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CSCOPE and Common Core promote progressive education, which is student centered. This means that traditional methods of teaching, such as learning the multiplication tables is considered “old school.” Progressive methods of teaching, referred to as the 21st Century methods are more interested in students having fun and being excited about lessons. While this sounds great, many lessons [...]
Progressivism and Social Constructivism Part II: You’re Out of Order By Cathy Wells Social constructivist philosophy tries quite hard to produce what is deemed “higher order thinking skills.” Another semantical game is being played here because, honestly, what parent is going to say, “I don’t want my child to have thinking skills!” Indeed, I can also say [...]
What is Progressivism and Social Constructivism Part I: Defining the Terms by Cathy Wells As we discuss CSCOPE, the terms “progressivism” and “social constructivism” keep popping up. Parents might be curious about these terms and want to know what, exactly, the big deal is with them. One of the things that we find repeatedly in progressive [...]
Parents, Following is a form letter for requesting CSCOPE information from your school superintendent. Please ask for this information so that you can make your own decisions about the quality of the CSCOPE lessons. Janice VanCleave FORM LETTER FOR PARENTS Dear Superintendent _____________, In light of recent criticism of the CSCOPE Curriculum, and in keeping [...]
A WORD ABOUT SANDY HOOK by Wade VanCleave 1/09/13 When I went to school in the 1940’s and 50’s we had good schools, good teachers, and plenty of books. Lots of books. At the beginning of each day, a student spoke on the intercom to say a prayer to almighty God, Jesus Christ. Then, we [...]
The video below shows Ginger Russell presenting information about CSCOPE. Basically, Mrs. Russell is informing the group that CSCOPE curriculum doesn’t contain lessons, instead CSCOPE curriculum are documents with the TEKS written in different forms. CSCOPE lessons are hidden from parent view. Teachers were forced to sign a non-disclosure form preventing them from making public [...]
This video below features Ms. Linda McCullough, at a Willis I.S.D. school board meeting. Ms. McCullough is responding to a presentation by Ginger Russell. Ms. McCullough, speaking as a parent is defending CSCOPE. While Ms. McCullough is a parent in the community, she is also the person who sold CSCOPE to the school district. [...]
This is a comment from a Texas Elementary Teacher “Between the canned mess of cscope, hours and hours of practice tests and state mandated tests, the narrowing of the curriculum, especially at the elementary grades, well, our education system in Texas is a travesty.” Parents! It is time that we stop blaming teachers for test [...]
Brazosport CSCOPE Propaganda
Brazosport ISD Curriculum Redevelopment At the request of a parent, I copied Dr. Karin Holacka explanation for her decision to implement CSCOPE. I am surprised that any superintendent would purchase CSCOPE when the Texas Attorney General is investigating the people responsible for this product for possible illegal actions. ————————————— Why A Superintendent Purchased CSCOPE? Dr. [...]