DeVos is in, Common Core is here to stay and I am Never...

Betsy DeVos, was confirmed as Secretary of Education with the help of VP Mike Pence. Now the whole country will see how "low energy" Jeb Bush runs an education system, through an education secretary, as he did if Florida. Mik...

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by Joseph Ryan

Why Jeb Bush Could Not Answer Common Core Question at Debate Did anyone notice that, during the first debate that Jeb did not even answer the question posed to him about common core? He was asked if he still supported common ...

Topics: Jeb, Bush, Gaetz, florida, common-core, debate, federal, csso, nga, republican

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Did common core ride a well oiled corruption pipeline?

by Willis Pebble

Ever wonder why The National Govenoers Association and the Council of Chief State school officers wanted to give us commo core?. Well, look at thier corporate sponsers and the at the companies that are making money of the ass...

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To Those Who Ran Against Common Core, Thank You!

by Joseph Ryan

In Honor of Kelly LorBeer, Kathy Harvey, Derek Hankerson. To Those Who Ran Against Common Core, Thank You! To those who ran against common core, I want to thank you. You put yourselves on the line for our kids, my kids and...

Topics: Kelly LorBeer, Kathy Harvey, Derek Hankerson, common core, race to the top, school, florida

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Exit Stage Right: Leaving the GOP

by Willis Pebble

It is hard to believe just how far the majority of the GOP has shifted to the Progressive side of the Party. I will never say never to anything in politics, but associating with Trump seems to have a corrupting influence on p...

Topics: republican party, donald Trump. GOP, exit

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My comments to the International Early Learning Study (...

by Joseph Ryan

My comments to Docket ID: ED-2016-ICCD-0138 International Early Learning Study (IELS) 2018 Field Test Recruitment (Due to a 5000 character limit on comments, I reduced my comments down, the attached document is what I submi...

Topics: Social Emotional Learning, data mining, SEL, Social-Emotional Learning, student data mining, pre-K, federal register, rganization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD, IELS, psychological data mining, cognitive and social emotional skills, International Early Learning Study, common core, DeVos, Trump, Education

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Derek Hankerson; A"No Common Core" Choice for Florida S...

by Joseph Ryan

Derek Hankerson; A "No Common Core" Choice for Florida Senate District 6 For those who opposed common core and watched the Florida 2014 legislative session end with two bills that would delay common core die in committee the...

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It is time to OPT OUT and and REFUSE, Imposing Common C...

by Willis Pebble

I received an action alert about severl amandments on t5he last day of the regular session and I was amazed by one put forth by Florida Demaocratic Senator Montford. NOT READY FOR PUBLISHING Read this woiout the markup. (...

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High Stake Testing, Your Child, Your choice

by Joseph Ryan

High Stake Testing, Your Child, Your choice High Stakes testing, high stakes testing is planned for every public school child in Florida. If you thought the FCATs were bad the new common core aligned assessments are like “FCA...

Topics: common core, high stakes, testing, assessmants, FCAT, AIR, Beverly Slough, Bill Mignon, Kelly Loorbeer, Karen Harvet, St. Sojns county, Local School board

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Top Teacher Resigns Because of Communist Core

by Linda Mihalic

Starr spoke of her reasons for leaving teaching, saying: "I can't do it anymore, not in this `drill `em and kill `em' atmosphere," adding, "I don't think anyone understands that in this environment if your child cannot qui...

Topics: Common Core, Top Teacher Quits