Rep. Adkins Directly Contradicts Governor Scott

After Tony Bennett's resignation in disgrace, the  education establishment is furiously trying to keep a happy face on the Common Core system.  They are not succeeding. In two meetings in the Jacksonville area on August 6th, Rep. Janet Adkins, chairwoman of the House Education Committee, tried to paint a dismal picture of Florida student achievement trying to justify the supposed desperate need for Common Core. The Florida Times Union reported, "Adkins told the audience that the percentage of Florida students reading below grade level is at the low 40s and the number is in the high 40s for students below grade level in math.'It shows we still have a ways to go,' she said."

In so doing, she directly contradicted Governor Scott who frequently touts his education record by mentioning the accomplishments (Podcast starting at 3:40) of Florida students:
  • "Our fourth graders are now number two in the world in reading;"
  • "Our fourth and eighth graders have had the greatest student achievement gains of any large state in the country over the last few years;"
  • "According to Education Week, we're the 6th best state in the nation for education, K-12.  We're on our way to number one."
  • "Our graduating high school class has the highest percentage seeking an AP exam; and"
  • "The National Council for Teacher Quality says we have the most effective teachers in the country"
Aside from the obvious fact that Rep. Adkins is making the governor look bad, these statistics beg the question: f all of these good things are happening without Common Core, why do we need to adopt his system of  inferior national standards, national tests and invasive data mining?
 

Comments

Linda
September 5, 2013 at 06:37 PM

Although we are home schooling my grandson now because of the excessive bullying and vulgarity, he has always read at a much higher grade level in every grade. We started him off with Leap Frog videos "Hooked On Phonics" emphasis phonics! Phonics and fun were the 2 keys to learning. It really put emphasis on sounds of letters to begin with and were so fun as a young child he repeated the videos over and over. Every library and class room should have them! It does not take rocket science to know these things. How about real teachers with real creativity and not "Change Agents" to instruct our children. Those financially handicapped can benefit in the class room even if not at home from resources like these. With all the dollars thrown at schools for mostly administration, $10.00 a video for lower grades=entry level would do the trick, not some new method to dumb them down further. A PTA fund drive could buy these resources that have a tremendous return. Regarding math, how about not passing them through just to get their school rating? How about their great Edline communication for parents? It would be nice if they actually filled in the calendar with work in progress and listed the expected homework so we as parents could refer to it and back them up when the child tries to say "I don't have any homework tonight". How about NOT waiting until the 9wk period is up to finally communicate "we have a probable with little Susie/Johnny". Quit blaming things on the children solely and this and that! We don't need this new fake fix, we need simple Reading, Writing,and Arithmetic as we use to say. Quit trying to "change" their worldview and their beliefs so they fit into a Globalist Utopia.

canary
August 10, 2013 at 04:01 PM

Common Core is to reinforce the homosexual agenda, global warming ponzi scheme, the continued tearing at the family and church fabric.. Gee that sounds familiar, the Communist Manifesto. And the negation of personal liberty and/or responsibility. We don't need those agendas. Refuse them for your children.

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