Tim Lintz's Blog – April 2014 Archive (4)

The experts who support it describe Common Core (CC) as “A tighter set of smarter standards focused on developing critical learning skills instead of mastering fragmented bits of knowledge.” “It equalizes the playing field by raising expectations for all children, especially those suffering the worst effects of the “drill and kill” test prep norms of the recent past.”

As positive as these claims sound it’s hard to hide the political agenda behind the CC project. For starters,…

ANOTHER LAND GRAB

I can’t help but wonder if this latest attempt by the Department of Land Management (DLM) to stop cattle ranchers from using land that they have been using for decades, isn’t just a further implementation of the Agenda 21 Program in this country.  Mr. Cliven Bundy may not be paying his bill like he should, but there are many other ranchers who are paying and the government is doing the same thing to them. The Federal Government is using the DLM…

Appalled’ by letter writer

Regarding the writer who is “appalled” that anyone would dare think that a young person would question the attributes of the ACA, I can only assume her head is stuck in the sand.

Writer, are you appalled that six million families have had their insurance policies canceled because of this Unaffordable law? Are you appalled that many patients have lost their policies, doctors, and hospitals despite the President promising otherwise?…

COMMON CORE IS NOT THE WAY

Common Core is a set of guidelines instituted by a Federal mandate to change and control our children’s educational standards. This change and control impacts all of us even if we do not have children in school at this time.  We should all understand how Common Core is impacting us as a country.

Common Core is a special interest takeover of education that replaces local control with national standards, treating every child as…