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
The Washington Post reports that the Senate will hold confirmation hearings for Betsy DeVos, Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education, on January 11. The DeVos nomination is opposed by many on both sides of the political spectrum for her position on charters, school choice, common core and more. Conservative commentator, Michelle Malkin, stated she believes […]
Common Core has become an unexpected flashpoint in President-elect Trump’s pick of Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education and Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State. Yahoo News picks up the story and notes the push back of DeVos and her alleged assertion she is against Common Core Karen Braun, an anti-Common Core activist, was unconvinced. […]
DeVos’s nomination as Secretary of Education is getting scrutinized. Rightly so. Parents, educators, and grassroots activists across the state of Michigan know exactly who DeVos is and her position on Common Core. We’re not fooled by a single carefully parsed statement on a webpage that she is “not a supporter – period.” We know the […]
President-elect Trump campaigned on the promise that he will “drain the swamp.” His pledge resonated with voters who are tired of special interests controlling the outcome of elections and influencing legislation. Unfortunately, he nominated Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education. DeVos is part of the Lansing “swamp.” Through her group, Great Lakes Education Project (GLEP) […]
In the previous post, the leadership at Stop Common Core in Michigan respectfully requested President-elect Donald Trump to “drain the swamp” and pull the plug on the nomination of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education. The team at Stop Common Core in Michigan believe that Betsy DeVos is a proponent of Common Core “high standards” […]
We, the leadership team at Stop Common Core in Michigan, respectfully ask President-elect Donald Trump to immediately remove Betsy DeVos’s name from consideration as Secretary of the Department of Education. We do not make this request lightly but with considerable knowledge regarding her negative influence in Michigan as a proponent of Common Core. Michigan turned […]
President-elect Donald Trump announced Betsy DeVos to be Secretary of the Department of Education. Shortly after the nomination, DeVos put up a statement on her website, very recently created, explaining her position on common core. It was a huge surprise to the Stop Common Core in Michigan team and MANY in the grassroots to read […]
We have been following the progress of the data privacy bills in the Michigan legislature. Melanie Kurdys offers the following update We STRONGLY urge you to continue to call your lawmakers and tell them to vote NO. Sadly, but not surprisingly, the REPUBLICAN MAJORITY in the House Education Committee approved the PRETEND Data Privacy Bills, […]
URGENT ALERT- REGARDING STUDENT DATA PRIVACY BILLS SB 33 and SB 510 THAT DO NOT PROTECT PRIVACY Stop Common Core in Michigan has not asked you to do any calling for a while, but this is an urgent request. At the last hour, in a lame duck session, these horrible bills are coming up for […]
ANALYSIS OF SENATE BILL 33 and SB 510 OF 2016, as passed the MI Senate as of Nov. 4, 2015 “Schools and Online Operators Protection from Parental Lawsuits Act” By Deborah DeBacker Two dangerous bills are to be voted on in Michigan’s House Education Committee on Thursday November 10th at 9.am. These bills passed the […]