Now is the time to ride the wave of public concern and outrage about CSCOPE. Although many past lessons may have been corrected or changed, why was there poorly written, biased content in the first place?
Many have said that it is not only the CSCOPE lessons that are a problem but the Scope and Sequence that controls teachers and the Assessments which are stressing out students. They are said to be a system that’s been put in place to monitor and assess Teachers.
Hear it first hand from a 15 yr. Texas student tells of her FRUSTRATION of CSCOPE – MORE TESTS!!
The question- Is FedLedEd in Texas? Wait we said NO to Common Core, Right? “Not only is the Common Core State Standards initiative about “dumbing down” children under the guise of bringing them up, it is also about power, control and especially money!”Common Core/CSCOPE Data mining children and their teacher’s personal information could be one of […]
Lesson in life from a Public High School Football Game…never give up: “…1 second left to take a 41-38 lead in the season opener…You don’t ever quit,’ Raffield said. ‘ If there’s time on the clock, there’s a chance. I told the kids on the sideline that they had to believe…
The president of TACS is Mary Ann Whiteker, the superintendent of Hudson ISD. Whiteker is to be a panelist in support of CSCOPE at the Sen. Dan Patrick vs. Thomas Ratliff CSCOPE debate this coming Saturday, Aug. 24, 6:30 P. M., at the U. of Tyler.
Please notice that Thomas Ratliff’s fees from Microsoft jumped considerably in the Texas Ethics Commission report for 2011. What happened that year?
Excellent explanations about how the Common Core Standards were developed and all that is wrong with them – visuals and numerous personal illustrations that make sense
Austin, Tx -Lt. Governor David Dewhurst and Llano ISD Parents, Grandparents and tax payers will hold a news conference on Monday, August 12 at 1:30 PM CT in the Senate Press Rm at the capitol in Austin, TX to announce that parents, grandparents and taxpayers of Llano County, Texas sought and obtained a Temporary Restraining Order from State District Judge Dan Mills. This Court Order bans the Llano Independent School District (Llano ISD) from the use of CSCOPE Lesson Plans until those plans have been approved by the State Board of Education.
School Choice may be No Choice ~ Listen and then read the very important information below on the marriage between Big Government and Big Brother in Education!
I appreciate Sen. Duncan’s filing this request in an attempt to clarify the issues surrounding CSCOPE and its lessons produced before Aug. 31, 2013. However, I take exception with the following statement in Sen. Duncan’s request to the TAG.