NGOs Running and Ruining YOUR LIFE Using YOUR TAX DOLLARS

Did you know? Most of this Common Core scam is being perpetrated on the public using their own tax dollars by organizations of SPECIAL INTERESTS. That’s right, NGOs, or non governmental organizations (i.e. special interests) who have absolutely NO BUSINESS meddling in our public educational system, are being allowed to determine what goes on in YOUR schools, schools that should be run by LOCAL CONTROL.

Here is proof. The NGA is funded by the Feds and State dues that ultimately came from YOU the TAXPAYERS (The NGOs are listed at the bottom of the press release)

NGA/NCSL/CCSSO/SHEEO News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 3, 2013
NGA Contact: Krista Zaharias, 202-624-5301
NCSL Contact: Jon Kuhl, 202-624-3557
CCSSO Contact: Kate Dando Doran, 202-336-7034
SHEEO Contact: Charles Lenth, 303-541-1601

STATES SELECTED TO RECEIVE SUPPORT FOR COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS IMPLEMENTATION

WASHINGTON—The National Governors Association (NGA), National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), and State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) today announced the selection of six states—Arizona, California, New Hampshire, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming—to participate in the Improving Student Learning at Scale Collaborative to support effective implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).

As of August 2013, 49 states and territories, the District of Columbia and the Department of Defense schools that serve the children of U.S. servicemen and women around the world, together serving more than 80 percent of the nation’s K-12 students, have adopted the standards.

Many of the policy decisions necessary to support successful implementation of the standards and improve teaching and learning have yet to be made or are being put in place in an uncoordinated way. The collaborative is designed to help states:

Identify gaps and areas for better alignment of policy and connections between K-12 and higher education within each participating state;

Engage the many stakeholders at the highest levels of policy making in the state in the process to implement the CCSS;

Develop strategies for policy alignment, coordination of system resources and communications to support CCSS implementation; and

Create a learning community among participating states to share progress and challenges, then offer lessons learned to additional states.

“Successful implementation of the standards will require a coordinated effort to ensure that the needed policies are enacted and the handoff between policy adoption and implementation is smooth and improves the quality of learning across our states,” said NGA Executive Director Dan Crippen.

“Legislative understanding of the Common Core State Standards will be important to their successful implementation,” said NCSL Executive Director William T. Pound. NCSL is pleased to join in this coordinated effort to enhance the engagement of legislatures in improving the quality of education in the United States.”

“CCSSO is focused on supporting state education agencies as they implement policy to prepare all students for college and career,” said Chris Minnich, executive director of CCSSO. Collaboration at all levels is critical to ensuring the benefits of the Common Core can be achieved in the classroom. We are pleased to support states in this work.”

“We welcome this opportunity to work closely with governmental and education leaders in these six states,” said SHEEO President George P. Pernsteiner. “State coordinating and governing agencies for higher education are strong advocates for Common Core-based standards to improve college and career readiness, and we must make sure that all of higher education assumes its roles in meeting the full potential to improve education these standards represent.”

This project will be a highly interactive, team-based, multi-state process for helping the selected states develop and implement an action plan to address a complex public policy issue. Participating states will receive a grant and technical assistance from NGA, CCSSO, NCSL, and SHEEO staff and other experts.

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Founded in 1908, the National Governors Association (NGA) is the collective voice of the nation’s governors and one of Washington, D.C.’s most respected public policy organizations. Its members are the governors of the 55 states, territories and commonwealths. NGA provides governors and their senior staff members with services that range from representing states on Capitol Hill and before the Administration on key federal issues to developing and implementing innovative solutions to public policy challenges through the NGA Center for Best Practices. For more information, visit www.nga.org.

NCSL is a bipartisan organization that serves the legislators and staffs of the states, commonwealths and territories. It provides research, technical assistance and opportunities for policymakers to exchange ideas on the most pressing state issues and is an effective and respected advocate for the interests of the states in the American federal system.

The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) is a nonpartisan, nationwide, nonprofit organization of public officials who head departments of elementary and secondary education in the states, the District of Columbia, the Department of Defense Education Activity, and five U.S. extra-state jurisdictions. CCSSO provides leadership, advocacy, and technical assistance on major educational issues. The Council seeks member consensus on major educational issues and expresses their views to civic and professional organizations, federal agencies, Congress, and the public.

The State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) association, founded in 1954, serves statewide higher education coordinating, governing, and policy agencies. SHEEO is an advocate for state leadership, a liaison between states and the federal government, a vehicle for cross-state collaboration, and a source of information and analysis on higher education policy issues.