Based upon the factual evidence documented at www.truthinamericaneducation.com and www.idahoansforlocaleducation.com I ask the Governor, State Board of Education, and State Superintendent to immediately take the steps necessary to rescind Common Core adoption, SBAC membership, the Race to the Top application, the No Child Left Behind waiver, and all other requirements upon the state that are related to these.
Second, I request the Idaho Attorney General in conjunction with the Federalism Subcommittee of the Constitutional Defense Council, to review all documentation related to such applications and contracts as mentioned above to ensure our state sovereignty is held inviolate. I further request that this review of programs, documents, and applications, include an examination to ensure no private or personal information about students is transmitted outside of local schools and districts.
Third, inasmuch as the Idaho State Dept of Education adopted Common Core State Standards failed to perform a cost analysis related to statewide adoption, and failed to hold public meetings where citizens could review the actual standards prior to adoption, I request that a committee be appointed to rewrite Idaho's standards through a well-developed and transparent process that includes numerous public hearings and input from committees that utilizes knowledge-based, academic, clearly worded, grade-level specific, measurable standards from other states as models.
Fourth, give individual schools and districts full local control with the ability to adopt their own high standards, assessments, and research-based curriculum to encourage and allow for greater parental participation in the education system.
Fifth, I request that a committee of legislators and citizens be formed to develop a 5-year plan to get Idaho off all federal funding of education, and if the federal government threatens to pull non-education related funding away from the state as we pursue this course, that this knowledge should be made public and fought with the assistance of the state Attorney General.
Sixth, I ask that the state strengthen privacy laws and make sharing of personal student data with any state or federal entity a crime both for the one disseminating and the recipient who requested personal information.
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Reached 1,000 supporters
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July 28, 2013
The momentum we have built proves that Idahoans want control over their own classrooms. Call your local representative today and demand they review our petition demands. Post the link on Facebook to ensure your neighbors see exactly what is at stake.
July 12, 2013
I am currently compiling our list of counties to prove to the Governor that this movement spans the entire state. Please update your signature comment to include your county if you have not done so yet. Text three friends and ask them to verify their county in the comments as well.
Reached 100 supporters
March 22, 2013
590 Comments
I cant help my Grandchildren do their homework. My son died of Accute Leukemia in September 2013 and there were a few different educated professional parents trying to help his now Fatherless children and none of us could help them. Our children will suffer. Why?
I think this common core math is the worst. Do the teachers even know how to teach anymore ? They don't use text books or send examples home so you can help your child. All the teacher does is pull it off the internet and we are paying for this. We need this changed.
I have opted both of my children out of SBAC and ISAT, now I have received a letter stating that if my child is enrolled in Nampa School District that they WILL be taking the test. Does this mean I need to UN enroll my child just so they do not take this test?
I will have a child in kindergarten next year, and am worried he will be brainwashed by the common core/corporate based program. I want the interest of the KIDS to be a priority, not who is benefiting financially off of a school program Thanks
This further explains why I homeschool. However, not everyone has that option, and I care about children's opportunity to learn based in reality. Schools are already failing our communities, it is only getting worse with this standardization of questionable intent.
Common core takes away the freedom that are children are given by birthright. To be creative and learn in their own way.
I feel like this system for learning is not helping us as students reach our full potential. As a student, I do not support this change.
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Based upon the factual evidence documented at www.truthinamericaneducation.com and www.idahoansforlocaleducation.com I ask the Governor, State Board of Education, and State Superintendent to immediately take the steps necessary to rescind Common Core adoption, SBAC membership, the Race to the Top application, the No Child Left Behind waiver, and all other requirements upon the state that are related to these.
Second, I request the Idaho Attorney General in conjunction with the Federalism Subcommittee of the Constitutional Defense Council, to review all documentation related to such applications and contracts as mentioned above to ensure our state sovereignty is held inviolate. I further request that this review of programs, documents, and applications, include an examination to ensure no private or personal information about students is transmitted outside of local schools and districts.
Third, inasmuch as the Idaho State Dept of Education adopted Common Core State Standards failed to perform a cost analysis related to statewide adoption, and failed to hold public meetings where citizens could review the actual standards prior to adoption, I request that a committee be appointed to rewrite Idaho's standards through a well-developed and transparent process that includes numerous public hearings and input from committees that utilizes knowledge-based, academic, clearly worded, grade-level specific, measurable standards from other states as models.
Fourth, give individual schools and districts full local control with the ability to adopt their own high standards, assessments, and research-based curriculum to encourage and allow for greater parental participation in the education system.
Fifth, I request that a committee of legislators and citizens be formed to develop a 5-year plan to get Idaho off all federal funding of education, and if the federal government threatens to pull non-education related funding away from the state as we pursue this course, that this knowledge should be made public and fought with the assistance of the state Attorney General.
Sixth, I ask that the state strengthen privacy laws and make sharing of personal student data with any state or federal entity a crime both for the one disseminating and the recipient who requested personal information.
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
August 27, 2013
July 28, 2013
The momentum we have built proves that Idahoans want control over their own classrooms. Call your local representative today and demand they review our petition demands. Post the link on Facebook to ensure your neighbors see exactly what is at stake.
July 12, 2013
I am currently compiling our list of counties to prove to the Governor that this movement spans the entire state. Please update your signature comment to include your county if you have not done so yet. Text three friends and ask them to verify their county in the comments as well.
Reached 100 supporters
March 22, 2013
590 Comments
Cassia. It is time for people to wake up and see the writing on the wall. start spending our education dollars in the classroom where they make a difference and stop waisting our money on data mining warehouses and all the bureaucracy that comes with it?
I cant help my Grandchildren do their homework. My son died of Accute Leukemia in September 2013 and there were a few different educated professional parents trying to help his now Fatherless children and none of us could help them. Our children will suffer. Why?
I think this common core math is the worst. Do the teachers even know how to teach anymore ? They don't use text books or send examples home so you can help your child. All the teacher does is pull it off the internet and we are paying for this. We need this changed.
I have opted both of my children out of SBAC and ISAT, now I have received a letter stating that if my child is enrolled in Nampa School District that they WILL be taking the test. Does this mean I need to UN enroll my child just so they do not take this test?
I will have a child in kindergarten next year, and am worried he will be brainwashed by the common core/corporate based program. I want the interest of the KIDS to be a priority, not who is benefiting financially off of a school program Thanks
This further explains why I homeschool. However, not everyone has that option, and I care about children's opportunity to learn based in reality. Schools are already failing our communities, it is only getting worse with this standardization of questionable intent.
Common core takes away the freedom that are children are given by birthright. To be creative and learn in their own way.
I feel like this system for learning is not helping us as students reach our full potential. As a student, I do not support this change.
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Cassia. It is time for people to wake up and see the writing on the wall. start spending our education dollars in the classroom where they make a difference and stop waisting our money on data mining warehouses and all the bureaucracy that comes with it?