There is not a school district in the state of Texas that is not implementing the Marxist/Progressive education philosophy of education of collectivism as that of Common Core. We saw that with the revelation of the controversial Cscope material. 43 states have officially adopted the Common Core standards but that has not stopped Texas school districts from implementing the same philosophy behind Common Core. Common Core has more to do with how students are taught and creating a centralized control over education than it has to do with standards.
Grand Prairie ISD superintendent Dr. Susan Simpson Hull 
testified in support of CSCOPE at the education Senate Hearing during the 83rd Legislative session. After doing some research I have found that Ms. Hull’s father, Hubert Simpson is on the board of directors at Texas Education Service Center VIII.
The Texas Education Service Centers (ESC’s) are the creators and own the controversial CSCOPE material that has now been renamed TEKS Resource System to save its image. The ESC’s lease it back to our school districts for a pretty sum of money. Grand Prairie ISD school board voted this past week to lease Cscope once again for 129,000. Now I want you to understand that this product does not change its online content very often and ISD’s are LEASING it yearly! Nothing like a good ole textbook purchased one time and used for a few years. Someone is making a nice profit! Who could it be?
Rather you school has leased the Cscope/Teks Resource System or not you will find they are implementing the same collective educational principles statewide.
WHAT PARENTS NEED TO BE LOOKING FOR
Educrats are using various terminology to throw parents off as to what is taking place within the school districts.
To give you a little heads up when you hear the following terms used when trying to question the administration it is your clue that they are implementing the collective philosophy of common core.
21st Century Learning Skills, now why this century has to be so radically different from any other era as to how children are taught is scarey. My friend Donna Garner said “Man got to the moon learning on a Big Chief tablet”.
Critical Thinking, what educrats actually mean by this is “Self-directed, self-disciplined, self-monitored, self-corrective thinking, [that] entails effective communication and problem solving abilities and a commitment and a committment to overcome our native egocentrism and sociocentrism” A critical thinker tries to avoid prejudices, biases, distortions, uncritically accepted social rules and taboos,self interest and vested interest.
Source: The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking : Concepts and Tools Richard Paul and Linda Elder (2008)
Rigor, “Educational expectations that are academically, intelligently, and personally ambiguous, or contentious, [and] that encourages students to question their assumptions……” Rigor is about what a student feels, perceives, a. nd does when there is no single correct answer or there are insufficient facts stated to reach a definite conclusion or when asked about material [that} has never been taught. It provides superb behavioral science data on likely future actions and it primes students to be willing to act in the face of uncertainty. ”
Source: Credentialed to Destroy: How and Why Education Becomes a Weapon, Robin Eubanks, 2013
Project Based Learning (PBL), the is where student are taught more in collective groups. Individual achievement is no longer emphasized.
Collaboration, working in groups collaboratively.
Unfortunately, Texas students are being data-mined as well unbeknownst to most parents. Texas received over 18 Million to implement Texas Student Data System. Academic, personal, health, psychiatric, religion, etc.. can and will be collected and shared with 3rd parties. This information will also be available to a future employer.
If parents and taxpayers do not wake up and get involved in this mess and make your voices heard we are doomed a FREE SOCIETY! GOOD BYE AMERICA!
