Steve Cates
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
By
Steve Cates
on June 24, 2015 at 01:35 pm
Maine Gov. Paul LePage signed a bill last week that requires the state to leave Smarter Balanced, the testing consortium that provided the common-core aligned assessments state students took this past…...
Thursday, March 05, 2015
By
Steve Cates
on March 5, 2015 at 03:42 pm
In the Obama’s own words: Common Core is ObamaCore North Dakota’s education system is being transformed. The transformation is being done through the adoption and implementation of Common Core. Common…...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
By
Steve Cates
on February 10, 2015 at 11:05 am
On February 2, 2015 constitutional attorney D. John Sauer testified before the North Dakota House Education Committee regarding the legality of the state’s involvement in the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium…...
Monday, January 26, 2015
By
Steve Cates
on January 26, 2015 at 09:31 pm
Download PDF of this Article UCLA Psychologists Manage/Oversee North Dakota Education On November 4, 2014, Robert Marthaller of the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction signed a…...
Friday, January 16, 2015
By
Steve Cates
on January 16, 2015 at 11:44 pm
January 16, 2015 Mississippi will sever its ties from the controversial Common Core testing consortium known as PARCC, according to a press release sent Friday by the state Board…...
By
Steve Cates
on January 16, 2015 at 11:41 pm
States that have pulled out of their Assessment Consortium: Utah (Smarter Balanced) – http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/mobile/54627081-68/utah-state-standards-consortium.html.csp Oklahoma (PARCC) – http://truthinamericaneducation.com/common-core-assessments/oklahoma-pulls-out-of-parcc/ (the Tulsa World article is no longer on the website). Georgia…...
Saturday, January 03, 2015
By
Steve Cates
on January 3, 2015 at 06:32 pm
On December 20, 2014 the Fargo Forum and the Grand Forks Herald printed a letter to the editor authored by the proponents of the Common Core State Standards. For ease…...
Friday, December 19, 2014
By
Steve Cates
on December 19, 2014 at 12:24 pm
Here is a 32 second video of David Axelrod, Senior Advisor to President Obama introducing the actual architect and implementer of Common Core, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at…...
Monday, December 08, 2014
By
Steve Cates
on December 8, 2014 at 11:53 am
It is becoming more and more apparent that the more people know about Common Core the less they like it. Governors who were original supporters have come to the realization…...
Sunday, November 30, 2014
By
Steve Cates
on November 30, 2014 at 03:08 pm
The Heartland Institute provides a great article spelling out the relationship behind the drivers of Common Core: Follow the money. It all ends up in the hands of a very…...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
By
Steve Cates
on July 23, 2014 at 04:21 pm
Download Article PDF As I became aware of the implementation of the Common Core State Standards in North Dakota an interesting phenomenon became apparent. The supporters of Common Core want…...
Monday, July 21, 2014
By
Steve Cates
on July 21, 2014 at 09:36 am
Expanded Narrative Documentation of Part I Download Article PDF 2012 Presidential Election and Self-Designated Gallup Poll Data: http://www.gallup.com/poll/167144/wyoming-residents-conservative-liberal.aspx#2 Expanded Narrative: (1) The proponents of the Common Core State Standards…...
By
Steve Cates
on July 21, 2014 at 01:02 am
Download Article PDF After “Systemic Reform” of North Dakota’s education system to the Common Core model and structure, education policy will be almost entirely beyond the control of the state’s…...
Thursday, May 08, 2014
By
Beacon Author
on May 8, 2014 at 08:57 am
STEVE CATES: ND DPI DENIES REALITY OF COMMON CORE ADOPTION During the May 6, 2014 edition of the Jay Thomas radio program from WDAY of Fargo I repeatedly asked…...
Tuesday, May 06, 2014
By
Beacon Author
on May 6, 2014 at 12:37 pm
The League of Women Voters seems a benign civic minded organization that simply puts on candidate forums. But those forums have a format that may be designed to be controlling…...
Thursday, May 01, 2014
By
Beacon Author
on May 1, 2014 at 12:16 pm
On July 4th of 2014 renowned scholar, author, presidential advisor, and movie writer/producer Dinesh D'Souza will release his latest movie entitled “America.” The theme music of that movie began as…...
Friday, April 25, 2014
By
Steve Cates
on April 25, 2014 at 07:19 pm
Who has the most effect on the education of North Dakota’s children? (a) Governor Dalrymple? (b) Department of Education Superintendent Kristen Baesler? (c) Your school board members? (d) The…...
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
By
Steve Cates
on April 15, 2014 at 09:37 am
Did the Common Core Standards appear magically out of thin air? Unlikely. “This is a guy who lives in my neighborhood, who's a professor of English in Chicago who…...
Sunday, April 06, 2014
By
Steve Cates
on April 6, 2014 at 11:53 pm
The Core of the Common Core The American political left has always wanted more and more control of education through the centralization of power to the Federal Government. In…...
Friday, March 28, 2014
By
Steve Cates
on March 28, 2014 at 01:27 pm
The meeting held in Bismarck on the evening of March 27th was claimed by the Bismarck-Mandan Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) to be to discuss the “facts and fallacies of Common…...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
By
Steve Cates
on February 12, 2014 at 06:49 pm
During the North Dakota Legislative Session of 2013 SB2503 passed both houses and became law. That law stated: An abortion may not be performed by any person other than a…...
Saturday, February 02, 2013
By
Beacon Author
on February 2, 2013 at 05:58 pm
“Having an abortion is safer than receiving a penicillin shot,” Tammi Kromenaker told the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 29, 2013 in her testimony in opposition to SB2305. She also…...
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
By
Steve Cates
on January 30, 2013 at 02:27 pm
TESTIMONY SUBMITTED IN SUPPORT OF SB 2305 This proposed legislation should be supported by all who put the health and wellbeing of women who are patients seeking elective termination of…...
Monday, December 05, 2011
By
Steve Cates
on December 5, 2011 at 03:52 pm
From the Fargo Forum: "Adult film star Jenna Jameson coming to Fargo this weekend Adult entertainment star Jenna Jameson will appear at two nightclubs this Saturday. Adult…...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
By
Steve Cates
on October 19, 2011 at 07:45 am
At first it was a mere trickle. Then a steady seep. A little later a soft current. Then the current reaches critical velocity to enable the substrate to be washed…...
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
By
Steve Cates
on September 7, 2011 at 06:47 am
Folks,Kind of overcast this late summer morning. Slight breeze. Nice rain last night. Just enough to keep the hoses coiled under the faucets while everything remains green. The raspberries are…...
Thursday, September 01, 2011
By
Steve Cates
on September 1, 2011 at 12:43 pm
Note BLACK SPOT (clip-on sunglasses) In early May of 2011 I became aware of the North Dakota Highway patrol sending an officer to the home of LaVonne Geotsch of Bellfield.…...
Monday, May 02, 2011
By
Steve Cates
on May 2, 2011 at 10:34 am
Finally! It can be said that it is a beautiful spring day in North Dakota…..but, a chance of snow in the northwest corner of the state. Well at least from…...
Thursday, March 17, 2011
By
Steve Cates
on March 17, 2011 at 11:39 am
On February 23, 2011 the Fargo Forum published reporter Patrick Springer’s article entitled “Family Planning Faces Funding Cuts”. I would contend that this article was either poor reporting or propaganda.…...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
By
Steve Cates
on March 16, 2011 at 07:34 am
The Logic of Life Webster’s Dictionary Definitions: HUMAN 1: of, relating to, or characteristic of humans 2: consisting of humans 3a : having human form or attributes b :…...
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