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“Give me just one generation of youth, and I'll transform the whole world.”-Vladimir Lenin |
Congress Suspends Rule: Fast Tracks Police-State Bill
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. November 13, 2017
Congress is suspending rules to fast track a bill that allows surveillance of citizens and students. This week the House will take a voice vote on a bill that will create a massive federal data clearing house to merge information which will be shared with various agencies and researchers much like that of China.
Congress’ Latest Police-State Bill
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. November 10, 2017 World Net Daily
If the current bipartisan legislature passes, the federal government will be able to track you throughout life using education, employment, wage, and workforce data.
There has been incremental shredding of personal privacy laws to allow access to personal data from cradle to grave.
The U.N. Insanity That’s Infected Our Kids
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. October 20, 2017 World Net Daily
President Trump has announced the withdrawal of the U.S. from the United Nations Educational, Science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) effective December 31, 2018. The organization is the educational arm of the United Nations that was founded by former Soviet spy Algier Hiss.
In 1984 President Reagan withdrew the U.S. from UNESCO but in 2003 President George W. Bush reentered the nation.
House Ed Committee Studies How Feds Can Avoid Being A Burden-- Really?
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. July 18, 2017
Maybe the message is getting through to Republican conservatives on Capitol Hill that government pre-K programs are a failure – no matter how much liberals lie about how government early childhood programs close the gap for poor children.
Texas State Board of Education Turns Back Common Core Effort, Stands Firm on English Standards
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. | February 8, 2017 Texas Insider
For the past tumultuous year and a half, the Texas English language arts and reading (ELAR) curriculum standards (TEKS) have been under review – actually rewritten rather than reviewed as the panel was instructed.
A small faction attempted to hijack the current standards approved in 2008 by eliminating the literary/historical content to create new standards that are Common Core-compliant and suitable for Common Core-aligned tests.
Mob Rule Reigns: Dallas Honors Communists, Dumps Confederates
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. September 8, 2017
Mob rule has taken over Dallas City Hall.
The fix was already in even before the Dallas City Council heard our public testimony on September 6. Prior to the meeting, cranes had been dispatched to the statute to remove the statute of Robert E. Lee.
Trump’s Education Budget: Cuts Reduce Federal Control, Common Core
Eliminating ineffective & duplicative programs calls for a $10.6 billion in cuts
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. May 25, 2017 Texas Insider
President Donald Trump has released his full budget proposal with sweeping cuts as promised during his campaign. Since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1965, the federal government has appropriated nearly $2 trillion -- 10 percent of all K-12 education spending -- to improve the educational outcomes of American students. Yet achievement gaps remain and graduation rates for disadvantaged students are stagnant.
Common Core Faction Tries to Take Over Texas’ English Standards
By Carole Hornsby Haynes | January 30, 2017 Texas Insider
It seems that Texas is an ongoing battle ground for K-12 standards reviews. We’re still in a war to get the Common Core process standards stripped out of the math standards adopted in 2012. Now the English standards review seems headed for a shootout at this week’s State Board of Education (SBOE) meeting.
