I am still not clear on why the state has chosen to adopt “Next Generation” Assessment and Accountability. As I mentioned in my correspondence earlier this week, everything I have found on this concept originated in common core and pertains to the globalization of education.
The public schools across the state are on Red Alert! Warning: Takeover Ahead! Please call your local congressperson and senator and voice your opposition to this madness. The Accountability System has a death grip on the public schools and it has to be eliminated.
And a little Kenny Chesney….. This post is dedicated to my dear friend Kenard Thompkins. A young man whom I don’t agree with politically, but who, along with another dear friend, Pat Caddell, taught me that my battle is not always with those whom I do not agree with politically, but with the corruption and bureaucracy that is […]
By Alice Linahan I had to write this post after a question was asked on Facebook questioning Ted Cruz regarding S. 306, which is a Choice, Title I Portability, Education Savings Account, 529 Plan all rolled into one. In addition, S 306 makes every HOMESCHOOL in the Country A PRIVATE SCHOOL As a reminder: I have said it […]
In a coast to coast effort, parent and citizen groups, resisting the national and federal takeover of standards, testing, curriculum, and student data collection via Race to the Top and Common Core standards, are loudly voicing their concerns and opposition to the conference committee report being written for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
The data will prove we are right. WE CONTROL THE DATA. We can manipulate the data to show whatever we want it to show.
And you, poor trusting parent (and teacher) who only wants the best for your children, will believe anything we say.
Why? Because we are the experts. We know more than you, because we say we do.
Today it has been reported that the Brookings Institution, has for the first time admitted to Congress that it receives millions of dollars every year from foreign governments, including Qatar and the United Arab Emirates and has close ties to ESEA.
Today we are seeing a transformation in education where schools, not individual students are being held accountable. Our children are being set up to fail by the state and federal government. Are we going to sit by and let it happen?
I urge you to watch the video and then sign the pledge below to “STAND with BETH” and then call the Dallas Morning News and write letters the editors and let them know we #STANDwithBETH and the environment which gives Texans the gift of “Situational Awareness.”
While we were working last Friday and taking care of our families, the video below shows what was going on down in Austin.
Leander ISD Dad- Randy Houchins was stepping up and protecting all of our children.
