Common Core’s Growing Unpopularity
The highly acclaimed school standards called Common Core are becoming so unpopular that they may soon be politically untouchable.
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Common Core’s Growing Unpopularity
The highly acclaimed school standards called Common Core are becoming so unpopular that they may soon be politically untouchable. The critics are piling on from Glenn Beck to the Wall Street Journal, with senior academics and activist parents in between.
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Common Core: Victory in Oklahoma!
For several years, Eagle Forum leaders across the nation have led the fight against the massive federal takeover of our schools known as Common Core.
Continue reading →Common Core Becomes a Nightmare
Americans are waking up to how bad Common Core really is for education, but its nightmare does not go away quickly. Liberal education bureaucrats (“educrats”) are now trying to enforce Common Core through the courts, with one lawsuit already filed in Oklahoma, and another likely in Louisiana.
Continue reading →Growing Rejection of Common Core
June 2014 The most controversial current issue in education today is clearly Common Core. It’s being more hotly debated than bullying, zero tolerance, sex ed,
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Growing Rejection of Common Core
The most controversial current issue in education today is clearly Common Core. It’s being more hotly debated than bullying, zero tolerance, sex ed, abortion, or even school lunches.
Continue reading →Ending Common Core – Please take action!
Common Core is on the defensive across the country, but Oklahoma has an opportunity to score the biggest victory against it yet! HB3399 would immediately repeal Common Core and return control of education standards to the state.
Continue reading →My Child Is Not Common
“My Child Is Not Common” are the words on the attention-getting signs carried by a group of white and African-American mothers protesting the adoption of the aggressively promoted Common Core standards. Common Core is scheduled to take over the testing of all U.S. kids, pre-K to 12, but parents are saying “no way” in every way they can.
Continue reading →Tell Governor Fallin: End NGA Support for Common Core
Eagle Forum, in coordination with American Principles Project, led the effort on a letter released Monday that calls on Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin, chair of the National Governors Association, to end the Common Core standards project.
Continue reading →Obama Core Is Another Power Grab
Americans were shocked at the dictatorial grab for power when Barack Obama threatened to change any law with his pen or phone, and even used that power to personally alter Obamacare and the Welfare law, and to “legislate” the Dream Act that Congress refused to pass.
Continue reading →Why Moms Are Protesting Common Core
One of the major reasons why Moms are vigorously opposing schools adopting the much ballyhooed Common Core standards is that they are tied to the gathering and storing of in-depth personal data about every child. The files are called longitudinal, which means they include information from birth and track the kids all through school and college.
Continue reading →National Takeover of School Curriculum
Many people said Ho-Hum when Barack Obama threatened to change any law with his pen or phone, and even used that power to personally alter Obamacare and the welfare law, and to “legislate” the Dream Act that Congress refused to pass. But Americans are rising up by the tens of thousands to stop Common Core, which is the current attempt to compel all U.S. children to be taught the same material and not be taught other things parents might think important.
Continue reading →WYOMING: Common Core Calls Needed Today!
Great news! Thanks to the hard work of so many activists, especially our friends at Wyoming Citizens Opposing Common Core, House Bill 97 has been assigned to the House Education committee and will be heard on Monday afternoon. Click here to see the process that the bill must go through in order to become law.
Continue reading →KANSAS: Tell House Ed Committee to vote YES on HB 2621
Great news! Thanks to the hard work of so many activists, especially our friends at Kansans Against Common Core, we finally have a solid bill in the House Education Committee (HB 2621) that will be heard next week!
Continue reading →MISSISSIPPI: Common Core – Urgent: Need Calls & Emails NOW!
Update: We were expecting an anti-common core bill in the Mississippi House of Representatives last week, but the pro-Common Core establishment prevented the bill from being filed. Fortunately, our pro-liberty ally State Senator Angela Hill has filed three bills in the Senate that will help restore power and local control of education. But, the bills must be passed through the Senate Education Committee by TOMORROW, February 4th.
Continue reading →MISSISSIPPI: Help us defeat the Common Core!
We need you to help us fight the national takeover of education! As you know, in 2010, Mississippi adopted the national K-12 Common Core Standards in English-Language Arts (ELA) and math in order compete with other states for funding in a federal grant competition called Race to the Top.
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- What Parents Don’t Like About Common Core, Jan. 15
- Common Core’s Growing Unpopularity, Aug. 14
- Growing Rejection of Common Core, June 14
- http://www.eagleforum.org/publications/psr/mar14.html, Mar. 14
- Backlash Against Common Core, July 13
- New Obama Initiatives to Watch Out For, Jan. 13
- What’s Happened to Public School Curriculum?, Nov. 10
LINKS
- Common Core coalition letter, 3-24-15
- Teachers complain Common Core-linked lessons little more than scripts to read, 12-05-13
ALERTS
- Common Core: Victory in Oklahoma! 7-15-14
- OKLAHOMA: Ending Common Core – Please take action! 5-27-14
- GEORGIA: URGENT Calls needed – YES to House Ed on SB 167 3-04-14
- KANSAS: Support HB 2621 in the House Education Committee 3-03-14
- WYOMING: URGENT: Common Core Calls Needed Today! 2-17-14
- KANSAS: URGENT: Tell House Ed Committee to vote YES on HB 2621 2-15-14
- MISSISSIPPI: Help us defeat the Common Core!, 1-30-14
- WISCONSIN: Tell Gov. Walker to Stand AGAINST Common Core!, 1-21-14
- KANSAS: Please Exit the Common Core Now!, 1-13-14
- Join Florida Parents to Protest Common Core in Orlando!, 6-26-14
- Continue Fighting CCS in Kansas!, 6-10-13
- MICHIGAN URGENT: Call Gov. Snyder – CCS Defunding Passes Both Houses!, 6-04-13
- Urge MI Senators to Defund Common Core!, 5-30-13
- Kansas: Pressure Key Leaders to Defund Common Core, 5-30-13
- Urgent: Defund Common Core in Michigan!, 5-28-13
- KANSAS: Last Chance to Defund Common Core!, 5-28-13
- KANSAS: Common Core will STAND ALONE! Please continue calls and emails, 5-22-13
- Urgent Action: Stop Common Core in Kansas NOW!, 5-20-13
On May 11, 2013, the Governor signed the Indiana Common Core bill. This bill requires the State Board to take no further actions to implement any common core standards and calls for the state board, the legislative study committee, and the office of management and budget to conduct “comprehensive evaluations” of the common core standards. In addition, the state board of education is to hold at least three public meetings.
