A rose but by any other name may smell just as sweet, but just like Wyoming’s progressive minded elected officials -overrunning our legislature and Governors office- calling themselves Republicans, Common Core* by any other name still stinks. There are a few states that are debating as to whether or not […]
Yearly Archives: 2013
The Hunger Games, many view it as an intriguing work of fiction…but is it? There is not a reaping ceremony throughout every region of the United States, choosing one boy and one girl to be put into an arena with 11 other boys and 11 other girls to fight to […]
Let the Common Core Games Begin, and May the Odds ...
Data collection and education… Our elected and appointed officials down play the creepiness of it all, parroting the same tired lines “Data collection is necessary for growth and improvement… it has been done for decades.” To which I can only say “Slavery, the Salem Witch Trials, treating black people […]
Data Collection and the Common Core part 2
My vehicle doesn’t come with insurance, vehicle registration, or my driver’s license, but I cannot legally drive it without those things… If you have written to an elected official, or appointed State Board of Education member, or the Department of Education with concerns about the data mining that comes […]
Data Collection and the Common Core part 1
In October of 2013, a beloved teacher from Hulett, WY said her emotional good-byes to her students. The added stress that the Common Core Standards* were adding, was simply too much. Before that, in May of 2013, Green River, WY teacher Christy Hooley handed her resignation in, because of the Common Core […]
More and More Teachers Are Saying “Good-bye”
Our elected officials and the appointed State Board of Education, and well as the Wyoming Department of Education, have perpetuated a lie. When any questions about the Common Core Standards are asked they parrot the same, tired response: “It’s state led”. But they are lying to you. The American […]
Proof that Common Core is Not State Led Part 2
If you have heard about the Common Core “State” Standards, you have probably heard our legislators, governor, Department of Education, and State Board of Education parrot the same lines like: “They are not curriculum, they are just academic standards” and that “They are state led”. But like the “Affordable” Care Act, […]
Where is Wyoming? Common Core and Next Generation Science are ...
Many of you have been asking for the latest on the situation in Wheatland, mainly concerning the Cain family, whose son maintained a proficient and in some areas above average report card last school year despite missing 20 days for illness. We have been reporting on this situation since June of 2013, but […]
Oct. 20th 2013: Update on the Wheatland, WY “Truancy” Prosecutions
***If your school district is harassing, strong arming, threatening, or intimidating, you to do anything not required in the law, please contact me with the details: michelle@wyomingfreedomineducation.org*** We have received many questions about homeschooling in recent weeks. Before I get to the why’s and how’s of homeschooling in Wyoming […]
Homeschooling in Wyoming: A Great Way to Avoid Common Core ...
Wyoming Freedom in Education was invited to have a table at the Cheyenne Tea Party rally on Saturday, Oct. 12th, 2013. The rally was in support of the Truckers Ride for the Constitution and the 1 Million Veteran March in Washington D.C. this weekend. We were able to talk to […]