Post by Bob DePino on Dec 13, 2013 7:20:45 GMT -5
In November, I wrote an editorial reply to Vilaseca's pro Common Core tirade that appeared in several local papers.
In December, he released a scathing report against independent schools in Vermont.
Here was my response to the November editorial by Vilaseca that appeared in the VT Journal, Caledonian Record and the Vermont Standard:
In response to the Secretary of Education's pro-Common Core article, I would like to point out that even though he states "I understand and support the concept of state's rights, but this idea no longer makes sense when we have become such a mobile and transient society", he clearly do esn't support state's rights, nor understands the law. Just because the government decides that something "doesn't make sense" doesn't give it the right to create a series of laws that violate the Constitution or the Bill of Rights.
Common Core was "adopted" because Vermonters were not made aware of what was going on, nor offered to provide input or commentary.
The Common Core was created by a beaurocratic collection of national education groups funded by private funds from groups such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
Education is a $5 Billion a year business, and these people are poised to capitalize on these newly created standards.
While the idea behind a national set of standards may be of intrinsic value, HOW we go about achieving these goals should be up to the states and more importantly, the parents should have SOME say in what happens. All local control of education will be eliminated under Common Core. Remember all the discussion about "redistricting"? That was preparation for Common Core and government oversight.
Common Core espouses the virtues of rigorous educational processes as part of their narrative. The actual definition of "rigor/rigour" explains a lot about the position of the Common Core creators as it's definition is entirely negative. Descriptive words include: strictness, severity, hardship, harshness, inflexible adherence and cruelty! Cruelty?!
This is nothing more than the definition of indoctrination.
Per the US Dept of Education, "Promoting Grit, Tenacity, and Perseverance: Critical Factors for Success in the 21st Century" pg 8:
"There are no quick fixes — making significant progress requires the efforts of all communities of educational stakeholders AND FUNDAMENTAL PARADIGM shifts in the culture of education."
Common Core promotes many inappropriate paradigm shifts in our children's education; "sexuality" replaces sex ed from high school (now starting in kindergarten, children will have 13 YEARS of sexual education!) teaching things to grade schoolers about masterbation, sexual orientation, etc. In high school children are taught acceptance of rape and pedophilia (see CC list of "exemplar texts") through The Bluest Eye. And in all grades they are taught the corruption of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights in order to continue the destruction the freedoms we now have under the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 9th and 10th Amendments. Common Core selectively chooses to teach altered "interpretations" of our Rights in order to make children believe they have less freedom than they really have. This is INDOCTRINATION, not education.
This falls in lock-step with the existing Zero Tolerance policies that have run amok across our nation.
Children are expelled, ridiculed, threatened and arrested, for chewing a pastry into a gun shape or wearing a 2nd Amendment tee shirt or wearing a cross.
In the Common Core realm, this Totalitarian behavior targets parents and educators that speak out against CC. In MD a father was forcibly removed from a town meeting and falsely charged with threatening an officer for speaking out against Common Core. A potential penalty of 10 years in prison for SPEAKING out? This is government intimidation.
In Volusia County FL, the Department of Justice intervened to shut down a public meeting when parents were outraged at a Common Core text propagandizing the Islamic religion. This is government intervention and suppression of our 1st and 9th Amendment rights. It will not stop.
The creators of Common Core say that parents and teachers have the ability to tailor the curriculum to their individual states needs, this is a lie and the news is out.
Common Core does not allow teachers to improvise lessons based on the learning styles of students or of identified interests, as all students are expected to function as a single unit: Same instruction, same knowledge, same process, same regurgitation, same result, pass the test.
This isn't education, this is indoctrination. Oh, wait, I already said that.
Why is it that no one in Vermont has even heard of Common Core, yet the Secretary of Education proudly states that "Vermont was involved in developing these standards" that will make education in Vermont so much better.
Question: Weren't these SAME educators involved in our CURRENT education system that is apparently such a failure? What makes the new system any better?
Nothing I have seen makes me believe it.
Susan Ohanian's inquiry about Common Core and your response is available online and should be read along with many other articles by parents and educators already living the Common Core nightmare.
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan told a group of state school superintendents on Friday, “It’s fascinating to me that some of the pushback is coming from, sort of, white suburban moms who — all of a sudden — their child isn’t as brilliant as they thought they were and their school isn’t quite as good as they thought they were, and that’s pretty scary,”
You state "you may have heard arguments against these standards by an array of individuals and groups", well sir, add me to your list.
I offer a wealth of insight on my homepage:
stop-common-core-vt.freeforums.net
It also allows registered users to add their thoughts, comments and references to this discussion, which is more than the state of Vermont has allowed.
That said, the government does NOT have the privilege to implement the Common Core in America as it is a violation of the 10th Amendment. But, I forget that the government decrees that the Constitution and Bill of Rights are subject to government approval... Which Common Core lesson is that? Check out the website and see.
In December, he released a scathing report against independent schools in Vermont.
Here was my response to the November editorial by Vilaseca that appeared in the VT Journal, Caledonian Record and the Vermont Standard:
In response to the Secretary of Education's pro-Common Core article, I would like to point out that even though he states "I understand and support the concept of state's rights, but this idea no longer makes sense when we have become such a mobile and transient society", he clearly do esn't support state's rights, nor understands the law. Just because the government decides that something "doesn't make sense" doesn't give it the right to create a series of laws that violate the Constitution or the Bill of Rights.
Common Core was "adopted" because Vermonters were not made aware of what was going on, nor offered to provide input or commentary.
The Common Core was created by a beaurocratic collection of national education groups funded by private funds from groups such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.
Education is a $5 Billion a year business, and these people are poised to capitalize on these newly created standards.
While the idea behind a national set of standards may be of intrinsic value, HOW we go about achieving these goals should be up to the states and more importantly, the parents should have SOME say in what happens. All local control of education will be eliminated under Common Core. Remember all the discussion about "redistricting"? That was preparation for Common Core and government oversight.
Common Core espouses the virtues of rigorous educational processes as part of their narrative. The actual definition of "rigor/rigour" explains a lot about the position of the Common Core creators as it's definition is entirely negative. Descriptive words include: strictness, severity, hardship, harshness, inflexible adherence and cruelty! Cruelty?!
This is nothing more than the definition of indoctrination.
Per the US Dept of Education, "Promoting Grit, Tenacity, and Perseverance: Critical Factors for Success in the 21st Century" pg 8:
"There are no quick fixes — making significant progress requires the efforts of all communities of educational stakeholders AND FUNDAMENTAL PARADIGM shifts in the culture of education."
Common Core promotes many inappropriate paradigm shifts in our children's education; "sexuality" replaces sex ed from high school (now starting in kindergarten, children will have 13 YEARS of sexual education!) teaching things to grade schoolers about masterbation, sexual orientation, etc. In high school children are taught acceptance of rape and pedophilia (see CC list of "exemplar texts") through The Bluest Eye. And in all grades they are taught the corruption of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights in order to continue the destruction the freedoms we now have under the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 9th and 10th Amendments. Common Core selectively chooses to teach altered "interpretations" of our Rights in order to make children believe they have less freedom than they really have. This is INDOCTRINATION, not education.
This falls in lock-step with the existing Zero Tolerance policies that have run amok across our nation.
Children are expelled, ridiculed, threatened and arrested, for chewing a pastry into a gun shape or wearing a 2nd Amendment tee shirt or wearing a cross.
In the Common Core realm, this Totalitarian behavior targets parents and educators that speak out against CC. In MD a father was forcibly removed from a town meeting and falsely charged with threatening an officer for speaking out against Common Core. A potential penalty of 10 years in prison for SPEAKING out? This is government intimidation.
In Volusia County FL, the Department of Justice intervened to shut down a public meeting when parents were outraged at a Common Core text propagandizing the Islamic religion. This is government intervention and suppression of our 1st and 9th Amendment rights. It will not stop.
The creators of Common Core say that parents and teachers have the ability to tailor the curriculum to their individual states needs, this is a lie and the news is out.
Common Core does not allow teachers to improvise lessons based on the learning styles of students or of identified interests, as all students are expected to function as a single unit: Same instruction, same knowledge, same process, same regurgitation, same result, pass the test.
This isn't education, this is indoctrination. Oh, wait, I already said that.
Why is it that no one in Vermont has even heard of Common Core, yet the Secretary of Education proudly states that "Vermont was involved in developing these standards" that will make education in Vermont so much better.
Question: Weren't these SAME educators involved in our CURRENT education system that is apparently such a failure? What makes the new system any better?
Nothing I have seen makes me believe it.
Susan Ohanian's inquiry about Common Core and your response is available online and should be read along with many other articles by parents and educators already living the Common Core nightmare.
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan told a group of state school superintendents on Friday, “It’s fascinating to me that some of the pushback is coming from, sort of, white suburban moms who — all of a sudden — their child isn’t as brilliant as they thought they were and their school isn’t quite as good as they thought they were, and that’s pretty scary,”
You state "you may have heard arguments against these standards by an array of individuals and groups", well sir, add me to your list.
I offer a wealth of insight on my homepage:
stop-common-core-vt.freeforums.net
It also allows registered users to add their thoughts, comments and references to this discussion, which is more than the state of Vermont has allowed.
That said, the government does NOT have the privilege to implement the Common Core in America as it is a violation of the 10th Amendment. But, I forget that the government decrees that the Constitution and Bill of Rights are subject to government approval... Which Common Core lesson is that? Check out the website and see.