Saturday, November 16, 2013

My Pledge

My Common Core Pledge

We the undersigned oppose the call for a nationalized curriculum in our public schools.  We oppose ongoing effort to install Common Core curriculum by federally funded agencies and think all such agencies should cease.   We oppose a centrally controlled curriculum for every K-12 student but support the use of curriculum approved at the local school board and family level only. 

We agree that expectations for all children should be high and similar.  We do not agree that one size fits all.  We believe the best educational material comes before student assessments develop, not the other way around.  We are committed to improving our countries schools starting in our homes and at the local community level. 

We believe the notion of one national curriculum is wrongheaded for the following reasons.  1.  It is not the law of the land as propaganda from global elitists imply.  There is no constitutional or statutory basis for it. If this concept were actually right, we still oppose curriculum concocted by a self-selected group behind closed doors with no accountability to the public.  2.  No consistent evidence shows that the common core curriculum leads to high academic achievement. 3.  The national standards used to form the common core curriculum are inadequate and their definition of “college readiness” is below the requirements of most four-year State colleges. 4.  There is no body of evidence for a “best” design for curriculum in any subject.  In fact, if all students used only one curriculum, having no other choice, we could not know what is best.  5.  We lack all justifiable evidence that only one guideline for all public education is right.  There are too many variables and needs among our children to allow big government to constrain the diversity of material used in their educational growth. 



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Signed with my heart resolved before God and the entire world around me, 
I will fight Common Core TO THE CORE

If you want to take back your country, but do not know where to start, start here.

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Give it to a teacher, a school administrator, a board member, or a politician.    

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