Common Core Resource Center

• TMLC Resources

• General Information

• Data Mining

• Curriculum Concerns

• Corporate Interests in Common Core

• Stop Common Core Groups by State

• State Opt-Out Forms

   

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TMLC Resources

• Test Refusal and Student Privacy Protection Form

• Instructions and Information for Using the Student Privacy Protection Opt-Out Request Form

 

General Information

• The Common Core: A Poor Choice for America – The Heartland Institute

• Common Core Issues – Home School Legal Defense Association

• Common Core: What’s Behind the Language – Rachel Alexander 

• Common Core – The Eagle Forum  

• 10 Facts Every Catholic Should Know About the Common Core – Cardinal Newman Society 

• Reasons for Concern About Common Core – Truth in American Education 

• Controlling Education from the Top – American Principles Project 

 

Data Mining – This section includes reports from the US Department of Education and P-20 database partners explaining how data is collected, stored and used. 

• Enhancing Teaching and Learning Through Educational Data Mining and Learning Analytics – US Department of Education

• Promoting Grit Tenacity and Perseverance – US Department of Education

• Next Generation State Data System – Data Quality Campaign 

 

 

Curriculum Concerns

 

• Textbook sales leader says national Common Core education standards are ‘all about the money’ – Daily Mail

• A Tough Critique of Common Core on Early Childhood Education – Washington Post

•  Common Core Sexualizes American School Children – Crisis Magazine

• Common Core Pornography – Education Views 

• Un-Common, Not Core – American Thinker

• Study Finds Common Core Math Standards Will Reduce Enrollment in High-Level High School Math – Education Views
  

• Common Core Math Problems – The National Review 

• Study: Common Core ELA Standards Will Further Harm U.S. History Instruction – The Pioneer Institute

• New War Over High School US History – The National Review

• Do the Common Core Standards Flunk History? – History News Network

• America’s New ‘Common Core’ Curriculum is Based on United Nations Globalist Education Program and Agenda 21 – Brenner Brief

• Rotten to the Core: Obama’s War on Academic Standards – Michelle Malkin

 

 

Corporate Interests in Common Core

•  Watch Bill Gates Confirm Everybody’s Worst Fears About Common Core – Reason Blog

• A Labyrinth of Corporate Interests in Common Core – Education Alchecmy

• Common Core Math Standards Add Up to Big Money for Education Companies – The Hechinger Report 

• Eighth grader: What bothered me most about new Common Core test – The Washington Post 

Stop Common Core Groups by State

Note: State groups marked with an * are hosted by Facebook and may require a Facebook account or login. State groups marked with a ** are either national groups or chapters of national groups.

 

If you would like to have your group added, please contact Michelle Piccolo at mpiccolo@thomasmore.org and include the name of the group and a link to the website or Facebook page.  

State	Name of Group
Alabama	Alabamians United for Excellence in Education
Alaska	Alaskans Against Common Core*
Arizona	Arizonans Against Common Core
Arkansas	Arkansas Against Common Core
California	Californians United Against Common Core
Colorado	Parents and Educators Against Common Core Curriculum in Colorado*
Connecticut	Connecticut Against Common Core
Delaware	Delaware Against Common Core*
District of Columbia
Florida	Stop Common Core Southeast Florida
Florida	Florida Stop Common Core Coalition
Florida	Florida Parents R.I.S.E.
Florida	Opt Out Orlando
Florida	Moms Against Duncan** *
Florida	Floridians Against Common Core
Florida	Florida Citizen’s Alliance
Georgia	Georgians to Stop Common Core *
Georgia	Stop Common Core in Georgia
Hawaii	Stop Common Core Hawaii
Idaho	Idahoans Against Common Core
Idaho	Stop Common Core in Idaho *
Illinois	Stop Common Core Illinois
Indiana	Hoosiers Against Common Core
Iowa	Stop Common Core in Iowa*
Iowa	Concerned Women for America/ Iowa**
Kansas	Kansans Against Common Core
Kentucky	Kentuckians Against Common Core
Louisiana	Stop Common Core in Louisiana*
Louisiana	Parents and Educators Against Common Core Curriculum in Louisiana*
Maine	No Common Core in Maine
Maryland	Stop Common Core in Maryland*
Maryland	Marylanders Against Common Core*
Massachusetts	Stop Common Core Massachusetts*
Michigan	Stop Common Core in Michigan
Minnesota	Minnesotans Against Common Core
Mississippi	Stop Common Core in Mississippi
Missouri	Missouri Coalition Against Common Core
Montana	Montanans Against Common Core
Nebraska	Nebraska Family Forum
Nevada	Stop Common Core Nevada
New Hampshire	Stop Common Core in New Hampshire*
New Jersey	The Committee to Combat Common Core Curriculum
New Mexico	NM Refuse the Tests (Great resources)
New York	Stop Common Core in New York
New York	Stop Common Core in New York State
North Carolina	Stop Common Core NC
North Dakota	Stop Common Core in North Dakota*
Ohio	Ohioans Against Common Core
Oklahoma	Stop Common Core in Oklahoma*
Oklahoma	Restore Oklahoma Public Education
Oregon	Oregon Save Our Schools
Oregon	Stop Common Core in Oregon*
Oregon	Parents Rights in Education
Pennsylvania	Pennsylvanians Against Common Core
Rhode Island	Stop Common Core in RI*
South Carolina	Stop Common Core in South Carolina*
South Carolina	South Carolina Parents Involved in Education
South Dakota	South Dakotans Against Common Core
Tennessee	Tennessee Against Common Core
Texas	Concerned Women for America**
Texas	Women on the Wall
Texas	Texans Against CSCOPE*
Utah	Utahns Against Common Core
Vermont	Stop Common Core in VT*
Virginia	Virginians Concerned About K-12 Education*
Washington	Stop Common Core in Washington State
West Virginia	WV Against the Common Core
Wisconsin	Stop Common Core in Wisconsin*
Wyoming	Wyoming Against the Common Core
Wyoming	Wyoming Citizens Opposing Common Core

 

 

State Test Refusal Forms

• Connecticut

• Michigan

• Tennessee