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The continued progressive indoctrination of our students is the most important issue facing us .  No matter what legislation we stop or pass our young people will just vote to nullify them all because of this indoctrination. 1. Wednesday August 14th, will be our third of four hearings of a special House committee at 10am […]

(Editor’s Note:  This article written by a PA author, Dr. Peg Lusik, who opposes Common Core.  It was reprinted at Patriots of Southeast Michigan.  While some of the specifics related directly to PA, the main points are true for every state that has adopted Common Core.) Four Freedoms of Common Core By Dr. Peg Luksik […]

The National PTA announced that Michigan along with Kansas and Indiana were selected to participate in training in Common Core advocacy courtesy of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Wave 4 Common Core Grantees Announced National PTA would like to congratulate the Indiana, Kansas, and Michigan State PTAs who were recently selected to participate in […]

Because ownership and control of the Common Core Standards are in the hands of the National Governors Association (NGA), the chair of the association is notable and her impact on education is significant. Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin became the chair of the NGA at their summer meeting on August 5.   Fallin announced her yearlong initiative, […]

The NY Times posted a story about the SAT (owned by The College Board) and ACT and how they are changing in the next few years.  Big changes are coming to the nation’s two competing admissions tests. Mr. Coleman, who became president last October, is intent on rethinking the SAT to make it an instrument […]

Testing is the engine that drives the standard. Despite the claim that Common Core gives teacher more flexibility it does the exact, it forces teachers to “teach to the test” severely limiting their ability to tailor curricula to the needs of their students.  David Coleman ssaid it very clearly, “If you put something on an […]

Senator Marco Rubio has spoken out against the Common Core.   From the Florida website Shark Tank, ” While many top Republicans, including former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, have come out in support of Common Core, Republican U.S. Senator Marco Rubio has once again bucked the establishment by stating that he is against the Common Core […]

A YouTube of the hearing should be available shortly but in the meantime here’s a couple news stories about today’s hearing. From MLive:  Tempers flare at 1st Common Core hearing as legislators clash with Flanagan, each other. Flanagan began his testimony before the panel by asking legislators to take action as soon as possible, so […]

The first House Panel on Common Core is today at 9 AM. You can watch it live by going to this link. http://house.michigan.gov/htv_detailed.asp  

Hearings begin tomorrow in Lansing to decide the fate of Common Core in Michigan.   Lori Higgins, education writer at the Detroit Free Press thinks this should have been a “slam dunk.” Michigan’s adoption of the Common Core State Standards, a set of learning goals embraced by 44 other states in the nation, should have been […]