As bad as the Common Core Standard is, and it is bad, a very urgent issue being decide today or soon in the Florida Senate Education Committee. We all need to call every member of the committee and stop this bill. The bill is SB 878 and called the Education Accountability Bill, but it is most often 9and more accurately) referenced as the Common Core Linked Data Warehouse Bill. Wonder full analysis has already been on the original draft of this bill by Dr been done by Dr. Karen R. Effrem, President of Education Liberty Watch, and is linked below.
The bill was introduced by Florida State Senator Bill Galvano, we are told, so Florida would be eligible for the Race to The Top award. The RTTT money (misappropriated from the 2009 stimulus funds) is the carrot and the common core standard along with our children’s privacy are just two of the sticks.
To his credit Senator Galvano postponed voting on the bill pending after hearing of the cancers of DR Effrem and others. However, I was told that the committee had very recently added amendment to the bill that Senator Galvano’s aide said addressed all our concerns.
I have enclosed a copy of the amended bill SB 878, with the usual additions in green and deletions in red. Follow this link to the amended bill http://www.flsenate.gov/S...
Pleases go to the websites below to find out if the amendments have indeed addressed the concerns with the original bill. You need to know the danger inherent in the K-20 data warehouse before you call the senators. Once you learn what you need to know and if no updates are available, do your own analyses call every senator to either thank them of ask them to try again. Although I am no expert, I think that the senator is missing the main point. I see nothing that prevents the personal data being given to the how the Department of Education or hoe the personal data is being collected in the first place. Find your 2012-2014 Senators http://www.flsenate.gov/S... Committee on Education
Start by going to Dr. Karen Effrem website at http://edlibertywatch.org... .She has posted recent articles about SB878 on Education Liberty Watch and has a printable version at Dr Effrem’s Executive summary in printable version . This website also contains a wealth of information about vital education issues.
Next go to the Stop Common Core in Florida face book page, where I have found timely updates, action steps and contact information. They are also requesting that we call other Senators asking them to do a long term and short term cost analysis of implementing and linking the provisions in the Common core bills. This is a great idea because taking short term money from Washington rarely pays off, and that may defeat the entire Common Core project. Moreover, this site tracks all common core issues and you need not have a face books account to read the posts.
A very well done and effective site is FLORIDIANS AGAINST COMMON CORE EDUCATION This site has information about the bill as well as highly printable versions of Dr Effrem’s analyses about the bill and Common Core. They also have educational material about common core as well as bill tracking, http://www.flagainstcommo... .
Shane Vander at the American Principles Project passes along the video of Glenn Becks show on The Blaze TV.http://americanprinciples...
Stop Common Core has a Citizens Take Action! Citizen activists are needed to help stop the federal takeover of Georgia schools. You can make a difference today. Here is how: Read the rest at http://stopcommoncore.com...
Tea Party groups in Florida have been sounding the alarm. These include the First coast Tea Party
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMMON CORE DAT A WAREHOUSE
Michelle Malkin about the common core k-12 database, March 8, 2013 09:41 AM
Rotten to the Core: The Feds’Invasive Student Tracking Database
Michelle Malkin also wrote in the National Review Online:
Research fellow Joy Pullmann at the Heartland Institute points to a February Department of Education report on its data-mining plans that contemplates the use of creepy student-monitoring techniques such as “functional magnetic resonance imaging” and “using cameras to judge facial expressions, an electronic seat that judges posture, a pressure-sensitive computer mouse and a biometric wrap on kids’ wrists.”
Common Core as Trojan Horse By Michelle Malkin National Review Online, March 15, 2013
Glenn Beck did several shows on Common Core and several stories on the Blaze with emphasis on the data collection aspect of Common core.
The Blaze Tiffany Gabbay Mar. 27, 2013 9:30pm
Podcasts about Common core can be found at City on a Hill Church | Audio Podcast By cityhill.tv
If you feel that this needs to be stopped, then we all need to visit, call, fax, email, and tweet and share your opinions with your state senator as well as every member of the Florida Educations committee. It any help to contact Governor Scott and the Florida Department of Education Commissioner Dr. Tony Bennett. However, this bill is in the hands of the Florida Legislature. You may also contact your local school board members to raise their concerns to the senate; after all, when Common Core is implemented they will no longer be needed.
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