Common Core hearings report

From Marianne, Co-coordinator for Ohio Tea Party Patriots:

Columbus. Yesterday's hearing for the repeal of Common Core went in to the morning hours.  Although proponent testimony was cut short, and Marianne was not able to provide my testimony regarding the intimidation tactics being used by the state, she was able to have a one-on-one conversation with Rep. John Becker, to address some questions he had during the testimony.

Accompanying her were three other ladies, one of whom was a teacher. She was able to give him first hand accounts of just how terrible Common Core Standards are.

The first testimony of the evening was given by Jane Robbins, Senior Fellow at the American Principles Project.  Her testimony was regarding the data collection involved with the implementation of Common Core, which is very scary.  Click Here to Watch

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Calling Cleveland Tea Party Patriots! STOP COMMON CORE ~ CALL COLUMBUS

This via Ohio TPP Co-coordinator Marianne Gasicki:

"Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted." ~ Vladimir Lenin

There is nothing more important than the education of our children. It is here where liberals have been planting their seeds for decades. 

Common Core Standards must be stopped in our schools. Seventeen states have already introduced anti-Common Core legislation; let's make Ohio the next one!

Anti-Common Core Legislation to be Introduced in Ohio

3 Days Left to be a Co-Sponsor

Rep. Andy Thompson is sponsoring a bill against Common Core, that is to be introduced July 25th Read the Bill Here

This bill addresses our concerns regarding data mining and sharing of our children's information, funding ties to adoption of CC, PARCC testing, etc.

Calls Make a Difference

Please call the House members below and ask for their co-sponsorship through the following message: 

1. Are you aware that the Common Core State Standards were never vetted or voted on by Ohio's lawmakers?
2. Are you aware that the standards are copyrighted and cannot be changed at the state or local level?
3. Are you aware that all grade level assessments will be through a national consortium with no input from teachers?
4. Are you aware that no cost projection was done to determine the implementation or operating costs to taxpayers?
5. Are you aware that the federal Race to the Top grant is the instrument that ties the Standards, Assessment and Data Collection together and allowed this end-run around you, our elected representatives?
6. And lastly, are you aware that the RNC issued a Resolution categorically rejecting Common Core citing among its issues the destruction of educational choice, massive student data collection, nationalized assessments, and the violation of three federal laws?

Please join Rep. Thompson in honoring your oath to defend the Ohio Constitution by protecting our state control over education. Repealing Common Core is the only acceptable response for a responsible legislator.

When you call, request that the legislator's office reply to you at (your phone number) letting you know your intentions before the bill is filed on Thursday, July 25th. Email Cleveland Tea Party Patriots at clevelandteaparty@gmail.com before Thursday. Here are recommended legislators; make as many calls as you can.  

• State Rep. Ron Amstutz, District 1 (614) 466-1474
• State Rep. Mark Romanchuk District 2  (614) 466-5802
• State Rep. Marlene Aneilski, District 6 (614) 644-6041
• State Rep. Nan Baker, District 16 (614) 466-0961
• State Rep. Terry Blair, District 42 (614) 466-6504
• State Rep. Tim Brown, District 3 (614) 466-8104
• State Rep. Tony Burley, District 82 (614) 644-5091
• State Rep. Margaret Conditt, District 52 (614) 466-8550
• State Rep. Rex Damschroder, District 88 (614) 466-1374
• State Rep. Doug Green, District 66 (614) 644-6034
• State Rep. Christina Hagan, District 50 (614) 466-9078
• State Rep. Wes Retherford, District 51 (614) 644-6721

Thanks to Ohioans Against Common Core for all their hard work and for providing this information.

CTPP supports Ohioans Against Common Core

Common Core is part of the UN's infamous Agenda 21. A website called “AreWeAwareYet” has a good overview and links, but here’s a short introduction:

Cherilyn Eagar connects the dots by linking Common Core State Standards to anti-Christian, redistribution of wealth, pantheistic, and environmentally extreme Marxists.  These Marxists have saturated the United Nations.  As a side note, this should be of no surprise to anyone since known Communist, Alger Hiss, was [a] founder of the United Nations.

The education arm of the United Nations, UNESCO, has its fingerprints all over Common Core.

Anyone who has studied the insidious Agenda 21, which is the brainchild of the United Nations, immediately recognized the Common Core, as another step of Agenda 21 – capturing our children’s minds and souls by dumbing them down to make it so much easier for totalitarians to control our country.

And from Eagar’s linked website:

The goal is to bring all educational standards under one common roof of compliance and global academic, philosophical and religious sameness.  That requires removing the “extremes” of fundamentalist and evangelical religion, including those religions that have strong missionary outreaches to non-Christians and that teach the biblical principles of marriage and the sanctity of Life. In order to do that, certain compromises must be made, and this is the essence of the Common Core curriculum.

The curriculum must be strictly secular and equitable in its teaching of the nations and the world.  Redistribution of the wealth is the standard because there is no private property, only collective ownership of the planet.  Therefore, the common core curriculum must take a pantheistic approach and while excluding one form of extremism (e.g. radical Islam) it embraces another:  extremist environmental policy.

Common Core is already here, but there is a way to stop it in Ohio. Representative Andy Thompson is sponsoring a bill in the Ohio House:

A BILL  “To enact section 3301.078 of the Revised Code with respect to the Common Core initiative academic standards and the distribution of student data.” Full Bill Text here   

This bill is scheduled to be filed with the House Clerk on July 25 – this coming week. Last week, Ohioans Against Common Core announced Action Alerts. Their suggested phone calls for requesting co-sponsorship of the bill in the House are to:

·         Rep. Andrew Brenner – Education Committee Vice Chair  (614) 644-6711 

·         Rep. Ron Amstutz – Finance Committee Chair (614) 466-1474

·         Rep. Matt Huffman – Speaker Pro Tempore & Education Committee member (614) 466-9624

·         Speaker Wm. Batchelder – (614) 466-8140

·         Rep. Gerald Stebelton – Education Committee Chair (614) 466-8100 

Please visit their website for more info. Another analysis is here at The Heritage Foundation.