Karen Braun is a writer and conference speaker on issues related education and family life. Her work has appeared in the American Thinker, Crosswalk, The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, WatchDog Wire, and various other websites and magazines. She has also appeared on TV and radio venues. Along with blogging, Karen also enjoys homeschooling, running marathons, and spending time with her husband, their six children, and two grand children. For more information please contact Karen at spunkyhomeschool at gmail dot com
We can all work together to STOP Common Core in Michigan. In case you haven’t noticed, momentum is building to get Michigan out of Common Core. Ideas here offer you specific actions you can take to help. Please pass the word! Share this email with anyone and everyone you know. Citizens – Share your concerns, […]
Advanced Placement courses and exams have come under intense scrutiny in recent weeks. Advanced Placement (AP) are used in many high schools across and controlled by the College Board, under the direct supervision of David Coleman. The scrutiny is justified. Missouri Education WatchDog has a very detailed post about College Board and AP here. In […]
The Michigan Republican State Convention is this weekend. The big story leading up the event is whether Brian Calley will retain his position as the Lt. Governor. Delegates to the convention choose the Lt. Governor and Common Core may be the deciding factor in whether he gets the votes he needs to keep his job. […]
The “primary” for some Republican candidates is conducted at the State Convention where convention delegates vote. Convention Delegates are selected from all Republican Precinct Delegates elected August 5, as part of the County Convention process, Thursday, August 14. Here is a list of the positions and the candidates to be voted on education is part […]
Common Core has become a toxic issue in politics and with the November election coming up, every candidate appears to be against Common Core. But are they really and will they be a strong ally once elected to office? In the coming weeks, we hope to examine the people and races that are important […]
A guest post by Melanie Kurdys, co-founder of Stop Common Core in Michigan Convention candidates are out on the campaign trail these days. I am getting interesting feedback on two important candidates, Brian Calley, candidate for Lt. Governor and Ron Weiser, candidate for University of Michigan Regent.. Today, I received intel that both Weiser and Calley […]
The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) issued a press release announcing a public hearing to be held July 30, 2014 on the future of assessments. We are encouraging full participation by attending the hearing and voicing your concerns. The MDE is also providing an online and US Postal Service option for those that cannot attend. […]
WE WILL NOT CONFORM A NIGHT TO MAKE COMMON CORE HISTORY HAPPENING ACROSS THE NATION This Tuesday July 22, 2014 8 pm EST (Encore Tuesday July 29) AN INTERACTIVE FILM, TO HELP US LEARN HOW TO DEFEAT COMMON CORE *Find out more about the movie WE WILL NOT CONFORM and FathomEvents If you would like […]
Good news! A new Rasmussen Poll shows that support is plummeting with parents of school-age children. Shane VanderHart with Truth in American Education explains the results, “They found that just 34% of adults with children in elementary or secondary school favor all schools nationwide to meet the Common Core State Standards. That is a drop […]
As the summer campaign season heats up, I’m hearing from people all over the state who say that Common Core is taking center stage at candidate forums. Hillsdale resident and CatholicVote.org co-founder, Joshua Mercer, attended the Candidate Forum for the 58th District sponsored by the Hillsdale County Republican Woman on Wednesday. Mercer contacted me via […]