Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Parentalrights.org

Parents and their children not only have a strong bond, but they belong together.
They are family.  This is why parents sign consent forms at school. 
 
Contrary to what you might hear from others, your children do not belong 
to the state or to the community.  Your children are your children... 
your posterity and when you have children, their future and your own posterity
is in your hands...

 
From parentalrights.org:
 
December 16, 2014

Removing Parents from Public Schools

It is no accident, no coincidence. And it’s not just your imagination. 
There really is a steady trend by the government and the courts to remove 
the influence of parents from the public schools.

I’m not saying your child’s teacher or principal, 
or even your local school board, is out to get you. 
Nor am I suggesting some giant system-wide conspiracy, 
where some shadow organization is secretly working through 
all different channels to rob you of your rights.

It is something bigger and more dangerous than that.

What we are witnessing is the rise of an ideology,
 a statist mindset that actually believes that “expert” 
agents of the state can make better decisions for your child than you can.

In 1979 the Supreme Court held, “The statist notion that 
governmental power should supersede parental authority in all
cases because some parents abuse and neglect children is repugnant 
to American tradition.” Parham v. J.R., 442 U.S. 584 (1979), at 603. 
Unfortunately, a growing, powerful minority no longer find that idea 
repugnant today. 
 
Visit parentalrights.org.
 
 

Friday, December 12, 2014

Terminal Illness

"Won’t it be wonderful when the child in the smallest county in the most distant area or in the most confused urban setting can have the equivalent of the finest school in the world on that terminal and no one can get between that child and the curriculum? We have great moments coming in the history of education."
Schooling and Technology, Vol. 3, Planning for the Future: A Collaborative Model, An Interpretive Report on Creative Partnerships in Technology—An Open Forum byDustin H. Heuston, World Institute for Computer-Assisted Teaching (WICAT) 1984

(As quoted by Charolette Iserbyte, November 14,2014 )



Note how the "great moments" concept is lauded by some people.  It is here being described as being "wonderful"  when no parent, no teacher, spends a day with the child; or "gets between the child and the curriculum."

Who is writing the curriculum?  What does it teach?  Where is the family , the parent... the teacher, the human element of a smile and hug in the life of a learning and growing child?

This is not a "great moment."  This is a travesty. 

Read Charolette Iserbyte's article, 
COMMON CORE'S GLOBAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM