Cooperative Grouping Discourages Individual Academic Success

Many teaching methods implemented in American classrooms discourage individual academic success. Cooperative grouping of students is a most ruinous example because it teaches children to surrender individual educational goals and support collectivism.  Sixty years of failure have not deterred college Continue reading

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Karen Schroeder to Speak at Black River Falls TEA Party Event

Karen Schroeder, President of Advocates for Academic Freedom, will be speaking about Common Core Standards: Two Steps Closer to Eliminating School Choice, on August 25, 2012, at the Black River Falls TEA Party event. The event will be held in Lunda Continue reading

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AMBER GONSKE FROM WJMC RADIO INTERVIEWS KAREN SCHROEDER

KAREN SCHROEDER WILL BE INTERVIEWED BY AMBER GONSKE FROM WJMC RADIO ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2012, AT 11:10 AM.  AMBER AND KAREN WILL BE DISCUSSING COMMON CORE STANDARDS. PLEASE CALL IN WITH YOUR QUESTIONS. http://wjmcradio.com/meet.asp

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COMMON CORE STANDARDS: TWO STEPS CLOSER TO ELIMINATING SCHOOL CHOICE

Common Core Standardsare a federal program in which the federal government will define the curricula and the academic standards for each subject taught in the every school setting. These Federal Standards will basically eliminate local control of schools and provide Continue reading

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