"
The link below for Dr.
Koschnick has been changed. I am resending this email with the new
link,
Although
the state leaders would like to make the public think the state wrote the Common
Core standards truth is there were 5 people responsible for writing the Common
Core standards we see today.
David
Coleman and Susan Pimentel (ELA) Dr. Jason Zimba, Phil Daro and Bill McCallum
(Math). This fact can be substantiated. In the two very short videos below you
will see Dr. Jason Zimba defining "college ready" to Dr. Sandra Stotsky (female
voice in video) during a MA State Board of Education meeting. It is clear that
Dr. Zimba doesn't think very highly of the very standards he wrote. Dr. Stotsky
was also a member of the Common Core Validation Committee and she was
responsible for the outstanding academic achievement of her home state of MA.
She refused to sign off on the Common Core standard final document.
Please
pay close attention to what is being asked and what is being said. Dr. Jim
Milgram of Stanford University was also on the CC Validation Committee (the only
math standard content expert on the CC Validation Committee) and he too refused
to sign off on the final standards. His research indicates children with only
an Algebra II education graduate from college at a rate of only 39.3% . While
students that enter college with Calculus graduate college at a rate of 83.3%.
The panel of real expertise in the field of standard development boiled down to
Dr. Stotsky and Dr. Milgram and they both refused to sign off on the final
standards. Dr. Milgram also states that CC is not for the top 30% of students.
The top 30% will regress to the median and we will be left with mediocracy at
best.
My
summation of what I see is:
The
children of the common people will be trained to fill the low paying jobs (this
is why the dumbing down) while children of the elite class will get the best education.
This explains why
Sidwell Friends (the school where President Obama sends his daughters) does not
support Common Core and have no intentions of bringing CC into their school. I
placed a call to the admissions department at Sidwell Friends in DC and they
told me they do not use Common Core. I was told they have their own standards
and curriculum. I then asked if there were plans to implement Common Core in
the future and they said NO. I think you will find that just like Obamacare
many of our elected officials and the elite class are not subjecting their
children to Common Core.
The
real goal of Common Core is to finally develop a full blown school to work
program where our children are trained not educated.
BTW….the 3rd pathway Dr. Zimba talks about does not exist in Common Core.
While at Notre Dame on Sept. 9 one of the many great
speakers was Dr.
Megan Koschnick. She addresses and issue with Common Core that we need
to speak about far and wide but to date has been a silent issue. Please take
the time to listen to this 25 minute video. You won't be sorry but you will be
mad. Share, share, share!
Be sure to send this e-mail to your state representative and senator!
Karen
Bracken
www.tnacc.net
www.americadontforget.com
"Common Core is just the "smoke" hiding the
fire. After we clear the smoke we must put out the fire." k.
bracken
"The change we seek has always required great
struggle and great sacrifice." - Barack Hussein Obama
"The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master." - Ayn Rand
"The man who speaks to you of sacrifice, speaks of slaves and masters. And intends to be the master." - Ayn Rand
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