In October 2012, David Coleman, often called the “architect” of the Common Core State Standards, became the president of the College Board which produces the SAT exam. More recently he announced he is  aligning the SAT with the Common Core State Standards. The ACT exam was already aligned with the Common Core State Standards in […]

In September of 2011, as the Common Core State Standards were being completed, Senator Marco Rubio wrote a letter asking Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to justify his program, since there were at least three laws stating that such a program was illegal. Read Senator Rubio’s letter. In the letter he cites three laws that […]

Senator Marco Rubio, in his letter to Secretary Arne Duncan, cites the General Education Provisions Act as one of the laws prohibiting a national curriculum. That prohibition, along with other directives, are in the citation which states: “No provision of any applicable program shall be construed to authorize any department, agency, officer, or employee of […]

Education is not an enumerated power of the Federal Government under Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution, and powers not delegated to the federal government belong the the States respectively, or to the people, as stated in the 10th amendment. Nevertheless, federal funding was first given to the states in 1965 under President […]

Find out more about the federal data collection in this article by Emmett McGroarty and Jane robbins of the American Principles Project. The plan is to collect children’s personal information from their first early learning experience to adulthood. This article is from a few months ago, but it is still relevant now because, with the inauguration behind us, the federal government will feel free to move boldly ahead.

Imagine a future world in which every aspect of each citizen is compiled in a data base. Oh, wait, it’s already happening….starting with the early learning data base that is being implemented. Watch this video . Although it mentions Oklahoma, it applies to us in Washington as well.

All Charter schools must follow the same learning standards as each other and as the public schools, according to the initiative. Read more about this….

Reward good teachers and get rid of bad teachers–sounds like a good idea right? But in this era of re-defined terms nothing is as it seems. The problem is how “good” and “bad” teaching are defined. Read this commentary by Kyle Olson who examines just one of the many problems with teacher evaluations.

A change in privacy laws included in the Stimulus bill of 2009 will allow your child’s private information to be shared by agencies and individuals. Watch the video.

This is a Federal School-to-Work document explaining the new education system which would have as it’s goal the training of human resources. Education would no longer be for the benefit and enrichment of the student; it would no longer be to equip the student with information and knowledge to meet life’s challenges.

The student would be subject to government-defined career tracks, and an obstacle course of assessments and certifications. Different certificates would be needed to enter the workforce. The government becomes the gatekeeper between citizens and their jobs.