Welcome! We are a community of people who have come together to fight against the imposition of National Standards, referred to by US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan as the Common Core State Standards. We wage this fight because we know that when all children must learn the same thing, many don't learn much. And we know that when children are forced to Race to the Top of a pile of standards, many fall along the way.
About Us
We are educators and parents concerned about the corporate-politico push for National Standards which offer timetables for teaching eight-year-olds across America as though teachers were merely keepers of bus schedules. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan pushes National Standards with buckets of money and hysterical sound bites in the media. He avoids serious discussion with concerned educators and parents.
Although we plan to provide some learned articles explaining the history of the standards
movement, we are more interested in grassroots action. We will post news about
what you're doing, and we welcome ideas-for-action from people who are
willing to fight for our public schools.
Contributions--spiritual, philosophical/pedagogical, and financial are welcome. Suggested donation: $5.
susano@gmavt.net
No, we aren't on PayPal, Visa, etc. Do it the old fashioned way. Stick it in an envelope.
