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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 04:46:00 +0000

In reply to Oak Norton. If home-schoolers are doing such a good job in teaching mathematics, they shouldn't have anything to worry about should they when it comes to taking a test? Home schoolers should welcome the tests as a way to prove that home schooling is far superior to traditional schools.

By: Oak Norton

Oak Norton — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 05:05:00 +0000

In reply to Elena. Elena, the Home School Defense League is closely monitoring things. They are worried that with some of the mandates states are responsible for, it could result in forcing home schoolers to take state exams or be subject to other requirements that would take away some of their autonomy. We should be working to protect home schooled children and insulate them from Common Core.

By: Elena

Elena — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 02:18:00 +0000

In reply to Joy Marie Madsen. Just a question but how will Common Core affect home schooling. I was told that with home schooling the state didn't have any say as to what is taught or benchmarks that were expected to be met.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:30:00 +0000

A few weeks ago I brought my children to the Utah State capital and sat on a Committee hearing where I saw and heard Mr. Shumway ask for another $1.2 million to re-educate teachers on how to teach Algebra! I almost fell out of my chair! CCSS and IB linked together are exactly why I took my kids out of school and am now homeschooling!

Parents do not realize what the CCSS and I am thoroughly nervous of the students that the curriculum is producing!

By: Judy

Judy — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:19:00 +0000

In reply to Susie. Way to go, Susie!!!! Your comments are GOLDEN and so succinct with truth as I know you've researched and standing for in behalf of the children living in Utah. Thank you for being a champion of the cause to see that Common Core does NOT become Utah's curriculum.

By: Joy Marie Madsen

Joy Marie Madsen — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:34:00 +0000

I think there should be more exposure of what the common core will be teaching not only in our public schools but also our charter and home schooling. Citizens need to be aware of their rights in having a voice in what their children are being taught. It is my understanding that if this common core is implemented in Utah and across our nation, that we will be forced in the type of curriculm that the government and worldwide education wants us to be teaching our youth. The bottom line is money, control, and a socialistic society–completely against the origin of our founding fathers and the strength that America was built upon.
Joy Marie

By: Susie

Susie — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:41:00 +0000

So what you are are saying is…Utah’s State Superintendent, Larry Shumway, is on the Board of Directors of an organization which received over $9 Million just last year from a globalist, environmentalist, population control Progressive named Bill Gates who declared that his Microsoft days were just a distraction from his real life goal. Interesting to note that Gate’s father was the head of Planned Parenthood and Bill is pretty proud of that. Also interesting is that Bill goes around the country speaking about population control and the dangers of global climate change. His answer is to cut the population by 1 billion and limit energy consumption and CO2 emissions for the rest of those left in his Utopian world.

And you’re saying that Shumway is also on the Board of Directors for the very company, WestEd, which will be supplying the assessments for not only Utah, but many other states and his organization stands to make millions off this little partnership with the Federal Gov’t and states.

And the National Governors Association, of which Gary Herbert is a member of, collected millions from the Gates Foundation to push Common Core?

Why on earth would you have suspicions that either one of these men would have any other reason for pushing Common Core in our state other than “they love the children?”.