Did You Know...

Courtesy of Truth in American Education, you can now exercise your parental rights to protect your children from the nationalized Common Core racket. Download, print, Facebook, tweet, and share the opt-out form. The revolt is growing. Make your voice and your choice heard.

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My Rotten to the Core series:

Rotten to the Core, Part 4: The Feds’ Invasive Student Tracking Database

Rotten to the Core, Part 3: Lessons from Texas and the Growing Grassroots Revolt

Rotten to the Core, Part 2: Readin’, writin’ and deconstructionism

Rotten to the Core, Part 1: Obama’s War on Academic Standards

Rotten to the Core: Reader feedback from the frontlines

My child’s Common Core-aligned Algebra book is crap

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On a related note, via The Blaze: ‘LET GO OF THE SYSTEM’: HOW CAN PARENTS & TEACHERS STOP CSCOPE?

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Previous:

Fuzzy math: A nationwide epidemic

Everyday Math = junk

Obama’s Sputter-nik moment: Cash for Education Clunkers

January 2005: NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND, ACT II

February 2005: THE REVOLT AGAINST NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND

Stupid education fad of the day: “Mayan Math”

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More resources/background/links:

Barry Garelick: A New Kind of Problem: The Common Core Math Standards

EmpoweredGA.org – Georgia activists: Here, here, here and here.

Pennsylvania revolt against TERC Investigations math.

http://truthinamericaneducation.com/

http://www.utahnsagainstcommoncore.com/

Indiana: hoosiersagainstcommoncore.com

http://stopcommoncore.com/

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And more:

“Related Websites” from Truth in American Education has links to all of the following:

Alabamians United for Excellence in Education
Arizonans Against Common Core
Californians United Against Common Core
Closing the Door on Innovation Why One National Curriculum Is Bad for America
Common Core: Education Without Representation
Common Core Facts
Hoosiers Against Common Core
Keep Education Local
Missouri Coalition Against Common Core
Pioneer Institute Public Policy Research: Academic Standards
Stop Common Core: Reclaiming Local Control in Education
Tennessee Against Common Core
United States Coalition for World Class Math: Common Core Standards
Utahns Against Common Core
Utah’s Republic: Common Core Standards
Where’s the Math? Common Core State Standards
Where’s the Math? Standard Algorithms in the Common Core State Standards