Day: February 20, 2016

The Common Core State Standards Initiative is an educational initiative in the United States that details what K–12 students should know in English language arts and mathematics at the end of each grade. The initiative is sponsored by the National Governors Association (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and seeks to establish consistent educational standards across the states as well as ensure that students graduating from high school are prepared to enter credit-bearing courses at two- or four-year college programs or to enter the workforce.  From <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Core_State_Standards_Initiative> From what I can see Common Core is a [-MORE-]

ok, I have been a cranky old woman in the last few posts, whining about ‘The Mess”. I want to explain why. Even if we were handed tomorrow all the information we wanted to know in disclosure, it’s going to contain some data bits we wish we never knew. And when you put all the puzzle pieces together, the picture it paints is not pretty. Nobody wants to contemplate that these things were done to hurt us ON PURPOSE to reduce our number and our ability to stand up against them and even to notice what has been done. But [-MORE-]