Education Liberty Watch Introduces New Freedom Grading Scale for Private...
The concept of trying to rescue poor and minority students from failing public schools is a noble one. However, if the private schools are forced to teach the public school [...]
View Article1st Presidential Debate Discussed Federal Role in Education
The first presidential debate, a decisive and widely declared victory for Mitt Romney, contained a number of illuminating moments on education. While President Obama continued to openly display his...
View ArticlePresidential Candidates on Education: Families or Government in Charge?
The following statement has been attributed to Abraham Lincoln: The philosophy of education in one generation becomes the philosophy of of government in the next. Although education continues to be [...]
View ArticleWritten Testimony of the American Principles Project
COMMENT SUBMITTED BY AMERICAN PRINCIPLES IN ACTION REGARDING MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION’S PROPOSED PERMANENT RULES RELATING TO SOCIAL STUDIES ACADEMIC STANDARDS American Principles in Action...
View ArticleDedicated Social Studies Petition Link Plus Media & More Testimony
Thanks to you, we are well on our way to collecting hundreds of signatures to present to the judge calling for a halt to the horrific proposed social studies standards. [...]
View ArticleImportant Minneota, Indiana, and Idaho Standards News
Today is the day we celebrate the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, no longer mentioned by the Minnesota social studies standards, and which were given an F grade by [...]
View ArticleEducation Commissioner About to be Confirmed w/o Notice & Despite Multiple...
With almost no forewarning to allow the public to prepare testimony, the Minnesota Senate Education Committee recommended the confirmation of Education Commissioner Brenda Casselius. Although committee...
View ArticleState of the Union Statistics Mislead on Preschool Benefits
In the State of the Union speech, President Obama put forth the idea that America should spend hundreds of billions of dollars on universal preschool for four year old children [...]
View ArticleMajor Problems with Common Core in Florida
Karen R. Effrem, MD The Common Core Standards and related assessments being implemented in Florida have many problems including lack of rigor and transparency; loss of state, local, family, and [...]
View ArticleIssues with Florida SB 878 – Common Core Linked Data Warehouse Bill
Issues with Florida SB 878 – Common Core Linked Data Warehouse Bill Karen R. Effrem, MD – President, Education Liberty Watch Executive Summary – SB 878 is a huge danger [...]
View ArticleRNC Adopts Anti-Common Core Resolution & Florida Goes in Wrong Direction
Karen R. Effrem, MD – President Despite the fact that the Republican National Committee has listened to the grassroots and moved towards freedom in education and student privacy by unanimously [...]
View ArticleCommon Core Battle Rages Across the Nation – A Report from the Front
The battle against the Common Core standards is raging across the country. Here is some of the more recent news. HERE IS THE GOOD NEWS FIRST: Florida – In [...]
View ArticleU.S. House Passes Student Success Act with Strong Anti-Common Core Language
Despite numerous communications from Common Core proponents on boths sides of the aisle that anyone that raises concerns about the Common Core system is “misinformed,” “a conspiracy theorist,” or...
View ArticleFeds Resolute Yet Tone Deaf on Data Collection – Part 1
Karen R. Effrem, MD – President of Education Liberty Watch Attending the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) STATS DC 2013 Data Conference “Discovering Through Data” was certainly an...
View ArticleProblems with Data Privacy in Relation to Common Core Standards, The Family...
Karen R. Effrem, MD President – Education Liberty Watch The type and amount of personal, family, and non-academic data collected by the schools, reported in state longitudinal databases and used [...]
View ArticleRep. Bachmann Stands Against Newborn Genetic Data Collection Starting to be...
Sadly, on June 24th, the US House passed HR 1281, a bill that nationalizes newborn genetic screening without consent on a voice vote without a roll call or amendments. There [...]
View ArticleWe Will Not Conform – July 22nd at 7 PM EST – Please Join US
Please join Glenn Beck, Michelle Malkin, David Barton, and many others for this great “interactive experience where theater goers will work with experts like Michelle Malkin, David Barton and others [...]
View ArticleFederal Budget Moves Education Control Efforts Down to Pre-K with Race to the...
Karen R. Effrem, MD – President The good news is that the recently enacted $1.1 trillion federal budget bill does not fund the K-12 Race to the Top education [...]
View ArticleStudent Success (HR 5) Cements Federal & Common Core Control – URGE A NO VOTE
Karen, R, Effrem, MD – President The US House Education and Workforce Committee marked up and passed its Elementary and Secondary Education Act/No Child Left Behind six hundred plus page [...]
View ArticleEducation Liberty Watch Congratulates Senator Vitter & Joins Wave of National...
Education Liberty Watch is pleased to join a broad coalition of state and national groups in supporting The Student Privacy Protection Act introduced by Senator David Vitter (R-LA) today. The [...]
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