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— Jenny Marie Hatch (@JennyHatch) March 14, 2014
UPDATE: The Homeschool Legal Defense Association published their Common Core Documentary on You Tube.
Here it is:
https://twitter.com/JennyHatch/status/439066456521572352
I am really excited to welcome Joan on the show. She has written some of the most passionate and thoughtful articles against the Common Core of anyone on the web.
Quote:
“Common Core is Completely Untested
Common Core Standards are completely untested experimentally yet are being inflicted on virtually every student in the entire U.S. from K-12 with NO PREVIOUS TESTING. This is an egregious violation of basic ethics and good science and shows the developers’ absolute disregard or ignorance of potential harms to children. The EPA conducts more testing for the food dyes in Kool-Aid than has been conducted on Common Core which kids will live with for 8 hours a day for 12 years.”
Not with my child you won’t: Psychological Damages of Common Core Analyzed by Joan Landes
And her speech last week at the Utah Capitol was EPIC!
Tune in at 9:00 am LIVE for a short podcast discussing what the average parent can do to help defeat the Common Core!
Click HERE for the show page.
I asked Benjamin to let me video tape him describing the various textbooks we use for Homeschool…enjoy!
http://www.schools.utah.gov/board/Meetings/Agenda/8-2-13Agenda.aspx
Is this the proper role of government?
The Utah State School Board is using your tax dollars and mine to create a huge marketing machine with the aim to persuade all Utahns (utterly without legitimate evidence) that Common Core will not damage, but will improve education, and that Common Core has nothing to do with the federal government.
Is propaganda in the realm of the proper role of government? There are public-private partnerships that gain financially from the promulgation of Common Core. Our tax dollars are thus enriching companies we never voted into office and cannot vote out. It’s not just Pearson and Bill Gates; it’s Utah individuals and companies, too. This is corruption, in my humble opinion. We are not putting the kids and teachers first. We are putting pride, and money, and the illusion of money, first.
Precious, needed education dollars are now officially funding the…
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