Following Up

This article is to follow up on the bombshell dropped yesterday on the AFT (American Federation of Teachers), NEA (National Education Association), TURN, and other CCSS Machine members funneling money to reform our educational system into a labor force management system.

Many anti CCSS Warriors not only read the bombshell and shared it, but came forth with MORE evidence! Each has asked me to share it with you.

To keep everything consistent, here is the link to yesterday’s article:
https://www.commoncorediva.com/2016/05/03/turn-the-ccss-page-please/

In it you were able to see how the Broad Foundation and the Gates Foundation have been the main funding groups. You saw how those teacher unions which claim supportive measures for education are also the ones being used to be the hands and feet of the reform. You also learned how some UK unions are supposedly joining the effort to hold Pearson Publishing accountable, yet Pearson is just as involved in being the hands and feet of the educational reform! So, are there others involved? Sure there are! Read on….

Enter the Clinton Foundation:

From Michelle E (one of the Warriors who supplied information for yesterday’s article), comes the evidenced link to how the Clinton Foundation is tied to  AFT. Below is a screen shot of the map:

To access the map for yourselves, http://www.muckety.com/972CE582CC35C6EFED6B0BD380F87C0D.map

When you scroll over the map (on the website) you will see the relationships between AFT and those featured. For example, when you scroll over the dotted line between AFT and the Clinton Foundation, you see ‘funder’ appear. By double clicking on some boxes, you will see the map change to show you more connections. Look for the small plus sign box in the upper right hand corner.For example, when I double clicked on the Clinton Foundation, I found what you see below:

Do you see the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI)? Look at the other groups you see. Why would I mention the CGI? For one we know that the article featured in yesterday’s bombshell said the AFT was joining some UK Unions.

While most of the Unions are education related, it is interesting that a couple are not. Below is an example of one labor union not tied to all this, but is tied to CGI in another way.

Why do I include it? The  CCSS Machine agenda is for a workforce based education. In this excerpt, you can see the relation between labor and education.
“Furthermore, Clinton already has the backing of unions that together represent about two-thirds of American union members (including the two national teachers unions and the largest union of public-sector workers). SEIU (Service Employees International Union)  (might have calculated that Sanders would need the bulk of organized labor behind him to defeat the Clinton juggernaut.”
To read the entire article: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/11/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders-unions-seiu-primary-endorsement/

To learn more about SEIU (headquarters are in Washington, D.C.):
http://www.seiu.org/press (*Note: be sure to scroll down and read some of their Clinton press releases. Also note that globally, 2 million people are members.)

If you want to read the CGI page for their take on CCR (College and Career Readiness), which also ties labor and education together. Note the website address is at the bottom of this screen shot:

When you visit the webpage, notice that the CGI 6th Annual Conference is coming up in June 2016. Note all the CCR supporters/presentations slated, etc. Much evidence is out there tying Hilary Clinton to Common Core/CCR, so I am not including any of that in this article.

Tying the Gates Foundation (featured in yesterday’s article) to the Clinton Foundation (featured in this article) are the over 4 pages of the Gates Foundation grants to the Clinton Family (includes the Health Initiative, the Global Initiative, and more:
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database#q/k=Clinton%20Global )

Enter Tony Blair from the U.K.:

This connection comes from another anti CCSS Warrior, Michele K. She notified me yesterday to see if I (or other anti CCSS Warriors) knew that the former U.K. Prime Minister is not only a big fan of Common Core, but promotes it globally. Below is the website video from the Tony Blair Faith Foundation. The video is 2 years old.

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Did you hear the lady speak of global citizens? Did you hear her mention the ‘civics mission of schools’? Did you catch how these tie to Common Core competencies? I looked up the Civics Mission of Schools. It is a real organization. Among the members of the organization is the AFT. The CCSSO (Council of Chief State School Officers) is also a member, as are many other CCSS Machine Members. I did not find Tony Blair’s Foundation there or his Face to Faith (mentioned in the video above).

In the Civics Mission is similarly named group called Facing Our History, but that is NOT Blair’s from what I can tell.

To see the Civics Mission of Schools partners/associations:
http://www.civicmissionofschools.org/links (*Note: I have tied many of these to the CCSS Machine, including the Bill of Rights Institute, the American Bar Assoc. and others. If you would like to see how these seemingly patriotic groups are ties, please contact me.)

As far as Tony Blair’s Foundation, you may want to see what his Supporting the Next Generation Project involves. It is targeting 12-17 year old students globally via education.
Access the Project: http://tonyblairfaithfoundation.org/projects/supporting-next-generation

The relationship between Blair and Mrs. Clinton? Apparently, pretty tight. The Washington Examiner (2015) article about their emails and support for each other. (By the way, when Bill Clinton was President, he worked closely with Tony Blair.) http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/hillarys-surprising-ties-to-tony-blair/article/2573416

Another TURN Connection:

In yesterday’s article, we looked quite a bit at the TURN (Teacher Union Reform Network). However, I want us to go back and find out what groups are members of this Network. Will we find any of the organizations from today’s article?

Local groups in TURN: Albuquerque Teachers Federation, Boston Teachers Union, Castaic Teachers Association, Cincinnati Federation of Teachers, Cleveland Teachers Union, Columbus Education Association, Decatur Education Association, Denver Classroom Teachers Association, Douglas County (CO) Federation of Teachers, Elgin (IL) Education Association, Fairfax (VA) Education Association, Hart District Teachers Association, Jefferson County Education Association, Memphis Education Association, Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association, Minneapolis Federation of Teachers, Montgomery County (MD) Education Association, Newhall Teachers Association, Organization of DeKalb (GA) Educators, Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers, Portland (ME) Education Association, Poway (CA) Federation of Teachers, Prince George’s County Educators’ Association, Providence Teachers Union, Rochester Teachers Association, San Diego Education Association, San Juan (CA) Teachers Association, Saugus Teachers Association, Springfield Education Association, Syracuse Teachers Association, Toledo Federation of Teachers, United Educators of San Francisco, United Teachers of Dade, and Westerly Teachers Association

Among the voters and associates of the Network, you won’t find the Clintons, Gates, etc., but you will find many names you may recognize as CCSS Machine members. See:
http://www.turnweb.org/members/

However, it is the influencers of education reform I want to leave you with. TURN relies are these people as the game changers in how American education is taught. Again, bear in mind the CCSS Machine agenda is NOT academic based education OR is it American. It is workforce based for a global citizen.

Closing:

Anti CCSS Warriors, do you know of even more connections? If so, let’s continue to join our information so that ALL may see the foundation already in place and how it is growing daily. Especially as we get closer to the November 2016 elections. Candidates in ALL levels of government need to be examined closely. I thank all the Warriors who have shared their knowledge so that we, too, can be just as prepared as possible to continue our War Against the Core.