{"id":27883,"date":"2016-03-25T12:40:10","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T16:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=27883"},"modified":"2016-03-25T12:40:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-25T16:40:10","slug":"common-core-in-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=27883","title":{"rendered":"Common Core In Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Below is a press release from End Common Core Massachusetts<\/a>:<\/p>\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, March 24, 2015
\nCONTACT:\u00a0 Donna Colorio, 508-450-0104 and <\/strong>dcolorio2014@gmail.com<\/strong><\/a>
\nEND COMMON CORE MA<\/em><\/strong>
\nEnd Common Core MA\u2019s message to the big money special interests<\/a>: #RKidsRnot4Sale<\/strong><\/h1>\n

End Common Core Massachusetts has a very simple message to the big money special interest groups organizing resistance to the popular End Common Core ballot measure: Our kids are not for sale (#RKidsRnot4Sale).<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cLast month, a poll proved that a huge majority of voters support the end of Common Core. \u00a0It clearly verifies hard-working Massachusetts voters reject giving control of our public education system to the wealthy special interests. \u00a0They are desperately trying to defeat this measure by pouring in millions to fund phony lawsuits and more phony front groups for Pearson Education<\/a> and the Gates<\/a> Foundation. \u00a0They will soon find out that Our Kids Are Not for Sale and the voters will reject their efforts\u201d, said End Common Core Chairperson Donna Colorio.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sandra Stotsky<\/a>, former Senior Associate Commissioner in the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education<\/a> (DESE) notes that \u201cthe Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education (MBAE) filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Maura Healey in January claiming she didn\u2019t know what she was doing when she approved the language of the ballot question. It looks like they are desperate to stop the voters from voting on this critical issue.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation<\/a> is on record donating a lot of money to the MBAE in 2014 to pay for studies that support the continued use of Common Core. \u00a0The Gates Foundation has also poured millions of dollars to fund grants for DESE and other Massachusetts special interest groups who support Common Core. Pearson Education is the corporation contracted to create standardized tests like PARCC<\/a> and MCAS designed to test in English Language Arts and Mathematics. \u00a0Pearson also publishes textbooks and educational materials aligned to the Common Core Standards<\/a>, and keeping the standards will mean billions of dollars in profits.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, the special interests are lining up millions of dollars to fund a campaign where every word, study, report, and so-called statistic is made up and paid for by groups funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. \u00a0In contrast, End Common Core MA is a grassroot effort led by concerned citizens giving their time and hard earned money to speak truth to power. The super wealthy special interests are using our kids to make billions of dollars every year in testing fees, textbooks, and other classroom materials. \u00a0The special interests have a lot of money on their side and their goal is to destroy our public education system. But the hard working citizens of Massachusetts will have the truth on their side,\u201d said Colorio.<\/strong><\/p>\n

End Common Core MA is a ballot question committee of citizen activists, teachers, parents, concerned citizens, and elected officials opposed to Common Core\u2019s standards. \u00a0Go to EndCommonCoreMA.com<\/a> for more information.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Below is a press release from End Common Core Massachusetts: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, March 24, 2015 CONTACT:\u00a0 Donna Colorio, 508-450-0104 and dcolorio2014@gmail.com END COMMON CORE MA End Common Core MA\u2019s message to the big money special interests: #RKidsRnot4Sale End … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7289,7442,4498,8420,7453,5623],"class_list":["post-27883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bill-melinda-gates-foundation","tag-bill-gates","tag-common-core","tag-massachusetts-department-of-elementary-and-secondary-education","tag-parcc","tag-sandra-stotsky"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27883"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27884,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27883\/revisions\/27884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}