"Let's Make Texas Public Education Public"
Superintendents Have Taken Control of Texas Schools School board members are being trained by TASB (a private organization that your school board members use school taxes to pay their dues.) to bow to the wishes of school superintendents. Many superintendents are being controlled by TASA, a private organization that your superintendent uses school taxes to [...]
“TASA and TASB – Reaping Our Tax Dollars” by Donna Garner 3.19.13 The following data shows that 7 Texas school districts (chosen at random out of 1,032) have sent TASA and TASB more than $1.2 Million of local taxpayers’ dollars over 17 calendar months (Texas Association of School Administrators/Texas Association of School Boards). *Local [...]
“Shark Attack…Just When We Thought It Was Safe…TASA iCloud” by Donna Garner 3.18.13 http://educationviews.org/shark-attackjust-when-we-thought-it-was-safetasa-icloud/ At a time when we Texas grassroots citizens have finally been able to uncover CSCOPE to show what a disastrous impact it is having on our Texas school children, and the Texas Legislature is on the cusp of passing legislation [...]
What are TASA Transformed Schools? These are School Districts whose administrators and school board members have signed an agreement with the Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA) to work against the Texas Testing Program. How can school districts be preparing students for the Texas State Tests (STAARS) when the school administrators are working to transform [...]
Why is the Texas Association of School Administrators promoting Common Core? Other states are fighting against Common Core and a Texas organization is leading its members to California to learn more about Common Core. Is your superintendent going on this trip to bow at the feet of Linda Darling Hammond who is the queen of [...]
On Jan. 31, 2013 the Texas Senate Education Committee held a hearing on the instruction material called CSCOPE. “Committee Chairman Dan Patrick, R-Houston, called it ‘a mess.’ One witness compared the system to “mind control,” and an algebra teacher wept as he described quitting because he felt he was ‘aiding and abetting a crime’ by [...]
Why Bother Opting Out of Staars? Why not Opt out of Going to any CSCOPE School? I never thought about opting out of state test until recently. After investigating CSCOPE and discovering that it does not prepare students to take the Texas state tests, why spend millions of dollars on this test for nothing? I [...]
TASA is Sabotaging Texas Education The Texas Association of School Administrators are encouraging Texas school superintendents to work against Governor Perry’s mandate that Texas will not implement common core standards. Is your school superintendent a member of TASA? Do your school board members belong to the Texas Association of School boards (TASB)? If so, your superintendent [...]
Texas Superintendents have sold out to Obama’s Common Core Standards Texas Superintendent goes to Washington DC? Published By Ginger on RedHotConservative Dr. Jeff Turner, superintendent of Coppell ISD is on his way to Washington DC again. Why? Turner flew to Washington on Dec. 5th to discuss Common Core Standards. Are these the same standards that Texas [...]
CSCOPE Is Not Gone
Yes! TESCCC promised to remove the CSCOPE lessons by August, 2013. But, the TESCCC has promised to do lots of things and as yet few promises have been kept. TESCCC is requesting that superintendents have teachers copy the CSCOPE lessons. These superintendents don’t have what it takes to Cowboy up and tell TESCCC to shove [...]