"Let's Make Texas Public Education Public"
“Do Not Give in to Common Core Standards” By Donna Garner 2.20.13 The public is finally waking up to the dangers of Common Core Standards. People all over this country are no longer sitting back and blindly allowing the Obama administration to take over their children’s public schools with his social justice agenda. Information is [...]
WHO AND WHAT TFN REALLY IS Texas Freedom Network (TFN) is working to take away the freedoms of Americans. The following information is from Donna Garner in previous publications. Organizations like TFN support CSCOPE because the CSCOPE instruction material contains Anti-American propaganda. by Donna Garner Please take a look at the organizations that support Texas [...]
“CSCOPE and Why It Causes Teacher and Student Burn Out” by Donna Garner 10.22.12 This YouTube link — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8Hc6JV28B4&feature=related — is from August 9, 2011, and shows how a Texas teacher is supposed to use CSCOPE to create a lesson plan. It is obvious from watching this YouTube that the actual learning [...]
Parents Have Rights by Donna Garner 10.15.12 Much scrutiny is being directed at CSCOPE, used by 80% of Texas public school districts. Those who control CSCOPE are running roughshod over Texas teachers and parents alike by trying to operate CSCOPE under the radar and out of public view. Two recent articles have shed light [...]
10.12.12 – CSCOPE HORROR STORIES ————————– 10.7.12 – From Donna Garner: I just had a teacher friend tell me tonight that the students who check into her high school and have been under CSCOPE do not have a clue as to the new terms and concepts found in the English / Language Arts / Reading [...]
Lucy Calkins is behind much of the writing workshop/personal essay/whole language/balanced literacy/social justice approach. Whole language is the constructivism learning method, described as type #2 by Texas Education Agency (TEA). The following link from ESC 12 clearly shows how easily the CSCOPE directors can remove information from their website. Originally the working link showed a [...]
Teacher Socks It to Superintendent