Plans for national take-over of education is happening due to perfect storms and perfect partnerships--the only thing that can put a kink in their plans is if you the parent finds out and shares the truth(they were hoping you'd sleep through this storm). Go to this website and see the complete picture and share with your legislators--after all, they are supposed to listen to "We the people", right? It takes a lot of e-mails and calls so make yours.
http://truthinamericaneducation.com/category/race-to-the-top/
Players: Here's a link to find out who some of them are (try not to get sick as you read through the article and the education trips) . It takes a lot to pull the wool over our eyes when it comes to our kids and under the guise of improving our childrens education--who can resist? Certainly most states in these economic times can't resist when the Obama administration is having competition for millions of dollars. And now the offerings of No Child Left Behind Waivers to lure desperate states?
When free trips overlap with commercial purposes--"The commissioners stay in expensive hotels, like the Mandarin Oriental in Singapore. They spend several days meeting with educators in these places. They also meet with top executives from the commercial side of Pearson, which is one of the biggest education companies in the world, selling standardized tests,..."
Why Common Core and RTT must be defunded:
No. 1 Reason--Unconstitutional---Parental Input through local school boards will be a thing of the past.
No 2. Reason--Abe Lincoln's warning--"The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next."
Here is where logic plays a part--warning from Mrs. Donna Garner
Fact: We know that the Obama administration is pushing the social justice agenda.
Fact: We know that Kevin Jennings( now stayed in the Obama administration long enough to make sure the social justice agenda (particularly homosexuality) was put into the USDOE’s 10-page manual.
Fact: Once the CCS get implemented in English and Math, all of the other school subjects will follow (including Science, Social Studies, and Health).
Fact: Teachers will be forced to teach whatever is in the CCS curriculum and assessments because of the national teacher evaluation system tracked by the national database.
Conclusion: CCS will contain the social justice agenda, and teachers will be forced to teach it.
Because I have tracked the development of the Common Core Standards since before Obama even took office, I have an extensive file. What I have seen is that the Obama administration tells the locals “not to worry” and then proceeds right on down the path it has set for itself.
I, for one, object very strongly to the social justice agenda that will be forced upon our public school students when those decisions should be left up to our elected state and local officials to make.
(Kevin Jennings has moved on now to promote "Be The Change"--but the groundwork has been laid.)
http://www.massresistance.org/docs/issues/kevin_jennings/leaving_DOE/new_job.html
For complete look at where agenda trail leads--read Mrs. Donna Garner's complete study:
And if you are still in doubt read this from the Washington Post:
ICYMI: A federal takeover of education
WASHINGTON, D.C. | October 3, 2011 -By George Will
Obama Gives States a Voice In ‘No Child’
— New York Times, Sept. 24
Many Americans, having grown accustomed to Caesarism, probably see magnanimity in that front-page headline. Others, however, read it as redundant evidence of how distorted American governance has become. A president "gives" states a "voice" in education policy concerning kindergarten through 12th grade? How did this quintessential state and local responsibility become tethered to presidential discretion? Here is how federal power expands, even in the guise of decentralization--read rest.
A few in Washington are starting to speak up and the National Federation of Republican Women have passed a Resolution to Defeat National Standards--hope you will also by calling your Congress (make sure to contact the leadership too--202 224 3121).