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MAC April 10, 2013 at 08:16 pm
I could not agree more with you and Richard about the "brainwash[ing] by our gov't." in…Read More the public schools, and the need for parents to be hands on counteracting it!
However, we need to share the facts about the insidious nature of "Common Core" with everyone who will listen--parents, taxpayers, and elected State officials who SEE common sense! Also share this with your friends in other states, particularly those in states where the gov't. isn't overwhelmingly controlled by Statist Dems!
We are already seeing a downtrend in the competitiveness of U.S. college graduates in the competitive international world of business; and this affects the future economic prospects of ALL Americans--not just individual graduates and their families!
The national Common Core State Standards (the “Standards”) were not created by the states, but rather by private organizations in Washington, DC, with lavish funding from private entities such as the Gates Foundation, and George Soros.
Contrary to previous claims by their creators, the Standards are not “internationally benchmarked.”
"States that adopt the Standards [inc. CT] must accept them word for word and will have little opportunity to add content, the states must relinquish their autonomy over public education, all to the denigration of parents’ rights."
http://americanprinciplesproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Controlling-Education-From-the-Top-2013.pdf
Lisa S April 10, 2013 at 07:36 pm
I actually think more people get it Richard, but don't want to admit it. I understand people have to…Read More work and need the kids to be looked after all day but I know many home school families that have 2 incomes and make it work because they do not want their kids to be brainwashed by our gov't. and to be so limited in what they actually learn. Our kids are our future and I see a scary future with the direction our educational system and our gov't is going! And even if you don't want to home school spend time with your kids pursuing true learning and their interests so they see there is something more for them out there.
Richard April 10, 2013 at 07:02 pm
Mac, I agree with you 100%. I doubt that most people will get it. Lisa gets it. The problem is…Read More getting others to understand what is going on behind Common Core. I can't convince my wife; I doubt that I can get a friend or stranger to see what is happening.
Those who support full day kindergarten are under the impression that somehow half-day kindergarteners are being left behind. They don't realize that it is about a national school curriculum based on environmentalism and a new world order. Literature and poems have no place in Common Core. By High School the students will be learning from books like Mao's "Little Red Book." Critical thinking skills will be lost and anyone that strays from the group mindset will be ostracized. You, Lisa, and I get it. I will spend my time redirecting my children from their daily indoctrination. I won't waste my time trying to convince others. What you and I write toady will, in 10 years, be considered political Blasphemy. We will be threatened that our children will be taken away because we are not "fit" parents.
Common Core is coming and there is nothing you or I can do about it. Right now all people see is the money. The language has been changed; it now about the money and "what about the children." I stand behind my children because I love them; the socialists stand behind other people's children and use them as shields. We will never win that debate. Social progressives always use children. (Hitler Youth, Mao's Red Guard)
Milena Fiore March 9, 2013 at 08:42 pm
I agree why are we hearing about it a day later we should have gotten a call that night.i found out…Read More from the Shelton Patch before I heard from the school.
Patricia Lind March 9, 2013 at 03:18 pm
Why weren't the parents contacted when this happened! I received a phone call the next day! my…Read More daughter thought it was just a drill. last time this happened parents were called, Not well handled!
Jacqueline DuBois February 13, 2013 at 01:57 pm
I live in Pine Rock and if it wasn't for my husband and the people that live hereto at least attempt…Read More to make a path out we would still be stuck although a plow can by yesterday. But didn't put the plow on the ground. I understand the roads are narrow here but we pay taxes just like everyone else.
Denise R. February 13, 2013 at 11:00 am
I live on Jonathan lane which was plowed at nighttime. These guys did a super job considering the…Read More working conditions and extremely long days!!!! However many secondary and terciary roads are dangerously narrow with a snow ice packed surface. They are difficult to drive on in a vehicle. I can't imagine a 30 foot school bus navigating. It would be near to impossible. The mayor and the board of ed need to carefully consider the safety of the children when deciding a return day to school. The lost days can come off April vacation and go longer in June if need be.
pleased on birchbank February 13, 2013 at 02:21 am
I live on Birchbank Rd. and I couldn't be more pleased. The guy who plowed our road worked nonstop…Read More until the road was cleared and you could actually drive down it. Great job Mr.plow driver!!
Mark February 11, 2013 at 12:38 am
i understand childrens safety, and im all for it. id even suggest roof inspections/snow removal of…Read More all roofs before the students go back to school.
my anger lies on streets with no residents getting plowed 3 -4 passes and still no one to even make a attempt on hull st other then the residents there.
i understand these guys are working lengthy shifts and i thank them.
but when no attempt is being made on a street it does anger me alittle.
Kathleen Schif February 5, 2013 at 10:16 pm
With childhood obesity on the rise-kudos to more physical fitness time for the kids @ school. A…Read More "healthy body" promotes a "healthy mind"! Kathleen
Jeff February 5, 2013 at 12:45 pm
Ah ha!!! Someone at the school board showed a little ankle revealing an unknown but very viable…Read More suspicion if thought had been given, this was all about justifying employment and giving these "specials" educators enough work. Well guess what, that's not how things work when we the tax payers are technically the employers! So let me get my hands around that argument. If say City Hall had a full time interior decorator we might have one less worker in a plow truck clearing the roads? Times are tough and no one wants to lose their job but when the tax payers are funding what you see in the public schools we have to demand what's right. This could apply to any argument but here these "specials" might have to have their hours cut in order for there to be parity throughout the school system. This completely fits into what's called crony capitalism but in the public sector and right beneath our noses. The parents called the bluff!
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Leah Salomoni (Editor) January 31, 2013 at 05:06 pm
Thanks, Mark! A couple people had asked about that.
Mark Holden January 31, 2013 at 03:59 pm
We have 1 more snow day available before we cut into the vacation.
Leah Salomoni (Editor) January 29, 2013 at 01:32 am
"I think they have already hit the max for days at the end of the year, I think if there are…Read More any more snow days it cuts into their april vacation." - Jennifer Colihan Viglione-Paris
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