Dear FLCCFighters,
Pam Stewart has made an appallingly bad choice for the state test to replace the FCAT. Not only does the American Institutes for Research (AIR) do major behavioral/mental health testing and research and is developing the test for the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC), but they are very involved in involved in developing briefs and other information promoting acceptance of the LGBT lifestyle for elementary age school children. Here are quotes from Dr. Effrem and Randy Osborne from our press release: "Commissioner Stewart and the Department of Education have failed Florida. It is still all Common Core all the time, and the state has chosen a company promoting controversial sexuality and mental health issues to test and profile our children," said Dr. Karen Effrem, executive director of Florida Stop Common Core Coalition, Inc., and president of Education Liberty Watch. "The State of Florida is not respecting the intelligence of its parents and citizens. We are not deceived and not amused at this bait and switch effort. We now can see that our children will be tested by the company working for PARCC's evil twin, SBAC, and that our children will be psychologically profiled by this company that also promotes very controversial issues. We know that our children's tests will likely include these types of issues and that the test and other data will go to the state, the federal government, and to corporations. We also realize that our children have no protection even with the current privacy bills in the legislature that rely on federal law (FERPA), because that law has been completely gutted by the Obama administration via regulation, sidestepping Congress." "This is completely unacceptable. Besides implementing the same deceptive plan discussed at the governor's summit in August, the state has chosen a company that has a significant history of promoting identification of the GLBT lifestyle for children as young as seven years old, among parents and in churches said Randy Osborne, lobbyist for Florida Eagle Forum. "The governor and legislature need to listen to the public that is outraged and the grassroots of the Republican Party of Florida who have rejected Common Core repeatedly via resolutions at many levels." - See more at: http://www.flstopcccoalition.org/news/2014-03/stewart-pick-common-core-testing-company-that-psychologically-profiles-kids-works-parcc-evil-twin.htm#sthash.TzOgCYTi.dpuf
"Commissioner Stewart and the Department of Education have failed Florida. It is still all Common Core all the time, and the state has chosen a company promoting controversial sexuality and mental health issues to test and profile our children," said Dr. Karen Effrem, executive director of the Florida Stop Common Core Coalition, Inc., and president of Education Liberty Watch. "The State of Florida is not respecting the intelligence of its parents and citizens. We are not deceived and not amused at this bait and switch effort. We now can see that our children will be tested by the company working for PARCC's evil twin, SBAC, and that our children will be psychologically profiled by this company that also promotes very controversial issues. We know that our children's tests will likely include these types of issues and that the test and other data will go to the state, the federal government, and to corporations. We also realize that our children have no protection even with the current privacy bills in the legislature that rely on federal law (FERPA), because that law has been completely gutted by the Obama administration via regulation, sidestepping Congress."
"This is completely unacceptable. Besides implementing the same deceptive plan discussed at the governor's summit in August, the state has chosen a company that has a significant history of promoting identification of the GLBT lifestyle for children as young as seven years old, among parents and in churches said Randy Osborne, lobbyist for Florida Eagle Forum. "The governor and legislature need to listen to the public that is outraged and the grassroots of the Republican Party of Florida who have rejected Common Core repeatedly via resolutions at many levels." Please contact Governor Scott and let him know how unacceptable this is. Ask him to use his authority to take us out of the Common Core agreement and develop real academic standards with early childhood experts and university professors:
involved in developing briefs and other information promoting acceptance of the LGBT lifestyle for elementary age school children. - See more at: http://www.flstopcccoalition.org/news/2014-03/stewart-pick-common-core-testing-company-that-psychologically-profiles-kids-works-parcc-evil-twin.htm#sthash.dpZ9u2Vz.dpuf
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OPERATION EDUCATION COMMON CORE CONFERENCE AND TRAINING
Please join Florida Eagle Forum, Florida Family Policy Council, and Education Liberty Watch for a tremendous conference on March 22nd in Orlando. Operation Education will feature nationally known historian and speaker David Barton to talk about the dangers to our freedom and our rights as parents of the federally driven Common Core standards, national tests, and data mining. Rep. Debbie Mayfield, Senator Greg Evers, and Rep. Charles Van Zant will also speak. There will be grassroots training and screening of the HSLDA film Building the Machine.
This event is free, but space is limited so you must register by going to:
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WHAT YOU CAN DO
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Here is what you can do immediately:
- DO NOT LET THE GOVERNOR AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA GET AWAY WITH THIS OUTRAGE. CONTACT THE GOVERNOR.
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- SIGN OUR PETITION
- PLEASE SUPPORT US FINANCIALLY. WE CANNOT DO THIS WITHOUT YOUR HELP!
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Thank you for all you are doing to protect the hearts and minds of our children so that they may receive education for a free nation! |
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March 22nd - OPERATION EDUCATION CONFERENCE WITH DAVID BARTON, REP. DEBBIE MAYFIELD, SENATOR GREG EVERS AND OTHERS.
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Alachua County Tea Party
American Principles Project
American Coalition for Property Rights
Bear Witness Central
Biblical Concepts Ministries
Brevard 912
Charlotte County Citizens Against Common Core
Citrus County Tea Party Patriots
Community Issues Council
Concerned American Patriots of Jackson County
Education Liberty Watch
Faith and Freedom of Sarasota
First Coast Tea Party
Florida Campaign for Liberty
Florida Eagle Forum
Florida Parent Educators Association
Florida Republican Liberty Caucus
FreedomWorks
Heritage Action for America
Heartland Research
Highlands Tea Party
Independent Voices for Better Education
Lakeland 912
Liberty in Action
Liberty First Network
Naples Patriots
North Central Florida Tea Party
Northwest Florida Tea Party
Panhandle Patriots
Republican Club of West Jacksonville
Save America Foundation
St. Lucie County 912
South Florida Conservatives
South Pinellas 912
Stop Common Core SE FL
Sunrise Tea Party
SWFL Citizens Alliance
Taking Our Country Back
Tampa Tea Party
Tea Party Network
The Agenders
The Tenth Amendment Center
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