informing and fighting back against education overreaches to save hearts and souls
Okay, my anti Common Core warriors, it’s merely days before most of us will gather together to celebrate Thanksgiving 2014. I’m sure we have a million things to do between now and then. So, today’s post will be a bit different than most of my “Musing” posts. Thankful for what CC has taught me: This […]
Continue ReadingWhile the Common Core Machine (the Standards and all that is connected) mocks our freedom, liberty, education, and our intelligence; today, we’re going to turn the tables. We’ve been fighting the CCSS for so long, we might be weary. Weary warriors don’t fight as well as those who’ve been able to re-group. So, consider today’s […]
Continue ReadingWhile I’m not new to the battle against Common Core, I am relevantly new to blogging and the big social media scene. So imagine my surprise, when last week, on my birthday no less, I got an honored invitation to be a special guest on the weekly “Women on the Wall” national phone conference!! (Please […]
Continue ReadingI’m not sure about your home, but in mine, it is filled with avid readers. Common Core, as we know by now, is seeking to remove the joy of reading good books. What a shame. If you’ve been to your local library lately, have you noticed a change? I did in mine. Almost every single […]
Continue ReadingIf you’ve been following the news in NC, you are aware we have a “Review Committee” currently studying the Common Core Standards. IF you’ve not been following the NC events, you should..opportunities to hold those in charge accountable for ridding us of the CCSS are abundant. Quick review: First up, the way in which NC […]
Continue ReadingAmerica, home of the ‘free and the brave’, America; home of those, who, the future’s way will pave. We’ve a long history of educational greats; regardless of neighborhood, race, or fates. Our students, our children- the loves of our lives, how we want for you to survive: FREE of ‘Common Core Standards’ that seek to […]
Continue ReadingSince it’s Monday, I thought I would share with you some musings about the educational fables Common Core Standards have created for us. (I’ll continue to refer to the CCS throughout the rest of the post by giving it a book title of ‘Common Fables of Education’). Unlike Aesop’s book, ‘Common Fables of Education’ ( in […]
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