What Is Common Core

Introduction & Meeting Format

EXHIBIT H - Education Document consists of 114 pages. Entire exhibit provided. Meeting Date: 04-22-14 1 Part 1 - What is Common Core

2 • Standards vs. Curricula

• One size fits all – Kindergarten

3 • Common Core proponents will say – “These are just standards the way teachers reach the standards is up to them.”

• Not exactly true…

4 The federal government paid $360,000,000 to two companies to write the CC assessments.

• Pearson – PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) • McGraw Hill – SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium) http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/09/04/seven-facts-you-should-know-about-new-common-core-tests/ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/smarter-balanced-assessment-consortium-selects-ctbmcgraw-hill-to-develop-next-generation-of-assessments-to-help-schools-meet-new-common-core-state-standards-147593455.html http://www.reading.org/general/Publications/blog/BlogSinglePost/rty/2012/03/01/SMARTER_Balanced_and_PARCC_to_Launch_Pearson_Technology_Readiness_Tool.aspx#.Utq9GLTTnSc http://www.ascd.org/common-core/core-connection/08-08-12-questions-arise-with-common-assessment-consortia.aspx

• They are also the two largest companies writing CC curriculum

Bill Gates is the largest private donor to Common Core

$33 Million for the development of the standards http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/living-in-dialogue/2013/11/common_core_standards_ten_colo.html

6 Bill Gates 7/21/2009 National Conference of State Legislators https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtTK_6VKpf4

7 • “Identifying common standards is just the starting point. We’ll only know if this effort has succeeded when the curriculum and tests are lined to these standards.”

8 Bill Gates 9/21/13 Harvard How long will it take? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBHJ-8Bch4E&feature=player_detailpage#t=2722 (45:00) http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/09/27/bill-gates-it-would-be-great-if-our-education-stuff-worked-but/

9 • “It would be great if our ‘education stuff’ worked but that we won’t know for probably a decade.”

• Common Core is the Biggest Proposed Change to education in our lifetime and we have to wait 10 years to see if it works.

• CC is being rolled to 50,000,000 children in 45 44 states at the same time with out ever having been tested…

• PBS said…”A major experiment is underway in American Public Education.” http://learningmatters.tv/blog/on-pbs-newshour/watch-common-core-state-standards-part-1-teaching/11446/ http://learningmatters.tv/blog/on-pbs-newshour/watch-common-core-part-1/11446/

• What if it doesn’t work? 10 According to The Best Schools.org, “none of the top 50 best private day schools in America advertise they use CC”

http://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/whatever-will-we-do-if-we-dump-common-core/ http://www.thebestschools.org/blog/2013/04/30/50-private-day-schools-united-states/

11 Part 2 - How did the standards get written?

12 Three Steps • 1) Step One - Two Work Groups: One ELA, One Math - 29 people total, • STANDARDS WRITTEN BY 29 PEOPLE CALLED THE WORK GROUP - 6 LEAD WRITERS (3 ELA, 3 MATH) BUT 4 “WROTE THE STANDARDS”

• 14 people on work group in English language arts the lead writers were David Coleman and Susan Pimentel, (even though Jim Patterson was the 3rd writing team member). No English professors or high school English teachers on ELA Work Group.

• 15 people on work group in math lead writers were Jason Zimba and Bill McCullum, (even though Phil Daro was the 3rd writing team member).

• Of the 4 “lead writers” NONE ever taught K-12.

• Also, none of the other 25 were current K-12 teachers

• WHO WROTE STANDARDS… http://www.nga.org/cms/home/news-room/news-releases/page_2009/col2-content/main-content-list/title_common-core-state-standards-development-work-group- and-feedback-group-announced.html 13 Mathematics Work Group 15 Members:

• Sara Clough, Director, Elementary and Secondary School Programs, Development, Education Division, ACT, Inc. • Phil Daro, Senior Fellow, America's Choice • Susan K. Eddins, Educational Consultant, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (Retired) • Kaye Forgione, Senior Associate and Team Leader for Mathematics, Achieve • John Kraman, Associate Director, Research, Achieve • Marci Ladd, Mathematics Consultant, The College Board & Senior Manager and Mathematics Content Lead, Academic Benchmarks

• William McCallum, University Distinguished Professor and Head, Department of Mathematics, The University of Arizona &Mathematics Consultant, Achieve

• Sherri Miller, Assistant Vice President, Educational Planning and Assessment System (EPAS) Development, Education Division, ACT, Inc.

• Ken Mullen, Senior Program Development Associate—Mathematics, Elementary and Secondary School Programs, Development, Education Division, ACT, Inc. • Robin O'Callaghan, Senior Director, Mathematics, Research and Development, The College Board • Andrew Schwartz, Assessment Manager, Research and Development, The College Board • Laura McGiffert Slover, Vice President, Content and Policy Research, Achieve • Douglas Sovde, Senior Associate, Mathematics, Achieve

• Natasha Vasavada, Senior Director, Standards and Curriculum Alignment Services, Research and Development, The College Board

• Jason Zimba, Faculty Member, Physics, Mathematics, and the Center for the Advancement of Public Action, Bennington College and Cofounder, Student Achievement Partners 14 http://www.nga.org/cms/home/news-room/news-releases/page_2009/col2-content/main-content-list/title_common-core-state-standards-development-work-group-and-feedback-group-announced.html

English-Language Arts Work Group 14 Members:

• Sara Clough, Director, Elementary and Secondary School Programs, Development, Education Division, ACT, Inc. • David Coleman, Founder, Student Achievement Partners • Sally Hampton, Senior Fellow for Literacy, America's Choice • Joel Harris, Director, English Language Arts Curriculum and Standards, Research and Development, The College Board • Beth Hart, Senior Assessment Specialist, Research and Development, The College Board • John Kraman, Associate Director, Research, Achieve • Laura McGiffert Slover, Vice President, Content and Policy Research, Achieve

• Nina Metzner, Senior Test Development Associate—Language Arts, Elementary and Secondary School Programs, Development, Education Division, ACT, Inc. • Sherri Miller, Assistant Vice President, Educational Planning and Assessment System (EPAS) Development, Education Division, ACT, Inc. • Sandy Murphy, Professor Emeritus, University of California – Davis

• Jim Patterson, Senior Program Development Associate—Language Arts, Elementary and Secondary School Programs, Development, Education Division, ACT, Inc. • Sue Pimentel, Co-Founder, StandardsWork; English Language Arts Consultant, Achieve

• Natasha Vasavada, Senior Director, Standards and Curriculum Alignment Services, Research and Development, The College Board • Martha Vockley, Principal and Founder, VockleyLang, LLC http://www.nga.org/cms/home/news-room/news-releases/page_2009/col2-content/main-content-list/title_common-core-state-standards-development-work-group-and-feedback-group-announced.html

15 • STANDARDS WRITTEN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS – no minutes were ever released

16 David Coleman is The Father of Common Core Here are his Qualifications Institute For Learning (IFL) 2011 http://vimeo.com/35318592

17 Coleman’s Response http://vimeo.com/35318592

2) Step two - Two Feedback groups: One ELA, One for math - 33 people total

• ONE K-12 Teacher on Math feedback group • NO K-12 Teacher on ELA feedback group

• Most were college professors • Some people were on more than one committee http://www.nga.org/cms/home/news-room/news-releases/page_2009/col2-content/main-content- list/title_common-core-state-standards-development-work-group-and-feedback-group-announced.html

19 Math Feedback Group

• George Andrews, The Pennsylvania State University, Evan Pugh Professor of Mathematics • Hyman Bass, University of Michigan, Samuel Eilenberg Distinguished University Professor of Mathematics & Mathematics Education • David Bressoud, Macalester College, DeWitt Wallace Professor of Mathematics & President, Mathematical Association of America • John Dossey, Illinois State University, Distinguished University Professor of Mathematics Emeritus • Scott Eddins, Tennessee Department of Education, Mathematics Coordinator & President, Association of State Supervisors of Mathematics (ASSM) • Brian Gong, The National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, Executive Director • Kenji Hakuta, Stanford University, Professor of Education • Roger Howe, Yale University, Professor of Mathematics • Henry S. Kepner, Jr., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Professor, Curriculum & Instruction and Mathematical Sciences • Suzanne Lane, University of Pittsburgh, Professor in the Research Methodology Program, School of Education • Robert Linn, University of Colorado, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, and Co-Director of the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing (CRESST) • Jim Milgram, Stanford University, Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, Department of Mathematics • Fabio Milner, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University, Director, Mathematics for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education • Roxy Peck, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Associate Dean, College of Science and Mathematics and Professor of Statistics • Nora Ramirez, TODOS: Mathematics for ALL, President • William Schmidt, Michigan State University, College of Education, University Distinguished Professor • Uri Treisman, University of Texas, Professor of Mathematics and Public Affairs & Executive Director, Charles A. Dana Center • Vern Williams, Mathematics Teacher, HW Longfellow Middle School, Fairfax County, Virginia Public Schools • W. Stephen Wilson, Johns Hopkins University, Professor of Mathematics 20 ELA Feedback Group

• Peter Afflerbach, University of Maryland, Professor • Arthur Applebee, University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY) Distinguished Professor & Chair, Department of Educational Theory & Practice, School of Education • Mark Bauerlein, Emory University, Professor of English • Mary Bozik, University of Northern Iowa, Professor, Communication Studies • Don Deshler, University of Kansas, Williamson Family Distinguished Professor of Special Education & Director, Center for Research on Learning • Checker Finn, Fordham Institute Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University & President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute • Brian Gong, The National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, Executive Director • Kenji Hakuta, Stanford University, Professor of Education • Carol Jago, University of California – Los Angeles, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) President-elect, California Reading and Literature Project • Jeanneine Jones, University of North Carolina – Charlotte, Professor • Michael Kamil, Stanford University, Professor, School of Education • Suzanne Lane, University of Pittsburgh, Professor in the Research Methodology Program, School of Education • Carol Lee, Northwestern University, Professor of Education and Social Policy • Robert Linn, University of Colorado, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, and Co-Director of the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing (CRESST) • Dolores Perin, Columbia University, Associate Professor of Psychology and Education • Tim Shanahan, University of Illinois at Chicago, Professor, Urban Education • Catherine Snow, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Patricia Albjerg Graham Professor • Doranna Tindle, Friendship Public Charter Schools, Instructional Performance Coach

21 3) Step 3 - Validation (rubber stamp) Committee 29 (24 new people)

• Teachers • One K-12 representing AFT (union) • One K-12 representing NEA (union) • One other K-12 teacher • No ECE or mental health professionals involved in the entire process

ONLY TWO MEMBERS ON VALIDATION COMMITTEE HAD EVER WRITTEN HIGH STATE (K-12) STANDARDS • Dr. SANDRA STOTSKY - ELA MASSACHUSETTS (+) • Dr. JAMES MILGRAM - MATH CALIFORNIA (+)

• BOTH DR. STOTSKY AND DR. MILGRAM PLUS THREE OTHERS WOULD NOT SIGN OFF ON THE CCSS.

22 Stotsky Validation Committee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u168bk2lntI

23 Confidentiality Agreement

• Stotsky, “We had to sign a confidentiality agreement that we would not ever discuss what took place in the meeting itself.”

24 Validation Committee

• Bryan Albrecht, President, Gateway Technical College, Kenosha, Wisconsin • Arthur Applebee, Distinguished Professor, Center on English Learning & Achievement, School of Education, University at Albany, SUNY • Sarah Baird, 2009 Arizona Teacher of the Year, K-5 Math Coach, Kyrene School District • Jere Confrey, Joseph D. Moore Distinguished University Professor, William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, College of Education, North Carolina State University • David T. Conley, Professor, College of Education, University of Oregon CEO, Educational Policy Improvement Center (Co-Chair) • Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford University • Alfinio Flores, Hollowell Professor of Mathematics Education, University of Delaware • Brian Gong, Executive Director, Center for Assessment (Co-Chair) • Kenji Hakuta, Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education, Stanford University • Kristin Buckstad Hamilton, Teacher, Battlefield Senior High School, NEA • Feng-Jui Hsieh, Associate Professor of the Mathematics Department, National Taiwan Normal University • Mary Ann Jordan, Teacher, New York City Dept of Education, AFT • Jeremy Kilpatrick, Regents Professor of Mathematics Education, University of Georgia • Dr. Jill Martin, Principal, Pine Creek High School • Barry McGaw, Professor and Director of Melbourne Education Research Institute, University of Melbourne; Director for Education, OECD • James Milgram, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University • David Pearson, Professor and Dean, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley • Steve Pophal, Principal, DC Everest Junior High • Stanley Rabinowitz, Senior Program Director, Assessment and Standards Development Services, WestEd • Lauren Resnick, Distinguished University Professor, Psychology and Cognitive Science, Learning Sciences and Education Policy, University of Pittsburgh • Andreas Schleicher, Head, Indicators and Analysis Division of the OECD Directorate for Education • William Schmidt, University Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University • Catherine Snow, Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education • Christopher Steinhauser, Superintendent of Schools, Long Beach Unified School District • Sandra Stotsky, Professor of Education Reform, 21st Century Chair in Teacher Quality, University of Arkansas • Dorothy Strickland, Samuel DeWitt Proctor Professor of Ed., Emerita, Distinguished Research Fellow, National Institute for Early Education Research, Rutgers, The State University of NJ • Martha Thurlow, Director, National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota • Norman Webb, Senior Research Scientist, Emeritus, Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin • Dylan William, Deputy Director, Institute of Education, University of London http://www.nga.org/cms/home/news-room/news-releases/page_2009/col2-content/main-content-list/title_common-core-state-standards-initiative-validation-committee-announced.html http://www.corestandards.org/assets/CommonCoreReport_6.10.pdf 25

The written objections of the five members who opposed CC were never published

• Proponents will sometimes say, “we can ‘tweak’ the standards to make them meet our needs.”

• When states adopt the standards they MUST adopt them 100% verbatim

• 15% rule NV added nothing http://www.mcrel.org/~/media/Files/McREL/Homepage/Products/01_99/prod17_15PercentRule.ashx

• When something is added under the 15% rule it will not be on CC tests

27 Milgram – Indiana Testimony October 2013, Answering Question: Who rushed the CC Validation Committee? 4:35:00 to 4:37:00 http://www.in.gov/legislative/interim/committee/corevideo.html

28 Federal Government, “was involved in rushing Common Core” ONE reason this is a problem is because according to Two former counsels general to the U.S. Department of Education, Robert Eitel and Kent Talbert there are…

Article, The Road to a National Curriculum - The Legal Aspects of the Common Core Standards, Race to the Top, and Conditional Waivers. They write: "Despite three federal laws that prohibit the federal government from directing, supervising or controlling elementary and secondary school curricula, programs of instruction and instructional materials, the U.S. department of Education (USDOE) has placed the nation on the road to a national curriculum." http://pioneerinstitute.org/download/summary-the-road-to-a-national-curriculum-the-legal-aspects-of-the-common-core-standards-race-to-the-top-and-conditional-waivers/

1/17/2014 Congressman Joe Heck (NV) requested, “…the House Committee on Education and the Workforce hold ‘a full committee hearing on the federal government’s involvement in the Common Core State Standards Initiative.’” https://www.dropbox.com/s/3qziwqffqdlvck9/Common%20Core%20Hearing%20Request%20Letter%20Heck.pdf

Part 3 - The Standards

31 Math

• Dr. Milgram CA math standards – “There is significant international evidence that major parts of the standards will not work. For example, the only area we could find that has had success with CCSS-M's method of treating geometry is in Flemish Belgium. But it was tried on a national scale in Russia a number of years back, and was rapidly dropped.” • Dr. Milgram also said, “CC puts us two years behind high achieving countries.” Common Core stops at algebra 2 • High School Geometry (Core, Classic H.S. class, critical thinking) • Mr. Fortin math teacher IHS, “Geometry now has fewer proofs, and is more algebra based.” http://dianeravitch.net/2013/09/11/james-milgram-on-the-common-core-math-standards/ • Dr. Bill Evers, a researcher at Stanford University's Hoover Institution said, the CC geometry is “rigid motion,” he also said, “It has never successfully been used in K-12 education in the United States, in any state, or in any country.“ http://issuu.com/sfnewmexican/docs/santa_fe_new_mexican__dec._3__2013 (A3) http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/critics-common-core-educational-folly-21075548 32

Dr. Milgram Indiana Testimony October 2013

33 Dr. Milgram

• “I cannot emphasize enough that Common Core is using our children for a huge and risky experiment, one that consistently failed when tried by individual states such as California in the early 1990's and even countries such as the old USSR in the 1970's.“ http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2013/Meeting%20Attachments/810/ I12058/Dr%20%20J%20%20Milgram%20Testimony.pdf

34 Math Example

35 English Language Arts (ELA)

• Cursive (handwriting) not part of CC… – Coleman and Pimentel (the lead ELA writers) ignored research showing the positive effects of learning cursive…

Learning to write in cursive positively affects brain development. http://www.readinghorizons.com/blog/post/2012/07/12/Cursive-Common-Core-State-Standards.aspx

An article in Psychology Today titled, What Learning Cursive Does for Your Brain, http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/memory-medic/201303/what-learning-cursive-does-your-brain

36 Stotsky Indiana Testimony October 2013 “Foundation for good writing is good reading”

37 • “Just count… the writing and reading standards in CC at every grade. This imbalance is the reverse of what a century of research indicates as the basis for the development of reading and writing skills. The foundation for good writing is good reading.”

38 March 2014 - Indiana Became the first state to withdraw from CC

39 ELA continued

• Dr. Stotsky… is responsible for Massachusetts ELA standards, probably the highest in the country, Dr. Stotsky writes: “A second flaw is Common Core’s writing standards. They are an intellectual impossibility for the average middle grade student.“ http://pioneerinstitute.org/blog/more-than-one-fatal-flaw-in-common-cores-ela-standards-by-sandra-stotsky/

40 Classical Literature and Critical Thinking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K4URgulWhk&feature=player_detailpage#t=236

41 • “Common Core will not improve critical thinking skills; it will reduce the ability to develop critical thinking skills, because students will not be taught how to read between the lines of the complex literary text they once were taught how to read.”

42 ELA Continued

NY State’s official CC website - Engage NY

• 5th Grade - Three week unit of Instruction on the United Nations: Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) http://www.engageny.org/sites/default/files/resource/attachments/5m1.1.pdf

• Engage NY Bill of Rights - one sentence in a second grade lesson, “Identify the Bill of Rights as a document amending the Constitution.” 43

Arkansas - 6th Grade CC Lesson: Revise ‘outdated’ Bill of Rights

44 Lesson: • “Prune two and add two amendments to the Bill of Rights.” http://www.thefederalistpapers.org/education-2/common-core-problem-asks-kids-to-choose-two-amendments-to-remove-from-bill-of-rights

45 AR - School District Responds to Controversial Bill of Rights Assignment

• Assistant Superintendent Dr. Debbie Bruick- Jones said, “The school district stands by the ‘very strong assignment’ and claimed the details of the assessment have been misrepresented.” “…critical thinking skills are part of the Common Core state standards.” http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/10/08/school-district-stands-by-strong-assignment-asking-students-to-revise-the-outdated-bill-of-rights-we-are-not-trying-to-brainwash-kids/

Dr. Koschnick, Notre Dame September 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrQbJlmVJZo 23:07

47 • “It is not apparent that the individual standards were tied to any research. Normally when you see something this important you see these citations after it.”

48 On 3/2/10 Almost 500 Mental Health Professionals and ECE signed a letter to the NGA and CCSSO • First paragraph, “WE HAVE GRAVE CONCERNS about the core standards for young children now being written by the NGA and CCSSO. The draft standards made public in January conflict with compelling new research in cognitive science, neuroscience, child development and early childhood education about how young children learn, what they need to learn, and how best to teach them in kindergarten and the early grades.” • “We call on the NGA and the CCSSO to suspend their current drafting of standards for children in kindergarten through grade three.” http://www.allianceforchildhood.org/sites/allianceforchildhood.org/files/file/Joint%20Statement%20on%20Core%20Standards_(417).pdf 49

How did the NGA and CCSSO respond?

50 CC Copyright NGA & CCSSO (both trade originations with no official authority) Limitation on Liability: • “UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL NGA CENTER OR CCSSO, INDIVIDUALLY OR JOINTLY, BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY LEGAL THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER FOR CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR A COMBINATION THEREOF (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH RISK AND POTENTIAL DAMAGE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, LICENSEE WAIVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK LEGAL REDRESS AGAINST, AND RELEASES FROM ALL LIABILITY AND COVENANTS NOT TO SUE, NGA CENTER AND CCSSO.” http://www.corestandards.org/public-license 51 Since the standards have been released – Many more mental health professionals, and ECE have said the K-3 standards are developmentally inappropriate

• http://truthinamericaneducation.com/common-core-state-standards/a-mental-health-professionals-perspective-on-the-common-core/ • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCaXTNcNJRI • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrQbJlmVJZo • http://sachem.patch.com/groups/schools/p/common-core-forum_9b119c20-sachem • 38:06 http://danmorrisshow.com/index.php/interact/podcast/2265-dan-morris-show-2014-01-16-hour-3 • http://atthechalkface.com/2014/01/05/joanne-yatvin-the-common-core-standards-may-be-harmful-to-children/ • http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=IgTbc5UFn5c • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdPz7Eg18jU • http://cityonahill.squarespace.com/common-core-resourcestoolbox/2013/12/11/mental-health-aspects-of-common-core-manipulating-the-minds.html • http://psychouttheopposition.wordpress.com/ • http://www.blogtalkradio.com/cityonahill/2013/10/17/joan-landes-mental-health-therapist-talks-about-common-core • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PooXdnq0ieQ&list=PL1h2WwSa-8dPkjIsR8MldKlcUAOvTGEI2&index=2 • https://www.facebook.com/groups/203076249876429/228058750711512/?comment_id=228095284041192¬if_t=like • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJVswWCNk24 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erq5_LzkKPs 52

NY Teacher (union rep.) to NY Commissioner of Education John King - November 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQbjvy1iSH0

53 “I’m here to report that we are abusing children in the state of New York….There is now a Common Core Syndrome…we have children that are being diagnosed by psychologists with a syndrome directly related to work that they do in the classroom.”

54 She went on to say…

55 “Hundreds of thousands of mommies are going to fill out this form and they are going to have their children refuse to take the test, because the mommies in New York don’t abuse their children. And they’re not going to let bullies do that either.”

56 April 2014 Some schools in New York had over 70% of the students opt- out of CC tests http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/parents-pull-kids-school-dodge-common-core-article-1.1742510

In Nevada we cannot opt out of CC testing

57 What do you do when the standards were not written by qualified people, or K-12 teachers, are developmentally inappropriate at the lower grades, and have major flaws at the higher grades…

58 David Coleman, is now the President of The College Board… The week of 3/03/14 College Board announced the SAT will be “dumbed- down in 2016 to align with CC” • Essay will be optional • Math will cover more basis topics, just "Problem Solving and Data Analysis, Algebra, and Passport to advanced math" • Vocabulary words will become easier • No penalty for wrong answers https://www.collegeboard.org/delivering-opportunity/sat/redesign http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/05/new-sat-test_n_4899565.html http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/03/10/behind-the-sat-the-good-and-bad-of-the-2016-redesign http://www.cato.org/blog/sat-changes-bad-news-common-core http://www.nationalreview.com/article/373112/sat-common-core-form-seamless-tissue-mediocrity-alec-torres http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/03/10/With-Common-Core-in-Trouble-Obama-s-Social-Justice-Education-Agenda-To-Be-Achieved-With-New-Dumbed-Down-SAT http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2014/03/5_reasons_im_tepid_on_the_new_sat.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RickHessStraightUp+%28Rick+Hess+Straight+Up%29 59

Dr. Stotsky

• ”The alignment of the SAT aptitude/achievement tests to Common Core's level of academic demand is part of a systematic effort to break trend lines for all national college admissions tests in this country so that it will not be possible to figure out how much a school curriculum aligned to Common Core's standards and influenced by tests based on those standards has lowered academic achievement in our public schools.” http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/03/13/Education-Standards-Experts-Blast-SAT-Changes

60 NPR – 1/28/14 Political Rivals Find Common Ground Over Common Core http://www.npr.org/2014/01/28/267488648/backlash-grows-against-common-core-education-standards

• Many on the right, the left, and in the middle realize CC is fundamentally flawed!

61 ELA

• Huffington Post (Liberal) article titled - Common Core Nonfiction Reading Standards Mark The End of Literature, English Teachers Say, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/10/common-core-nonfiction-reading-standards_n_2271229.html

• Dr. Terrance Moore (Conservative), Hillsdale College - Story Killers: How the Common Core Destroys Minds and Souls http://truthinamericaneducation.com/common-core-state-standards/story-killers-common-core- destroys-minds-souls/ 62

Summary of Standards

• One size fits all, Top down control of education • Not written by K-12 teachers or qualified people • Little (if any) local control • Rushed by the federal government • Written in secret meetings; Confidentially agreements; Objections were never published • Not researched based • Never been tested • Many experts say standards are inappropriate • Curriculum and tests line up to inappropriate standards • All CC states teaching to one of two tests • We must accept standards 100% as written, can’t revise • SAT has been dumbed down to align with CC • Very expensive to implement

• Wait 10 years to see if it will work 63 So Far we have only talked about math and ELA

Now I would like to mention Common Core Science - Next Generation Science Standards

• Fordham Institute got $8,000,000 from Bill Gates to support CC says. Chester Finn, President of Fordham…[Play 7:12] Next Page http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=3TMsAkwAnNU#t=432 64

Chester Finn 8/23/13 Michigan CC Subcommittee

65 Fordham

• "My origanization has recently evaluated the newly emerged common science standards and we don't think very highly of them, we would not be encouraging states to adopt them."

66 Fordham Gave NGSS a C

• Fordham grades both the NAEP or TIMSS an A-

• “In reality, there is virtually no mathematics, even at the high school level, where it is essential to the learning of physics and chemistry.” (Page 9) http://www.edexcellence.net/sites/default/files/publication/pdfs/20130612-NGSS-Final-Review_7.pdf

67 NV Board of Education (BoE) is aware of all this…

• On 2/26/14 the NV BoE adopted NGSS – without parent, legislator, or taxpayer input

68 Part 4 - How did CC get adopted so quickly and quietly?

69 1. Money - $4.35 Billion total U.S. 2. Waivers from No Child Left Behind (NCLB) • Several states, including Nevada, adopted CC before the final draft was released, the money was more important than the standards • CC has been called, “NCLB on steroids” 70 Race To The Top Phase 2

• Nevada: Governor Gibbons signed the RTTT Phase 2 application on 5/28/10 and agreed to: 1) Adopt CC 2) Improving data systems to link every teacher with student data for instructional change and measures of student growth 3) Establishing teacher and principal evaluations for analyzing teacher and principal effectiveness http://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop/phase2-applications/nevada.pdf

• Five days later 6/02/10 - the final version of CC was released http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/06/02/33common.h29.html

• Nevada DID NOT get RTTT money, but Nevada is stuck with CC http://www.nevadanewsbureau.com/2010/07/27/nevada-loses-out-in-race-to-top-funds-for-education/ 71 States are now realizing CC will cost way more to implement than what they will receive from the federal government

CC Cost to United States • $16 Billion of which about $5 Billion will come from federal grants http://www.educationviews.org/states-taxpayers-cannot-afford-common-core-standards/

Part 5 - What do the Experts Say

73 Which Experts?

• Gates website search Common Core – you learn that Since 2009 Gates has donated over $200,000,000 in direct support of Common Core: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database#q/sortdir=asc&k=common%20core http://honestpracticum.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/How-Bill-Gates-Bought-the-Common-Core-image1.jpg

• The actual amount may be closer to $2.3 Billion (Jack Hassard, Professor Emeritus at Georgia State) http://www.artofteachingscience.org/why-bill-gates-defends-the-common-core/ http://truthinamericaneducation.com/common-core-state-standards/georgia-state-professor-gates-has-spent-2-3-billion-on-common-core/ http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database#q/program=US%20Program&issue=College-Ready

• It is hard to find “experts” Gates did not pay to support CC…

74 Achievement First Inc. Council Of The Great City Schools

Albuquerque Public Schools Creative Commons Corporation

Alliance for Excellent Education, Inc. Cristo Rey Network

American Agora Foundation Inc Delaware Department of Education American Enterprise Institute For Public Policy DePaul University

Research Education Commission of the States American Federation Of Teachers Educational Education Development Center, Inc. Foundation Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound, Inc. Americas Promise-The Alliance For Youth Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation,

Arkansas Public School Resource Center Inc Inc.

Aspire Public Schools Filament Games, LLC

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Forsyth County Schools

Development Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc.

Atlanta Public Schools Fund for Public Schools Inc

Baton Rouge Area Foundation Georgia Department of Education

Battelle For Kids Harvard University

Bellwether Education Partners, Inc. Hillsborough County Council of PTA/PTSAs

Benchmark Education Company LLC iCivics, Inc.

BetterLesson, Inc. James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational

Center for American Progress Leadership and Policy Foundation, Inc.

Center for Applied Linguistics JUMP Math

Center for Curriculum Redesign Inc. Kentucky Department of Education

Center for Teaching Quality, Inc. Khan Academy Inc.

Charter Fund Inc dba Charter School Growth Fund KnowledgeWorks Foundation

Cleveland Metropolitan School District Learning Forward

Colorado Legacy Foundation Learning Matters, Inc.

Committee for Economic Development LearnZillion, Inc.

Common Core Inc. Louisiana Department of Education

Common Ground Software Inc. Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education, Inc.

ConnectEDU, Inc. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Council for a Strong America MetaMetrics, Inc.

Council of Chief State School Officers Michigan State University

Council of State Governments Military Child Education Coalition 75 Motion Math, Inc.

National Association of State Boards of Education Scholastic Inc. National Catholic Educational Association School District of Philadelphia National Center for Family Literacy Inc. Six Red Marbles LLC

National Conference of State Legislatures Southeast Asia Resource Action Center

National Congress of Parents and Teachers Southern Regional Education Board

National Council of Teachers of English Stanford University National Governors Association Center For Best State Education Technology

Practices Student Achievement Partners Inc

National Indian Education Association Summit Public Schools

National Math and Science Initiative Inc. Tennessee Department of Education

National Paideia Center Inc Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming

National Writing Project Education

Nellie Mae Education Foundation, Inc. The Achievement Network

New America Foundation The Aspen Institute Inc

The College-Ready Promise New Teacher Center

The Education Trust New Venture Fund

The Fund For Transforming Education in Kentucky Inc New Visions for Public Schools, Inc

The George Washington University New York University The NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Education

Pennsylvania Business Council Education Foundation The SEED Foundation, Inc.

Pennsylvania Department of Education The University of the State of New York

Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children Thomas B. Fordham Institute

Perkins School for the Blind U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Policy Innovators In Education Network, Inc. U.S. Department of Education

Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence University of Arizona

Puget Sound Educational Service District University of Florida

Purdue University University of Kentucky Research Foundation

Reasoning Mind, Inc. University of Michigan

Regents University Of California Los Angeles University of Missouri - Columbia

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Region 8 ESC of Northeast Indiana

University of Washington Foundation Research for Action Inc

WestEd 76 Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc. Brookings Institute

• Brookings Institute did not take any money from Gates to support CC. In this 36 page report dated February 2012, The Brookings Institute said, “Despite all the money and effort devoted to developing the Common Core…the study foresees little to no impact on student learning.” http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/reports/2012/2/brown%20center/0216_brown_education_loveless.pdf • I.E. Fordham Institute, recall they took $6 Million, “to support CC” – THE STRONGEST CASE FOR CC………[Play 2:14:49] Next Page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJoUEJazzJI&feature=player_embedded#t=8089

77 Strongest Case FOR CC Fordham Institute 10/23/13, Michael Petrilli Executive Vice President Fordham

78 Experts Teachers Oppose Common Core but are afraid to speak up… • Lamar Alexander, Secretary of Education from 1991 to 1993, http://www.chattanoogan.com/2013/6/12/253107/Alexander-Votes-To-Defend-States.aspx • Diane Ravitch, Assistant Secretary of Education 1991 to 1993, http://dianeravitch.net/2013/02/26/why-i-cannot-support-the-common-core-standards/ • Facebook, BAT’s over 40,000 teachers who mostly oppose CC http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/08/24/3583858/for-common-core-a-new-challenge.html

• Website - http://teachersletterstobillgates.com/ • Pro NEA article on CC, at least 82 teachers speak up against CC http://neatoday.org/2013/10/16/10-things-you-should-know-about-the-common-core/ • Washington Post, Principal writes, I was naïve about Common Core http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/03/04/principal-i-was-naive-about-common-core/ • Susan Ohanian, recipient George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contributions to Honest and Clarity in Public Language from the National Council of Teachers of English • Joanne Yatvin, past president of the National Council of Teachers of English • Way too many to mention here 79

Part 6 - Opposition to Common Core

• All 45 states that adopted CC have opposition, It is called a “Moms Movement.” http://stopcommoncore.com/get-connected/

• 3/24/14 Indiana became the first state to withdraw from Common Core http://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2014/03/24/gov-mike-pence-signs-bill-ditch-common-core/6829927/

• At least 8 states are considering same: SC, WI, WY, GA, NC, IA, LA, and OK getting close http://truthinamericaneducation.com/common-core-state-standards/governors-race-to-the-drop-of-common-core/ http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2014/Introduced/HB0097.pdf http://www.wwntradio.com/news/news.php/displayType/article/15602/2014/02/georgia-senate-passes-senate-bill-167-to-withdraw-from-national-common-core-standards http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEod8191_0M http://truthinamericaneducation.com/common-core-state-standards/oklahoma-on-the-verge-of-stopping-common-core-implementation/ http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/04/bobby_jindal_will_put_out_of_c.html

81 • At least 33 of the 44 states (75%) + TX that adopted CC currently have legislation pending to de-fund, slow, or stop CC https://app.box.com/shared/10nl1409mkaf00zzzuyf http://truthinamericaneducation.com/common-core-state-standards/2014-common-core-legislation-round-up/ http://www.edweek.org/ew/section/multimedia/anti-cc-bill.html http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2014/Introduced/HB0097.pdf

82 83 84 85 MOST PROMISING NEWS • At least eleven states have already withdrawn from CC testing: FL, GA, OK, IN, AL, KS, UT, AK, KY, SC, and PA (Exxon Mobil)… Plus five states considering withdrawing: NC & CO (governing states), MI, IA, and LA http://truthinamericaneducation.com/common-core-assessments/what-states-have-pulled-out-of-their-common-core-assessment-consortium/ http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2048_001.pdf http://mobile.edweek.org/c.jsp?DISPATCHED=true&cid=25983841&item=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.edweek.org%2Fedweek%2Fcurriculum%2F2014%2F01%2Fkentucky_withdraws_from_parcc_.html%3Fcmp%3DSOC-SHR-FB http://freepatriot.org/2013/09/24/major-common-core-shake-florida-leaves-parcc-executive-order/ http://www.smarterbalanced.org/about/member-states/ http://www.parcconline.org/parcc-states http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2013/12/consortium_watch_kansas_drops_.html http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/01/02/3502892/common-core-backlash-casts-shadow.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2013/06/pennsylvania_signals_departure_from_test_consortia.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2 http://www.newsminer.com/news/education/alaska-changes-school-testing-consortium/article_05509298-7d77-11e3-9606-001a4bcf6878.html http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/state_edwatch/2014/04/south_carolina_withdrawing_from_smarter_balanced_testing_consortium.html http://www.cde.state.co.us/communications/20140410sbehighlights http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/04/bobby_jindal_will_put_out_of_c.html

Nevada, full steam ahead

• In fact, NV will start a propaganda (education) campaign funded by our State BoE president, Elaine Wynn to sell CC to Nevadan’s http://lasvegassun.com/news/2014/apr/06/new-standards-education-dredge-old-apprehensions/#.U0I0X01hEwM.facebook

• I don’t know if this is a conflict of interest or not, but NV is in the unique position that the state BoE is controlled by the governor

• Recall on 1/18/13 Elaine Wynn was appointed present of NV BoE by Governor Sandoval. http://www.doe.nv.gov/State_Board_Education_Members/

87 Part 7 – The most insidious issue with CC - Is the student data collection, storing, and sharing – Without Parent Consent

88 The problem – the US DoE Reinterpreted FERPA – 12/02/11 http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-12-02/pdf/2011-30683.pdf

AFTER FERPA WAS GUTTED, THE UNPRECEDENTED STORAGE, TRACKING, AND SHARING OF STUDENT DATA, SOME PERSONAL, IS NOW ALLOWED WITHOUT PRIOR PARENT CONSENT

89 Joe Hart News 4 1/24/2012

90 • Joe Hart, “The Nevada DoE will follow individual student's progress from pre-K to the work force. The system will help direct students to the type of college or career ready jobs, and into a field which will allow them a successful outcome for both the student and their state.“ http://www.mynews4.com/news/local/story/Nevada-wins-4-million-grant-for-longitudinal-data/WtdWRiRyv0O7OmTGlIzOdA.cspx?rss=3298

91 Nevada’s Statewide Longitudinal Data System (NSLDS) is the system that will be used to track, store and share data on all NV public school students

• NSLDS was created with a total of $10,000,000 in grants from the federal government https://nces.ed.gov/Programs/SLDS/pdf/Nevadaabstract.pdf https://nces.ed.gov/Programs/SLDS/pdf/nevadaabstract2012.pdf • NSLDS is the same system that enables tracking of teachers by their students’ test scores. If teachers want to keep their jobs they will teach

to the test. 92 The Goal of the SLDS’s

• The federal government has spent over $612,000,000 to ensure 47 states have SLDS’s that are all compatible… http://nces.ed.gov/Programs/SLDS/stateinfo.asp

93 RGJ recently wrote two articles on what data WCSD will be tracking on students • 1/21/14, Washoe school district to create electronic file on every student "Everything you know will be documented starting in kindergarten" "It will include information on district assessments in every grade level and include attendance records, discipline files and any special concerns..." "Information about a home life...“ http://www.rgj.com/article/20140121/NEWS02/301210063/Washoe-school-district-create-electronic-file-every-student

• 1/22/14, Data part of Washoe school district's future "The data system will include test scores, attendance records, discipline files and other personal information, including other family members' levels of education.” http://www.rgj.com/article/20140122/NEWS02/301230017/Data-part-Washoe-school-district-s-future 94

Testing

• Starting next school year 2014-15 ALL NEVADA PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE SBAC EXAMS

• Why is this a problem?

• It is the SBAC, NOT the local school districts or the state of NV, who MUST provide access to data with the U.S. DoE and others, because of SBAC’s contract with the US DoE. • “The SBAC is required to ‘provide timely and complete access to any and all data collected at the state level’ to the federal government DoE, or its designated program monitors, technical assistance providers, or researcher partners, and to GAO, and the auditors conducting the audit required...” N – 6, Appendix F 5 – B, http://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop-assessment/sbac-cooperative-agreement.pdf http://truthinamericaneducation.com/uncategorized/federal-government-to-have-access-to-your-childs-data-via-common-core-assessments/ 96

Nevada

• Parents CANNOT opt their children out of SBAC testing or the NSLDS

• Governor Sandoval can slow/stop SBAC testing prior to the next legislative session

97 98 Teachers - Administrators - Parents

• Teachers and administrators against CC are afraid to speak up. Teachers are leaving the profession because of CC.

• Parents are turning to home schooling because of CC and the intrusive data collection, storage, and sharing.

99 In Nevada 4 Problems: 1. It is NOT possible to stop the state from tracking our children’s personal data “pre-K to the workforce” via the NSLDS.

2. It is NOT possible to stop the SBAC from providing the federal government and companies like Pearson Education access to ‘any and all’ data collected about our children

3. To find out what data is being stored, tracked, and shared on our children we have to pay. It would cost me OVER $10,000 to see what data the state of NV is tracking and sharing on my four children.

4. Even if I pay there is NO WAY for me to know who my children’s data will be shared with! 100 Mr. Eppolito,

The Department’s Director of Information Technology, Glenn Myer, has reviewed your request to receive reports of data for each of your four children that is contained in the SLDS. He has estimated that the cost will be approximately $10,194, which represents at least three solid weeks (120 hours) of dedicated staff time (billed at $84.95/hour) to build, test and validate a new application that will be able to display individual student data in a readable format. Payment of this fee must be made in full before work can begin.

Please understand that the primary purpose of the Department of Education’s SLDS is to support required state and federal reporting, funding of local education agencies, education accountability, and public reporting. The system currently is not capable of responding to the type of individual student data request you have presented. Thus, the extraordinary cost to create a system application that will produce a readable report. Furthermore, data requests outside the scope of the SLDS’ current capability must be prioritized and can only be accommodated when staff resources are available. This prioritization will most likely result in your data request not being fulfilled for several months.

Please notify me if you would like to proceed with your request.

Judy P. Osgood Public Information Officer Nevada Department of Education 700 E. Fifth Street, Suite 100 Carson City, Nevada 89701 Office: (775) 687-9201 Cell: (775) 443-7156 [email protected]

1) No one can guarantee student data will be safe from hackers.

Why would we: a) Want the state of Nevada tracking personal information about our children pre-K to the workforce and directing our students into jobs? b) Want the US DoE, GAO, and companies like Pearson Education to have access to “any and all student data” collected at the state level, about our children?

3) Once this student data is out there we can’t take it back http://longisland.news12.com/news/sachem-school-district-students-confidential-information-posted-online-1.6407134 http://nodatany.wordpress.com/2013/11/09/what-we-fear-is-here-seen-with-my-own-eyes/

2) According to data expert, Tom Considine "In the first quarter of 2014, 39 reports of data breaches have taken place at schools around the country." http://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/lahontanvalley/10952141-113/core-eppolito-common-standards http://www.databreaches.net/2014/01/ 102

Update Data Quality Campaign

• Education Week 4/16/14: "More than 80 student-data-privacy bills have been considered in 32 states this year alone, according to the Data Quality Campaign." http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/04/16/28privacy_ep.h33.html?cmp=SOC-SHR-TW

103 Ben Swann

Article title, The Most Dangerous Domestic Spying Program is Common Core

“Data collected will not only include grades, test scores, name, date of birth and social security number, it will also include parents’ political affiliations, individual or family mental or psychological problems, beliefs, religious practices and income.” http://benswann.com/the-most-dangerous-domestic-spying-program-is-common-core/#ixzz2k0a6DpbD http://benswann.com/the-most-dangerous-domestic-spying-program-is-common-core/

1. Through 3/05/14 NV is only half way to completing it’s SLDS http://www.dataqualitycampaign.org/your-states-progress/by-state/overview/

2. The only “Data Group” with more than two fields was Discipline it has EIGHT FIELDS, https://bighorn.doe.nv.gov/Bighorn/Lists/SAIN%20Data%20Dictionary/AllItems.aspx104

The only way to protect the children of Nevada… 1. Stop the NSLDS

2. Withdraw from SBAC testing

3. AND STOP COMMON CORE!

105 Part 8 – What can you do to help!

106 • PLEASE encourage the governor to slow the SBAC testing and the NSLDS, long enough to study all the implications of both…

• Please research CC and help us figure out a way to educate Nevadans on all aspects of CC; not just the Nevada Succeeds “facts”

• Note – By spring 2015 will be too late to protect our children from the required SBAC testing and the NSLDS

107 108 Application – State Fiscal Stabilization Fund

• Nevada: Governor Gibbons signed the application on 4/28/09 http://www2.ed.gov/programs/statestabilization/stateapps/nv-sub.pdf

• In the application NV agreed to: 1) Establish SLDS 2) Take actions to improve teacher effectiveness 3) Enhance the quality of academic assessments 4) Improve academic content standards

• Nevada received $266,000,000 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA 2009) https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/more-266-million-recovery-funds-now-available-nevada-save-teaching-jobs-and-driv http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/may/11/federal-education-stimulus-funds-nevada-released/ 109 Nevada could not apply for Race to the Top Phase 1 because… • At the time, end of 2009, Nevada had a law prohibiting tying teacher evaluations to student test scores http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/dec/19/education-secretary-calls-gibbons-urge-change/

110 Who does NOT send their children to Common Core schools • President Obama https://www.sidwell.edu/ • Secretary of Education Arne Duncan http://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/2009/04/where-arne-duncan-sends-his-kids-to.html • Commissioner of Education NY John King http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/201300/kings-kids-private-school-and-the-common-core/ • Sandy Kress lobbyist for Pearson - largest education co. (curriculum & tests) in the world and US. http://dianeravitch.net/2014/02/12/tamsa-the-hero-moms-of-texas/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/03/30/common-core-backer-for-public-schools-great-for-private-school-not-so-much/ • Steven R. Cohen, Ph.D., Superintendent of Schools for Shoreham-Wading River School District, NY wrote an article titled, Board of Regents creating ‘education apartheid’ Written in NY but the same applies to the entire USA. http://riverheadnewsreview.timesreview.com/2013/11/49580/guest-spot-board-of-regents-creating-educational-class-system/ 111 New York teachers turn on Common Core

• On 1/26/14 “One of the biggest groups of educators in the country (about 600,000) is on record saying it’s not working.” • The NYSUT, which represents about 600,000 teachers, retired teachers and school professionals — and accounts for 15 percent of national teacher union membership http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/new-york-common-core-teachers-schools-education-102614.html#ixzz2rZcjUqME

• “NYSUT's board withdrew its support for the Common Core standards as implemented and interpreted in New York state…” http://www.nysut.org/news/2014/january/nysut-board-approves-no-confidence-resolution

• On 3/29/14 NYSUT president Dick Lannuzzi said, teachers and parents are right to opt-out of CC tests. The week of 3/31/14 up to 70% of students in some NY schools opted-out of CC tests. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypQqvs06cD4&list=PL1h2WwSa-8dNmQOOWznW0H3Ql6zEppLD3 http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/parents-pull-kids-school-dodge-common-core-article-1.1742510

112 • Arne Duncan – 11/15/13 ”’White suburban moms’ upset that Common Core shows their kids aren’t ‘brilliant’” http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/11/16/arne-duncan-white-surburban-moms-upset-that-common-core-shows-their-kids-arent-brilliant/

113 4/30/13 CONGRESSMEN IN AT LEAST 19 STATES SENT A LETTER TO ARNE DUNCAN ASKING:

“HOW DID US DoE: 1. CIRCUMVENT CONGRESS TO GET CC WRITTEN 2. CIRCUMVENT CONGRESS TO REINTERPERT FERPA” (Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, written 1974) http://luetkemeyer.house.gov/uploadedfiles/commoncore.duncan.final.p df

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