Restore Oklahoma Public Education (R.O.P.E.) is committed to educating tax-paying citizens and parent stakeholders on the ways in which the methods and philosophies used in public education today affect them. From budgetary allotments to curricula, ROPE attempts to make Oklahomans aware of how every dollar spent and every idea taught can actively influence the future voters enrolled in Oklahoma Public Education today.
Obama Team Hijacks Schools’ Core Standards The constitutional, statutory and philosophical abuses by the Obama administration continue piling up. Last week, two of the top former lawyers for the federal Department of Education released a peer-reviewed report showing the administration violating or evading three separate federal laws by pressuring states to adopt a national core curriculum. http://cfif.org/v/index.php/commentary/48-education/1313-obama-team-hija...
Originally, we had this posted to include Lee Denney's mirrored House Bill, however HB2762 was "laid over" the week of the 12th. Due to intense questioning, it became apparent that Denney's bill wouldn't pass and at the last minute (before it was to be voted upon) Denney asked to "lay it over" in order to preserve the language. For a more in depth analysis of this action, please see our blog here: http://restoreoklahomapubliceducation.blogspot.com/2012/03/legislative-s...
This is the actual Power Point presentation given to the Oklahoma House Common Education Committee Oct. 7, 2011 on our objections to the Common Core State Standards Initiative in Oklahoma.
It goes VERY quickly as I did not time the slides. In order to read the slides as they appear, press the pause button.
The written presentation we provided to the Committee at the time of our testimony can be found here:
Though it was a disappointment to us that Dr. Barresi - whom ROPE endorsed for State Superintendent of Public Instruction - discounted all the hard work and study we did on the Common Core (at our own expense), it was certainly much harder to take when she addressed us like a simple playground bully, denigrating us at will in front of the House Education Committee.
Here, she disrespects Representative Sally Kern openly and publicly.
Laurie Rodgers
Betrayed, Why Public Education is Failing (Blog)
The current federal education agenda includes national standards (also known as the common core state standards, or CCSS), national tests, and national curricula. Attendent in this federal agenda are increasing costs, increasing federal requirements and restrictions, and increased federal control over the classroom and education policy.
