Have you noticed how the conversation goes when GOP candidates talk about Common Core? No need to spend time gathering candidate’s comments because they don’t go far beyond, ‘it’s a disaster,’ ‘Common Core will be gone if I’m elected,’ ‘we’ll…
Every week on Monday morning , the Council and our invited guests weigh in at the Watcher’s Forum, short takes on a major issue of the day, the culture, or daily living. This week’s question:Does Education Need Reform? Fausta’s Blog…
The Council has spoken, the votes have been cast, and the results are in for this week’s Watcher’s Council match up. ““Is there any point in public debate in a society where hardly anyone has been taught how to think,…
Welcome to the Watcher’s Council, a blogging group consisting of some of the most incisive blogs in the ‘sphere, and the longest running group of its kind in existence. Every week, the members nominate two posts each, one written by…
You think we’re winning against Common Core, right? The Department of Defense (DoD) (our Pentagon) is aligning with Common Core in all DoD K-5th (and up to 12 as the machine grinds) schools in “The Americas, Europe, The Pacifics.” Capiche?…
Common Core is everywhere –– everywhere American kids are. The kids go to Dubai. The kids go to Doha and then they come home. In Dubai, there are thirty (30) American schools. I believe most, if not all, are U.S. State Department…
There are more than a dozen GOP candidates still in the 2016 race for President and every day I hear from a great many of them via email. These campaign letters have me thinking though, and I don’t like what…
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is resigning. One of the early questions about Duncan was why he and Obama weren’t shy about defending Obama’s “Safe Schools Czar,” Kevin Jennings. It was so ugly, the Washington Times apologized for having to…
The following is the transcript (and video) of Senator Ted Cruz’ speech at the 2015 Values Voter Summit, where he won the straw poll with 35 percent of the vote –– the third year in a row. Ben Carson 18…
I know Kathleen Coad O’Brien from Facebook. There is nothing frivolous about Kathleen, as you’ll see below. While she fights Common Core in her state with every ounce of energy she has (and she’s loaded with it), she has a…
