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

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

 

Common Core Bill Filed

We received this fantastic news from Jane Robbins.  Please contact your State legislator and and ask them to support S.B. 167.

http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2013/02/15/bill-would-withdraw-georgia-common-core

Senator Ligon introduced the Common Core-withdrawal bill, S.B. 167, yesterday. Five other senators -- Barry Loudermilk, John Albers, Chuck Hufstetler, Hunter Hill, and Tommie Williams -- signed on as well. 

We now have about 3 weeks to get this through the Senate so it can be sent to the House. Please crank up your networks and generate phone calls to the Senate Education Committee and the Governor (phone numbers attached -- don't worry about calling the House for now). Also attached is a short summary of what's wrong with Common Core.

Nationally, the news was good this week. The Indiana Senate Education Committee voted 7-4 to send the CC bill to the full Senate, which will vote on it this coming Tuesday. (If you have friends or relatives in IN, recruit them to the cause!). Yesterday the Kansas House Education Committee held a hearing on a similar bill, and a bill has been introduced in Alabama with a slew of co-sponsors. This wave is building.

As always, we're grateful for your dedication.

Jane

 

 Here is an outline of Common Core

Common Core is a set of K-12 school standards, in English language arts (ELA) and math, that were developed behind closed doors by private interests in Washington, DC. The standards were then imposed on the states by the US Department of Education, which required states to adopt them to be eligible for Race to the Top stimulus funding. Adoption of the Common Core scheme in Georgia creates many problems:

1)      Georgia can no longer control what is taught in its schools in ELA and math;

2)      Georgia parents and teachers will have no recourse if they see that the standards are not working in the classroom;

3)      The Common Core standards are mediocre at best and will “dumb down” instruction in our schools;

4)      The national test that is aligned with Common Core (the PARCC test) will impose enormous costs on the state and on local school districts and will result in inequitable results for both students and teachers;

5)      The Common Core scheme also includes the collection of massive amounts of personal data on our students, which data will ultimately be shared with the US Department of Education and whatever other government agencies or private organizations it designates to receive the data;

6)      The amount of money it will cost to implement the Common Core standards and the PARCC tests will dwarf the $400 million Georgia received from Race to the Top; and

7)      Georgia will likely have no control over future standards (in science, social studies, and health/sex education) that will be imposed just as Common Core was – through the power of the federal purse.

Find out more information at http://stopcommoncore.com/

 

October Meeting Invitation

Conservative Republican Women

of North Atlanta

invite you to attend our October meeting

Monday, October 15th,  Magnolia Café

5175 South Old Peachtree Road, Norcross, GA

Doors open at 7:00.  Meeting begins promptly at 7:30

 

Featured speakers are:

Jane Robbins

American Principles in Action

Common Core Curriculums

that are being used in area schools and effect us, our children and grandchildren

and
 

Melvin Everson

Director of the Governor’s Office of Workforce Development

Everyone is welcome

Bring a friend