Sunday, February 23, 2014

Pittsburgh Catholics Against Common Core , Say NO to Common Core in our Catholic Schools

Pittsburgh Catholics Against Common Core is a group of Catholic parents and citizens who are concerned that our choice for the best education for our children is being significantly weakened through the adoption of the Common Core State Standards.  Many parents have willingly sacrificed in many ways so that they can provide their children with a unique, classical, and traditional education that can be found in The Catholic school.  Many of us have children in both Catholic schools and publics schools alike, but we share the same overarching concerns. With this, our group's sole purpose is to have the adoption of the Common Core Standards reversed and to create a true opportunity for the Church. 

We are currently focused on stopping Common Core in Catholic Schools and in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. We wish to return control of education and school choice to its rightful place... closest to parents, and in alignment with our Faith, in which The Catholic Church regards parents as the first educators of their children.

Please CONTACT US at: pittsburghcacc@gmail.com



To educate citizens on Common Core and to stop the implementation of the Common Core Standards in the Diocese of Pittsburgh's schools so that they may continue to achieve excellence through moral, traditional, and classical teachings, while offering families true choices in their children's education

PRESS RELEASE - September 2013 - Common Core Catholic Identity Initiative WEBSITE SHUT DOWN AFTER PARENTS' EXPOSED CONTROVERSIAL MATERIAL IN IT!



Pittsburgh Catholics Against Common Core Statement on CC in Catholic schools - we sent this to Bishop Zubik in Pittsburgh as a summary outline of our concerns with Common Core. 

***Good "GO-TO" articles...for Catholics against Common Core and to present to other parents, pastors, and educators - these articles lay out the dangers of Common Core and its progressive agenda in Catholic schools.

-Common Core: Twenty-First Century Peonage  - Professor Esolen hits a home run on this one!





-Common Core Lite: Coming Soon to a Catholic School Near You - by Defendlife.org (this is an excerpt from their newsletter).


-Good article that summarizes it all - by the National Catholic Register - "Common Core Education Standards Generate Catholic Concerns". 

-Common Core Commotion: Is New Curriculum Catholic-School Friendly?

-As Wise as Pigeons: Lessons Never learned - excellent essay! 


-BIG HISTORY - add this to the Science standards, and we see an attack on Absolute   Truth....New Gates History Curriculum Closes Young Minds to God

-Good one written by a Righteous Catholic Mother - Whose Authority Anyway? 

-What Common Core is All About

-Catholic Schools Adopt Common Core for Compliance, Not Quality

-How Catholic schools can and should cease this opportunity:   




**MUST READ BELOW** The below articles provide background on Common Core, the Catholic education system, and its roots in Outcome Based Education (Skinner, Bloom, Mastery Learning etc). It is so important to understand these concepts while reviewing the SOURCE Documents above. 

  • "Back to Basics Reform -  OR...OBE *SKINNERIAN INTERNATIONAL CURRICULUM?" by Charlotte Iserbyt. Iserbyt served as Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education, during the first Reagan Administration, where she first blew the whistle on a major technology initiative which would control curriculum in America's classrooms.

A well-researched and powerful, in depth report on the history, motives, mechanics and content of Common Core.  This was written by a Concerned Catholic Grandmother in St. Louis, MO named Betsy Kraus.  It has been sent to the head of every Diocese in the United States as well as some prelates in the Vatican. 

  • "CATHOLIC EDUCATION IN AMERICA: TO DECEIVE THE ELECT?" NEW! By Betsy Kraus. This reports reveals, in one place, the groups and people who are working to change Catholic education in America. It asks VERY important questions about the underlying motives by so many involved in Transforming it.  A hard copy of this report has been mailed to every Prelate who heads an (arch)diocese in the United States. Or get the PDF right here: Catholic Education in America

  • "MANIPULATING STUDENTS - REWARD AND PUNISHMENT" by Anita Hoge.  Anita was the subject and ain researcher for the book, Educating for the New World Order. She was the first to document the expansive data collection operation of our government establishing micro-records on individual people in the United States. Experimentation, illegal testing, & data collection is exposed. 



**GOOD RESOURCES about Common Core in general
General and Interesting Articles

Great place to start on common core in general... or if you want to pass something along to friends and family…

Who are the Power Brokers Behind the Common Core State Standards? This is a really good brief summary of who's who. A good reference. 

Common Core State Standards: An Example of Data-less Decision Making - Christopher H. Tienken, Editor AASA Journal of Scholarship and Practice

Pioneer Institute White Papers on Common Core - at Truth in American Education

"World Core Curriculum" and its roots... A MUST READ. 

Dr. Sandra Stotsky tells her experience in working on the Validation Committee of Common Core and how it was NEVER a "state-led" or transparent process..."Pulling Back the Curtain on Common Core"




Good site to find source documents on Common Core - go right to the source. 

Here's a great post that debunks the PA Dept. of Education's misleading "fact sheet"...

Sounds so familiar - doesn't it?? Must read - from the archives. 


An unique analysis of the real motives of Common Core - to banish God and competition from the school system...  Common Core Conspiracy! 


Next Generation Science Standards
They are here! 

An amazing evaluation of why the Science Standards promote an atheistic worldview and ignore the First Amendment. 


Commentary & Feedback on Draft II of the Next Generation Science Standards  - an analysis by Thomas B. Fordham Institute





English 
A revealing analysis of the required Informational texts in CC, the lack of evidence to support that standard, and the faulty application of it...The Naked and Procrustean Common Core


A More detailed review by Stotsky: What's wrong with the Common Core ELA Standards?



Math
One of the national reviewers of both the first and second drafts of the new TX math standards, James Milgram, talks about the flaws in detail. Very informative...

Fabio Augusto Milner Testimony to Indiana Senate on Math Standards - good summary of some things missing in CC math

Common Core Math Problems from an elementary school will astound, stump, and anger you.  

Good analysis of the problems with Common Core math.

Commentary on Math Standards by Ze'ev Wurman

http://www.pghcatholicsagainstcommoncore.com/must-read-information 

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