A-F School Report Card Controversy: Okla. State Superintendent Hofmeister -Race Groups given different grades

Oklahoma HB 1693 is up for a vote in the State Senate Education Committee next Monday, March 21st or more likely Monday, March 28th. The bill makes changes in the public schools’ grades given in an A-F Report Card and other components of the education “accountability” system which Superintendent Hofmeister is seeking to have approved …

America’s Founding, Christian Thought, Education and Western Civilization are Intertwined

The original thirteen American colonies were predominantly Protestant Christian. Our law is based on biblical concepts and from the English law. which is the product of Christian thought. The Protestant Revolution created an educated people in Europe who learned to read for themselves from the bibles made possible by the reformers including Martin Luther and John Calvin. …

Why do so many good leaders and groups push “Choice”?

“Choice” has become popular - the easy and quick answer to "fix" education but many who know the details of the programs under the banner of “Choice” and have experience with education policy realize it includes some programs that are dangerous to freedom and is spreading so rapidly because it is being marketed heavily with …

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION –IT’S TIME TO KILL IT

(Picture -- U.S. Department of Education = Federally Mandated Yearly Tests; Teaching to the Tests; Psychological Profiling; Data Mining; Race to the Top – Common Core; Baby Common Core National Standards; Sec. of  Ed. Controls State Plans; Parent Replacement Centers- Community Schools –Thanks to Dr. Karen Effrem @ http://www.edlibertywatch.org ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If we have ever …

Trump’s Education Agenda & Problems with Betsy DeVos

Donald Trump’s appointees “signed up for Trump’s agenda”, Mike Pence, VP elect on Sunday morning “This Week” 12-4-16 Betsy DeVos was appointed by Donald Trump as Education Secretary. Trump’s agenda is: Public Charter Schools in Inner Cities Local Control of Public Education Education returned to the Parents Stop Common Core / National Standards Betsy DeVos …

Social Emotional Learning Tests

By: Linda Murphy, Oklahoma Educator Introduction:  This article was first published in "The Oklahoma Constitution" in the Spring 2016 Issue and was entitled: "How will Oklahoma's K-12 Students be Tested?"  Oklahoma pulled out of the highly controversial Federal backed PARCC Partnership for Assessment of Readiness in Careers and College Consortium testing in 2013. In May …

The Growing Federal Education Bureaucracy

STOP FED ED! Federal government bureaucrats now have new ways to be involved in every aspect of the life of a child in public schools with the passage of the “reauthorized” federal education bill. Preschool education, psychological testing and training of every aspect of a child’s life are now open to more federal involvement in …

STOP Illegally Funded Federal Common Core Curriculum

President Obama and his Secretary of Education Arne Duncan have used excessive amounts of “stimulus” money to push the biggest ever Federal advancement of control over the classrooms across America and even over what our children will learn. The Federal control has advanced into curriculum and that is now documented in a published article from …

The Chamber of Commerce and National Governors Association global workforce plans

I wrote the following article to provide an overview of how the global workforce plans are being developed and implemented in states.  Although Common Core has been repealed in Oklahoma these plans for centralized control of K-12 education are moving forward in our state under the approval of the Governor, State Superintendent and others who …

U S SENATE -Controversial SB-1177 Education Act passes by 81 VOTES

The U.S. Senate has ended the consideration of their legislation to rewrite the mammoth Elementary and Secondary Education Act -ESEA by passing SB-1177 named the "Every Child Achieves Act" -ECAA. The Act includes the highly controversial NCLB -No Child Left Behind and the widely supported Title 1 through Title 10 programs-- containing Reading programs, Indian Tribal aid and Military Base Impact aid for public schools, as well as many …