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Are 21st Century College and Career Ready Standards Harming OUR Children?

Dr. Luksik explains why standards ARE the problem. Dr. Luksik explains why standards ARE the problem. They are why we are seeing a lack of self confidence in our children and why the achievement gap is getting wider. Take heed people. College and Career Ready/Common Core is NOT JUST STANDARDS.
Let’s take a look at Texas, a state that said NO to the Common Core national standards but said YES to Standards based education that is clearly aligned with 21st Century College and Career Ready Standards.

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9 years ago

Austin is the place to be this week for the SBOE Meeting – Educating the Digital Generation

It is important for parents to know that on Tuesday, Nov. 16th the Texas SBOE is scheduled to have a Work session where they will be presented with information by invited guests on ‘Educating the Digital Generation’ at the Texas Capital.

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9 years ago

Open Letter to Ms. Donna Bahorich and Texas SBOE Members- ‘Next Generation’ Assessments and Accountability

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.

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9 years ago

Texas Kids Matter~ We Must STAND Against Common Core and the Dana Center, NOW!

“You need to scream is what you need to do.” ~ What Dr. Milgram revealed in the audio below was shocking, especially in light of the fact that at the TASA midwinter meeting it was suggest that as an answer to the challenges children and teachers were facing with the new Math TEKS, a resurrection of the 1990s statewide teacher training program called TEKS Teams that was coordinated by the Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin.

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10 years ago

Average Citizens Can Make a Difference in Textbooks

The Truth in Texas Textbooks (TTT) Coalition changed the perception that says, “Average citizens cannot make a difference in the content of students’ textbooks.”

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10 years ago

YES, Texas has Common Core Math –

Join the Movement of Moms and Dads across Texas as we take a STAND against the Common Core Math flooding into Texas Schools.

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10 years ago

SBOE/ Microsoft Lobbyist Thomas Ratliff TEC complaint against Alice Linahan is once again REJECTED!

Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) elected official/Microsoft Lobbyist Thomas Ratliff once again files an ethics complaint against me and is once again REJECTED by the Texas Ethics Commission.

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11 years ago

Ratliff Files a 2nd Ethics Complaint Against Texas Mom Alice Linahan

Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) elected official Thomas Ratliff once again files and ethics complaint against Texas Mom Alice Linahan with the Texas Ethics Commission.

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11 years ago

Obamacare, CSCOPE both beyond fixing

Bill Ames is an authority on social studies/history, served on the Social Studies TEKS writing team, and has recently been a part of the reviewers for the CSCOPE lessons.

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11 years ago

The Battle Is On for Your Childs Mind- Updated

This week the State Board of Education (SBOE) decides whether the next generation of Texas public school students have textbooks that teach 21st-century/Common Core science. Say #CanISee

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11 years ago
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