Steve Kauffeld is a member of the Watertown School Board and a member of the Rock River Patriots. March 8, 2014 Letter to the Editor, On Thur Feb 6 th , the people’s voice was stymied, by an orchestrated public hearing lead by Sen.Luther Olsen who is chairman of the Senate Education Committee. The hearing was on Senate Bill 619 co-sponsored by Senator Leah Vukmir and Senator Paul Farrow. I try to attend various legislative hearings in Madison and other locations around the state, particularly those I have a vested interest in. Being a school board member, I have had considerable interest in the implementation of Common Core standards in our state’s public schools. I don’t know what is more galling to me, the political gamesmanship proffered by Sen Luther Olsen with his AP interview two hours before the hearing was held, stating that this Bill was dead, the preferential treatment given the DPI, CESA administrators, our district school superintendent and their staff and supportive teachers, or the subsequent AP article published in the Watertown Times Fri. March 7th, page 7, first section. I could write an entire article on the bias shown and misrepresentations printed in that article….
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The Rock River Patriots are having a meeting on January 17th (tomorrow) in Fort Atkinson. We welcome Dr. Duke Pesta to The Dwight Foster Library, tomorrow, Friday January 17th to speak about Common Core Standards that are being implemented. If you are concerned about public / private education in Wisconsin, this is something worth attending. We will begin at 6:00 pm. Here is a printable flyer with a bio of our speaker Dr. Duke Pesta: CommonCore_Fort Atkinson 011714
Reminder: Rock River Patriots Meeting Has Been Changed To January 17th
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
