This week, a group of Florida parents, supported by parents and educators nationwide, released an executive order, demanding an end to Common Core and the parentally unauthorized student data mining that’s taking place in every state.
As parents, we claim the privilege of directing our childrens’ educations, free from SLDS (state longitudinal database tracking systems), free from Common Core-aligned testing, standards, or “model” curriculum; free from private trade group EIMAC/CCSSO data collection, free from federal micromanagement, free from federal “accountability”; free from the both student and teacher data mining and tracking that is offensive to individual liberty and to Constitutional, local control.
As parents and teachers, we claim the privilege outlined in the Declaration of Independence that government is by consent of the governed. We, the governed, have not been asked nor have we approved these unvetted standards and systems. Therefore, any governance of children or school staff under the Common Core agenda is simply invalid.
Why: The promises of the promoters of the Common Core Standards do not add up. The evidence is overwhelming, and increases daily, that the Common Core agenda damages where it claims to serve; yet those who push back against the Common Core agenda are disrespected by school boards and in hearings around the nation. This is outrageous. We are the children’s parents; children are not the government’s human capital” despite what the Department of Education repeatedly claims.
Along with the executive order, parents have issued a longer, referenced document that explains the reasoning behind the executive order. This document is entitled “Welcome to the Common Core Fuzzy Math: Common Core Equals Conditions Plus Coercion Plus Conflict of Interest.”
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Here is a partial list of all the parent-educator groups working to fight the federal-and-corporate partnered machine of Common Core.
■Alabama: http://www.facebook.com/al.againstcommoncorestandards?fref=ts
■Alabama: https://www.facebook.com/AlabamiansUnitedForExcellenceInEducation?fref=ts
■Alaska: https://www.facebook.com/StopCommonCoreAK
■Arizona: https://www.facebook.com/groups/533815266661341/?fref=ts
■Arizona: https://www.facebook.com/groups/178924678928084/
■Arkansas: http://www.facebook.com/groups/ARKANSASAGAINSTCOMMONCORE/
■Arkansas: https://www.facebook.com/ArkansasAgainstCommonCore?fref=ts
■California: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-Common-Core-in-California/436128033134967?fref=ts
■California: https://www.facebook.com/groups/239664519505257/
■Colorado: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Parents-and-Educators-Against-Common-Core-Curriculum-in-Colorado/369263259855000
■Colorado: https://www.facebook.com Mesa County Citizins/Businesses Against Common Core Curriculum & Colorado Parents Against Common Core
■Colorado: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Parent-LED-reform/183654775048900?fref=ts
■Conneticut: https://www.facebook.com/TheCommitteeToCombatCommonCoreCurriculumInCT?fref=ts
■Conneticut: https://www.facebook.com/StopCommonCoreinCT
■Delaware: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Delaware-Against-Common-Core/141637639346274?ref=ts&fref=ts
■Delaware: https://www.facebook.com/groups/157115501116902/
■Florida: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-Common-Core-in-Florida/516780045031362
■Florida (Central): https://www.facebook.com/groups/CentralFPACC/?fref=ts
■Georgia: http://www.facebook.com/StopCommonCoreInGeorgia?fref=ts
■Georgia: https://www.facebook.com/groups/505453512861887/
■Idaho: https://www.facebook.com/IdahoansAgainstCommonCore?fref=ts
■Idaho: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Idahoans-for-Local-Education/120194641494340?fref=ts
■Illinois: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-Common-Core-in-Illinois/388021897963618
■Indiana: http://www.facebook.com/HoosierMomsSayNoToCommonCore?fref=ts
■Indiana: https://www.facebook.com/HoosiersAgainstCommonCore?fref=ts
■Iowa: https://www.facebook.com/IowansforLocalControl
■Kansas: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kansans-Against-Common-Core/166572220165485?fref=pb
■Kentucky: https://www.facebook.com/KentuckiansAgainstCommonCoreStandards
■Louisiana: http://www.facebook.com/StopCommonCoreLa andhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-Common-Core-in-Louisiana/325178490918603?fref=ts
■Maine: https://www.facebook.com/groups/StopCCMaine/?fref=ts
■Maryland: https://www.facebook.com/groups/StopCCSSinMaryland/
■Michigan: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-Common-Core-in-Michigan/303312003109291?fref=ts
■Minnesota: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MinnesotansAgainstCommonCoreStandardsinEducationCG/
■Mississippi: https://www.facebook.com/StopCommonCoreInMississippi
■Missouri: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Missouri-Against-Common-Core/115085478685281?fref=ts
■Missouri: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Missouri-Education-Watchdog/107272389320928
■Missouri: https://www.facebook.com/groups/missouriagainstcommoncore/
■Montana: https://www.facebook.com/groups/475298309202714/
■Nebraska: https://www.facebook.com/groups/nebraskafamilypolicyforum/
■Nevada: https://www.facebook.com/groups/183062228539486/184305295081846/?notif_t=group_activity
■New Hampshire:https://www.facebook.com/NHSchoolChoice; https://www.facebook.com/StopCommonCoreInNH?ref=hl; https://www.facebook.com/CornerstonePolicyResearch?ref=hl
■New Hampshire: http://nhfamiliesforeducation.org/;https://www.facebook.com/groups/nhfamiliesforeducation
■New Mexico: http://www.facebook.com/StopCommonCoreInNewMexico
■New Jersey: https://www.facebook.com/pages/CURE-NJ/274974855970782
■New Jersey: https://www.facebook.com/groups/220888071386355
■New Jersey: http://www.facebook.com/groups/363967600385017/
■New York: https://www.facebook.com/groups/607166125977337/
■New York (State Island specifically): http://www.facebook.com/groups/638305829518125/
■New York (Long Island specifically): https://www.facebook.com/groups/141680156005331/
■North Carolina: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-Common-Core-in-NC/150345585132550?fref=ts
■North Dakota: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-Common-Core-in-North-Dakota/431076243650481
■ Ohio: ohioansagainstcommoncore.com
■Ohio: http://www.facebook.com/OhioCommonCore
■Ohio: https://www.facebook.com/groups/415835035179973/
■Ohio: https://www.facebook.com/groups/516040641778582/?bookmark_t=group
■Oklahoma: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Restore-Oklahoma-Public-Education/116011401766695
■Oregon: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-Common-Core-in-Oregon/310461619079878
■Pennsylvania: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pennsylvanians-Against-Common-Core/566916409995216
■Rhode Island: https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=542616145789229&_mn_=11&refid=7&_ft_=qid.5865817560745279255%3Amf_story_key.-1168715708737317007
■Rhode Island: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-common-core-in-Rhode-Island/542616145789229?ref=ts&fref=ts
■South Carolina: https://www.facebook.com/StopCommonCoreInSouthCarolina?ref=stream
■South Dakota: http://www.facebook.com/SouthDakotansAgainstCommonCore
■South Dakota: http://www.facebook.com/groups/stop.common.core.in.south.dakota/
■Tennessee: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-Common-Core-in-Tennessee/322248557894269?fref=ts
■Texas: https://www.facebook.com/groups/157776591054666/
■Utah: http://www.facebook.com/UtahnsAgainstCommonCore
■Virginia: https://www.facebook.com/groups/134077993445892/
■Washington State Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/WAstateAgainstCommonCore/?fref=ts
■Washington State Page: http://stopcommoncorewa.wordpress.com/
■West Virginia: https://www.facebook.com/pages/WV-Against-Common-Core/359684890815537
■Wisconsin: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-Common-Core-in-Wisconsin/185213384959404?ref=ts&fref=ts
■Wyoming: https://www.facebook.com/groups/434220420005865/
■Special Education Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/249171258560458/249174031893514/?comment_id=249175028560081¬if_t=group_comment
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