to getting shot at. Teachers don’t need to maintain even a base level of physical ability to teach - so there should be no reason why teachers don’t teach till they are 65.
I’m not here to bash teachers but to bash the school districts to bowed to the demands of unions over the years. The fear of a teacher strike has let these unions demand an ever increasing portion of the tax dollar - it has to stop because frankly I am tired of paying for the lifestyle of someone who is 55 and has minimally performed for the taxpayer to have 30 or 40 years of fully funded travel and entertainment.
where in PA?
Good News from Arizona. The anti-Common Core candidate for State Supt. of Public Instruction handily defeated the pro CC incumbent in Tuesday night’s Republican primary. Her name is Diane Douglas, a name to watch
No, the problem will be the problem that always rears it evil head.
A Federal Judge will step in and nullify any Governor’s or State’s voters will. They always do.
I am saying the state legislature can “ban” it but how will they verify this isn’t being used anyways”
The Bigger the Government, The smaller the Citizen. Dennis Prager
who knows. Our small rural school is using it now. Still a lot of people have no idea what CC is, or what the potential dangers will be.
Computer software giants pushing hard. We have an area school teaching exclusively on computers (grant money). A failing school and this initiative isn’t the answer. Talk all you want about the subject matter. . .the real issue should be the data mining (not just grades) that goes with it. Even if they refuse to use common core they probably will keep the capability to data mine. (kind of a womb to the tomb scenario and not just info on students).
Count your blessings. My house in NY was recently appraised at $362,000. The school tax is about $7,250 out of a total tax bill of about $12,400. I have never had a child in the government run school system. Thus, while my house is worth four times as much as your house, my school tax bill is about nine times more than your school tax bill.
Here's the kicker: I was able to do the math for this post in my head, without pencil, paper, calculator, or Common Core. Go figure.
Commie Core isn’t quite as popular as the liberals thought it would be.
kind of sickening, isn’t it? We have to know EVERYTHING about EVERYONE. Track any and every move.
Cameras everywhere, phone tracking, vehicle tracking, and now children’s school work tracking.
And most think it’s great. YAY technology. As long as I have my daily boutique coffee, my ipad, online shopping and wifi, I’m oblivious to what’s happening around me. It’s bliss on steroids.
I'm in NJ and mirror you almost exactly.
The school system down here in Monmouth County is freaking out of control!
I actually pay school tax to a town I don't even live in.
I recently read about a gym teacher in suburban NY who “retired” after he was arrested for larceny. At the time of his retirement after 35 years service his annual salary was $120,000 plus benefits That’s right folks, $120,000 a year for what is essentially a part-time job — and a gym teacher no less.
I gots lots of rope.
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