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If it makes you feel better, just released Friday August 22nd,
google staar math suspended this coming year for students in
grades 3-8. They are not required to pass it ------- someone in
May was able to reach state legislatures and alert them of
cirriculmn errors.

8/23/14, Two Cents wrote:
> You are exactly correct! What is happening, though, is
parents
> are pulling their CSCOPE babies out of public school for a
> variety of choices that are out there: homeschool, private,
and
> charters. Until the dumba$$ policy makers figure out that
they
> are killing public school and that the only students they will
> have in 10-15 years at this rate are special-ed and low
socio-
> economic, the public school system is doomed. Affordable
> private schools that use classic, proven curriculums are
> popping up everywhere. While many of the private schools
are
> affiliated with churches, it's obvious that many parents are
> fleeing the Common Core/CSCOPE problems that are
plaguing Texas
> Public Schools. Look at the new 4th grade math TEKS! It's
as if
> whoever makes this stuff up is purposely sabotaging Texas
> Public Schools. The policymakers have really screwed
public
> education up with everything from CSCOPE, TEKS
overload, and
> STAAR. It's all crap now.
>
> On 8/21/14, CSCOPE babies wrote:
>> The CSCOPE babies are now coming up the grades and
the upper
>> level teachers are wondering why the students count on
their
>> fingers when they do simple math, can't write a cohesive
>> sentence and can't read. That's OK. We can hire more
coaches
>> to fix the teachers instead of additional teachers to reduce
>> class sizes.
>>
>>
>> On 8/21/14, Me wrote:
>>> On 7/02/14, PsyGuy wrote:
>>>> CSCOPE hasnt and isnt going down, I've written a
number
>>>> of
>>> times
>>>> before that CSCOPE, TRS, CC, whatever you call it is
>>>> never
>>> going
>>>> away. If its not one curriculum system it will be
>>>> another.
>>>>
>>>> I do remember, and no one listens to a few parents.
Youre
>>>> just practicing "act as if", you act like a few parents
>>>> matter, in the
>>> hopes
>>>> that it will broaden your message, but I work ina
>>>> classroom a
>>> real
>>>> classroom with real kids, and not a single admin I know
>>>> cares
>>> what
>>>> some parent who knows nothing about education and
>>>> teaching thinks, they just want the parent to go away.
>>>>
>>>> On 7/01/14, true PsyGuy wrote:
>>>>> You didn't see CSCOPE going down either. Remember
your
>>> early
>>>>> posts about how no one would listen to a few parents,
>>>>> etc. I
>>> do
>>>>> agree that $$$ rides on convincing the public that
>>>>> teachers
>>> are
>>>>> incompetent and need to be reigned in--isn't that what
>>>>> you say too?
>>>>>
>>>>> On 7/01/14, PsyGuy wrote:
>>>>>> I just dont see this revolution your talking about. Its
>>>>>> a tea
>>>>> party
>>>>>> movement of extremists who this that hype is a
>>>>>> substitute for substance. This idea that all will fail
>>>>>> and teachers will go
>>>>> back to
>>>>>> closing their door and being trusted to educate
>>>>>> students is a fallacy, there is more money to be had
by
>>>>>> enterprise when teachers are made to look
incompetent
>>>>>> or untrustworthy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 7/01/14, that's right wrote:
>>>>>>> To bring fed led ed and Common Core into the
school,
>>> there
>>>>>>> had to be patsies. They needed some pushers to
buy
>>>>>>> into CSCope/Common Core to put the structure in
place
>>>>>>> of teachers all forced onto the same page to
>>>>>>> turnaround schools. So they teased principals and
>>>>>>> superintendents with grant money. All of the admins
>>>>>>> that pushed CSCOPE
>>> had
>>>>>>> stars in their eyes thinking they were going to ride
>>>>>>> the rocket to the top. The big plan for transformation
>>>>>>> is a takeover where principals/supt's are ultimately
>>>>>>> to be replaced. All of PsyGuy's buddies are going to
>>>>>>> be kicked to the curb and his little piece of the
>>>>>>> ivory towel will crumble. The transformation
>>>>>>> billionaires think PsyGuy is just like all of us
>>>>>>> teachers-- worthless in the grand scheme of things.
>>>>>>> PsyGuy is hanging onto the shreds of
>>> the
>>>>>>> old power guard and he thinks the castle is still
>>>>>>> standing. All the while, they are swarming in the
back
>>>>>>> door.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 7/01/14, Me wrote:
>>>>>>>> On 6/29/14, PsyGuy wrote:
>>>>>>>>> They havent done anythiong, the audit doesnt
mean
>>>>>>>> anything.
>>>>>>>>> Its not getting rid of CSCOPE, and it hasnt done
>>>>>>>>> anything.
>>>>>>>> Its
>>>>>>>>> nothing more than a report.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 6/17/14, Ginger Russell wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> As a CSCOPE Whistle blower I am jumping up
and
>>> down
>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>>> joy in regard to the audit. Let's just call it
>>>>>>>>>> VINDICATION. TEXAS EDUCATION SERVICE
>>>>>>>> CENTERS are
>>>>>>>>> jumping
>>>>>>>>>> ship right and left. I guess they never thought
>>>>>>>>>> they thievery would be exposed. Very few
Texans
>>>>>>>>>> even
>>> knew
>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>>>> Texas Education Service Centers until
CSCOPE....
>>> GOES
>>>>>>>> TO
>>>>>>>>>> TELL YOU WHAT THE GRASSROOTS CAN
DO.

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