Common Core OP-ED Marietta Daily Journal

Thanks To Todd Rehm from Gapundit for bringing this to our attention. Nancy Jester: Common Core no path to prosperity Nancy Jester, the former DeKalb County Board of Education member whose whistle-blower letter to SACS about financial irregularities led, ironically, to her removal with the rest of the Board members who were in office at the time, has penned an Op-Ed at the Marietta Daily Journal about Common Core.     It's worth reading because it's got more facts than most discussions of the controversial federal standards, and it also lays bare some issues with the Georgia standards that predate Common Core.   The National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers may have had the best intentions, but as the process unfolded, political motivations and agendas took over. A recessionary economy and falling property values created budget crises in school districts across the country.    Into this situation, President Obama's Race to the Top grants offered a much needed infusion of federal money conditioned on adopting Common Core. At that point, Common Core ceased being voluntary and was no longer an effort to define rigorous standards with broad acceptance.    Once linked to grant money, the power over education standards shifted from states and districts to the federal level.   With Common Core in Georgia, we're told that the standards are closely aligned with Georgia's existing standards, as if that should make us all feel better.    In the early 2000s, the Georgia Department of Education adopted a social studies curriculum that is almost completely devoid of education on The Bill of Rights in elementary school. Yet, in third grade, we teach our children about the nine important people who "expanded rights." Those nine people are: Paul Revere, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Mary McLeod Bethune, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Thurgood Marshall, Lyndon B. Johnson, and César Chávez.    The same Georgia Department of Education asks us to trust them on adopting Common Core standards. The Georgia DOE that has been at the helm as we performed so poorly as a state on most education metrics.

Common Core Curriculum Editorial by Judy Craft

Common Core Curriculum is educational program created and administered by the federal government.  Please read this editorial by our own Judy Craft concerning this unacceptable program.

http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/get-schooled/2013/may/20/gop-official-party-should-have-taken-common-core-m/

 Then, visit this web Page:  http://www.StopCommonCore.com

Finally, attend one of these forums for even more information and to ask questions.

Friday, June 21, 2013
Time: 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Location: Sonesta Gwinnett Place (formerly Marriott), 1775 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth, Georgia 30096
Cost: $10/person or $15/married couple; children are free but must be registered
Click here to register for the Friday, June 21, education event.

Saturday, June 22, 2013
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Roswell Street Baptist Church, 774 Roswell Street, Marietta, GA 30060
Cost: $10/person or $15/married couple; children are free but must be registered
Click here to register for the Saturday, June 22, education event.

You can pay be check for either event by sending a check made payable to “CWA of Georgia” to:
CWA of Georgia
P. O. Box 671374
Marietta, GA 30066

Please indicate which event you will be attending along with your name, address, phone number and/or email address. Indicate also if you are bringing an additional guest(s) and if you are registering any children.
For more information, on the forum call  (770) 617-1987 or e-mail

Common Core News From CWA of Georgia

Gov. Deal is hearing the citizens of Georgia. In response to the outcry of opposition to the Common Core standards, national testing and intrusive student data-tracking system, the Governor signed an Executive Order on the Common Core.   

Click here to read CWA of Georgia's press release in response to the Executive Order.

For freedom!   

Tanya Ditty

State Director

CWA of Georgia

770-617-1987  

Grassley Launches Effort to Prohibit Common Core Curriculum Federal Funding

We received this information from Jane Robbins.

 

Please take the time to contact your Senators and ask them to stand with Senator Grassley.

 

Senator Grassley of Iowa is attempting to defund Common Core at the federal level:

http://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2013/04/grassley-launches-effort-to-prohibit-common-core-funding/

Please contact the offices of Senator Chambliss,

 http://www.chambliss.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contactme, 

and Senator Isakson,  http://www.isakson.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/email-me, and ask them to sign on to the effort. 

 

For more information on Common Core Curriculum visit

http://StopCommonCore.com

 

March 2013 Meeting Invitation