Common Core Forum November 7th

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Upcoming Common Core Forum Announcement

September 20, Concord, CA-The Concerned Parents and Educators of the East Bay will be holding a forum on November 7th from 7:00 to 9:00pm in the main sanctuary of Calvary Temple Church (4725 Evora Road, Concord, CA 94520) to discuss the challenges Californian children will be facing with the implementation of the Common Core State Standards this school year. The forum is free and open to all interested members of the public.

This group previously held a highly successful community forum on the Common Core in Pleasant Hill on April 29th, featuring education experts that spanned the political spectrum, now available on YouTube (“Ten Little Fingers, Common Core Debated” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQytdrRB0Qs) This time, two members of the original Common Core Validation Committee have agreed to donate their time and expertise to share their reasons why they felt they could not in good conscience sign off on the standards as they are currently written and have been imposed on 45 states of the Union, including California. Also, an experienced lawyer will discuss the legal ramifications of opting children out of invasive data collection that is part of the Common Core.

R. James Milgram, Ph.D. is a professor emeritus of mathematics at Stanford University where he has taught since 1970. He holds membership positions with the National Board for Education Services, the NASA Advisory Council the Achieve Mathematics Advisory Panel and the Common Grounds Project. He was also instrumental in establishing the previous California Mathematics Standards, as well as for Georgia and Michigan.

Sandra Stotsky, Ph.D. is a professor emeritus of English and Language Arts at the University of Arkansas and former Senior Associate Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Education, where she directed the state’s preK-12 curricula standards for mathematics, history, social science, English language arts and science.

Kevin Snider is the Chief Counsel for the Pacific Justice Institute, where he practices law primarily in the area of constitutional law and civil liberties, specifically with regard to religious and parental rights. His organization offers parental opt-out forms against encroachments on student privacy by the Common Core Standards. These can be downloaded from their website, PJI.org.

Forum organizers encourage interested members of the community to register to attend the forum at http://tinyurl.com/CCConcordForum as seats are limited. While the event is free, donations will be gratefully accepted at GoFundMe.com/f6tl5g.

Media Contacts:

· Denise Pursche, denise.pursche@comcast.net, (925) 693-0899

· Lia Bush, lmn0913@hotmail.com, (510) 502-5184

· Lisa Ackerman, lisack@yahoo.com, (925) 202-8898

· Sally Wood, steveandsallywood@astound.net, (925) 980-3589

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