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SAVE THE DATE: COMMUNITY EVENT AND BOARD WORKSHOP WITH DR SANDRA STOTSKY – TONIGHT IN GERMANTOWN!On April 9th Dr. Sandra Stotsky will be leading us in discussion about modern curriculum and modern standards for Germantown School District. Parents of students around the state are encouraged to come and participate in this exchange. April 9, 20147-8:30 p.m. Kennedy Middle School Gold Activity CenterW160 N11836 Crusader Court 253-3450 A professor emerita at the University of Arkansas, Stotsky is credited with developing one of the country’s strongest sets of academic standards for K-12 students, as well as the strongest academic standards and licensure tests for prospective teachers, while serving as Senior Associate Commissioner in the Massachusetts Department of Education from 1999-2003. She is now Professor of Education Reform in the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, and holds the 21st Century Chair in Teacher Quality.
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Reminder: Rock River Patriots Meeting Has Been Changed To January 17th
rockriverpatriots January 9, 2014
The Rock River Patriots Meeting in January has been changed from January 10th to January 17th to accommodate our speaker. Please pass this along to all your friends who may be looking to attend. We welcome Dr. Duke Pesta to The Dwight Foster Library in Fort Atkinson on Friday January 17th to speak about the Common Core Standards that are being implemented. We will begin at 6:00 pm. Hope to see you all there! Below are a series of videos on Common Core: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coRNJluF2O4] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8FJ1U90HIg] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnpqT_XirPo] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geLCamWdblE] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjJFjNx6jOI]
Senator Vukmir On Common Core Standards
The Common Core Story “Our schools have been quietly taken over. We are no longer teaching the skills and concepts that our kids need for the complex, unpredictable 21st century; we are increasingly teaching the skills that billionaires want their workforces to have in order to boost their profits. Gone are the days of creativity, innovation, personal growth, teamwork, and dreams; here are the days of nationalized pigeonholing, segregation and dysfunction. It used to be that in America you could be whatever you dreamed you could be and you were allowed to change your mind if your dreams led you in a new direction. In the near future, kids will be allowed to be whatever their Pearson test score says they’re qualified to be, and nothing more, unless we, their loving parents and teachers, stand up and fight for our children and our schools.” Kris Neilsen, author of Children of the Core Here is the link to the full PDF document available for download about Common Core: The Common Core Story
