Where is your
caucus meeting?
Click on this Minnesota Precinct Caucus
Finder.
Precinct caucuses are coming up Tuesday evening, February 5th,at 7:00 PM.
As we pointed out in our last alert, showing up at precinct
caucuses on Tuesday, February 5th at 7 PM in Minnesota
(find your precinct here) is
very important, both to defend important education freedom planks in the
platform and to suggest resolutions to strengthen educational freedom. The caucuses are the first step toward
getting these important principles included in national party platforms, not
only in Minnesota,
but also in other states that are involved in caucuses on Super Tuesday,
February 5th, and later.
Here are some more resolutions to add to those we suggested
in our last alert. These deal
specifically with federal education legislation, namely No Child Left Behind
(NCLB) and Head Start:
1)
We oppose the reauthorization of No Child Left
Behind and support legislation, such as the House version of the A-PLUS Act and
the LEARN Act to return control of education to its constitutionally proper place
as a state and local function. We also
support state efforts to withdraw from No Child Left Behind. (Background: NCLB has produced unprecedented
federal intrusion into education, which is not a constitutional role of the
federal government. It has led to a drastic lowering of academic standards in
order to comply with massive un-funded federal mandates and regulations for
100% proficiency for all students that many state and federal officials and
scholars have admitted is impossible to achieve. Most concerning, however is
the imposition of a federal curriculum that is contrary to American principles
of freedom and free enterprise and sound academics. A-PLUS and LEARN are federal bills that break
the iron grip of federal control of our schools. See our alerts here, here, and here.)
2) We
oppose the imposition of a federal preschool curriculum for Head Start and
other state early childhood programs . We support the removal of
subjective, controversial, non-academic outcomes that deal with gender issues,
family structure diversity, mental health, multiculturalism, environmentalism,
and careers from both state and federal outcomes. (Background: Examples of these vague, outcomes from the
Head Start Child Outcomes Framework include: "Progresses in understanding
similarities and respecting differences among people, such as genders, race,
special needs, culture, language, and family structures." These outcomes are
being merged with radical K-12 outcomes to form a seamless system of
controversial required curriculum content from preschool through high school. See our alerts here and here.)
Thank you for your involvement. Remember-the world belongs to those who show
up.
