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Whose Minding Education?
May 8, 2019 Would You Believe It Wednesday10 references, 16 Doctors in 116th Congress, 2 year degree, 20 Person Commission, Anita Hoge, Anti Common Core History, Anti Fed Ed Warriors, big government, big insurance, big pharma, Disney, education, ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act), Family Education Rights to Privacy Act, FERPA, global mental health, Harvard, HEA (Higher Education Act), Higher Education Mental Health Act, master's degree, May is Mental Health Month, mental health, Mental Health Caucus, mental health services, Microsoft, objectivity, older teens, Open Secrets, PreK-12th grade, President Trump, S 1204, Sec. DeVos, SEL (social emotional learning), Sen. Blumenthal (CT), Sen. Casey (PA), Sen. Hassan (NH), Sen. Kane (VA), Sen. Klobuchar (MN), Sen. Smith (MN), subjectivity, U.S. Congress, warriors, young adultsmooregrits
Anti Fed Ed Warriors, in my last article I shared that I'd look into the federal educratic overreach into higher education and mental health. We know all too well the overreaches in PreK to 12th grade mental health services are 'off the charts'.
Meet S 1204, Higher Education Mental Health Act of 2019:
Warriors, the worst news we could find in this ill hatched Bill is that Sec. DeVos is in charge of forming a 20 person (or less) Commission. One of the most unqualified federal employees of all time will be dictating who serves, how they serve, and, what they recommend to address our older teens and adult children's needs.
Words fail to express my disgust on this topic.
S 1204 is sponsored by Senator Casey (PA). Co-sponsors are Kane (VA), Blumenthal (CT), Klobuchar (MN), Smith (MN), and, Hassan (NH).
Warriors, if you know your Anti Common Core history, you may remember that Anita Hoge (from PA) was a key whistle blower against the mental health overreaches she saw her family (and others) face. Here is one of my articles where I featured Anita's testimony on K-12th overreaches.
Warriors, have you seen the mental health overreaches from each of these Senators districts? What about each of their stances on S 1204? Would any of them truly know what it's like to have an older teen or adult child with a true mental health issue?
**Let me pause right here to clarify, I am not disrespecting any parent of a child with mental health issues; rather I am trying to point to the difference between a qualified medical professional's diagnosis and a educator tasked with making a diagnosis. There is, or should be, a distinct difference.**
Warriors, in the article where you'll find the above image, I shared that ESSA had 60 instances for SEL (Social Emotional Learning). Of those, how many are truly needed by a qualified psychologist? If you look deep enough, not many.
However, how many SEL or mental health references are in the HEA (Higher Education Act), after all, S 1204 is about higher education students.
Here are 10 references to mental health in the HEA of 1965 (as amended in 2018 Public Law 115-334):
a) Sect. 825: (index) guidance on mental health disclosure for students
b) Page 357: mental health professionals must have NO less than a master's degree in social work, psychology or psychiatry. These professionals must be employed full time and provide current mental health services.
c) Page 361: Part A of Title I of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act
d) Page 405: mental health and student loan repayment
e) Page 509: mental health impairment for at least 5 years (student loans)
f) Pages 518-19: 'high risk children' (serious emotional, mental or behavior issues)
g) Page 609: mental health (in event of assaults on campus) written notice of existing counseling
h) Page 808: co-ordinate mental health with local professionals
i) Page 829: (where Section 825 begins), guidance for mental health in relation to student safety; direct tie to FERPA (Family Education Rights to Privacy Act)
j) Sect. 873: Part T Veterans mental health in relation to student success
Warriors, let's contrast that with S 1204's impact on higher education and mental health:
Warriors, if you need to open the above image in a different screen, please do. The most dangerous shift from the HEA to S 1204 is that the mandate for a mental health professionals with NO less than a master's degree now sees someone with a 2 year degree able to recommend mental health's direction.
Folks, that is shockingly disturbing. When you take into consideration that NONE of the Senators are mental health professionals with master's degrees, how can they expect that a 2 year degree (associates) can even come close to the same experience when it comes to mental health?
Mental Health For Sale:
Warriors, the CCSS Machine thinks it knows real mental health issues/treatments. Just look at the sponsors and co-sponsors of S 1204.
If you'd like to see Sen. Casey's campaign financing, Big Insurance and Big Pharma bank roll him.
Sen. Kane has Microsoft's dollars in his pocket.
Sen. Blumenthal has Big Media helping his 'view' of legislation.
Sen. Klobuchar uses Disney's distorted knowledge of mental health.
Sen. Smith has Big Government in her back pocket.
Sen. Hassan put Harvard University's skewed agenda guide her.
(*Note: As always, Open Secrets is the source cited.)
Warriors, it was one thing to play 'doctor' as a kid, but as a legislator? Now, I have no idea if any of these educrats directly has been impacted by any type of mental health issue.
I'd wager, however, they haven't. Why? If they had there's no way on God's green Earth they'd even dream up of mental health legislation like S 1204.
(image from printfakedoctorsnote.com)
Warriors, as you can see S 1204 is a TERRIBLE bill. Every overreach into mental health by Congress is an insult. Why would I come down so harshly on this? There are a couple of reasons.
First, DC is NOT a qualified mental health expert. Even the President used a Proclamation for political purposes in declaring May as Mental Health Month.
(*Notes: I did check to see how many doctors are also Congress men and women in the 116th. There are 16, and not one is a mental health doctor. Members of the Mental Health Caucus are here, none of the 16 doctors are serving in this Caucus.)
Secondly, I am a mother of a young adult who has been properly diagnosed in mental issues. The issues we face were not school related in any way.
The road we walk is beastly.
I cannot fathom the horrors awaiting those families who receive a CCSS Machine version of such a diagnosis.
For every family like mine, who has a legitimate need, there is Congress trying to skew the truth to create some version of a level playing field that doesn't really benefit those in need, but does fit their Congressional bank accounts.
Where is Congress getting their cues for mental health? It's not US, it's globally sourced.
Warriors, we've seen the train wreck PreK-12th grade mental health misdiagnoses and over medications has become. Are we really going to trust the CCSS Machine to suddenly treat our older teens and young adults with any BETTER results?
Let the doctors manage and treat our afflicted properly.
May the politicians crawl back to their murky watered swamp. That's where their business is. It certainly is NOT in education. It certainly has NO place in mental health.
Blindly Leading
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Anti Fed Ed Warriors, "Earth Day" was just a few days ago, and "Earth Week" ended on April 19th, 2019. While I will eventually tie this back to education and the CCSS Machine, bear with me…
Both "Earth" events are totally in sync with the UN's SDGs (United Nations Sustainable Development Goals). If you didn't know this, "Earth Week" has been around since 1988. "Earth Day", since 1970.
But, wait, the SDGs came years later, how can any alignment be true? According to the "About Us" on the official Earth Day website (embedded above), the entire movement went global by 1990. About 190 countries hopped on the 'environmental savior complex' bandwagon.
In 2005, this archived blog article mentions the march to climate change's root: The Earth Summit of 1992 in Brazil. (Where Agenda 21 first surfaced).
****Let me pause here to state that I am not suggesting we have no environmental issues. We do; however, prudent and wise ways in which to deal with them have been replaced by quasi-scientific, subjective findings which millions are swallowing just as quickly as if it were the best drinks in town.
There are also two facts which have been totally overlooked and proven by Christian scientists and Bible experts:
a) God created this world and as such, supplies all the natural resources. Residents of the Earth, were told misuse of natural resources wouldn't be good. However, no where in Scripture did it state running OUT of natural resources before the 2nd Coming of Christ.
b) God charged us with stewardship of the Earth (ie: taking care of it). Believers were also encouraged to do so out of love, not coercion.
Sustainability is totally different. It is forcing an agenda of 'innovation' for new ways to create resources. Resources we have no business creating. Ways which are proving to be more harmful or dangerous than helpful.
This article from Technocracy News even gives you ways to spot the climate change propaganda. It also shares WHY the UN is pushing this envelope.
Even for some of those who do not believe in 'God's supply' have acknowledged that sustainability tied to the climate change is a farce and will harm us tremendously more than if we simple exercises stewardship.
This website even calls climate change a 'culture war'. One which 2019 politicians are all too happy to magnify.
Warriors. For the remainder of this article, I want to lay out a a trail for you which leads us to the 116th Congress and Senate Bill 729 (Sen. Schumer, NY).
From 2008:
Seeking to find the truth after former Vice President Gore declared a 'global emergency', was this Senate report. Very credible scientists were included.
(Source; emphasis added is mine)
Sure, we know VP Gore was a Democrat, but look at the 116th Congress and BOTH Republicans AND Democrats are preaching the gospel of peril and doom for the world. WHY? What's changed?
Evidence suggests it's a combination of influences. (subjective research, propaganda, and fear.)
We have seen Congress go from 'let's find the truth' to 'let's censure truth'.
Sen. Schumer (NY) is the sponsor of this bill. There are 16 co-sponsors. Two are 2020 Presidential candidates (Sen. Booker and Sen. Klobuchar). This Bill has no short title, but is worded so that the Senate AND the House will unite on this. So, what IS the name of S729?
S 729 doesn't allow for research which would confirm or deny TRUTH. It only wants the 'scientific consensus' about climate change to be the truth. Why is that a problem? Because, as in 2008 until 2019, the scientific consensus has not been 100% united in findings or beliefs!
Right now, Sen. Schumer's bill is on the Senate Calendar, item #35.
Congress.gov has a website video explaining what it means when a Bill is on the calendar. According to the video, calendar items may or may not ever be heard on the floor, BUT, it depends on the topic. Warriors, it doesn't take rocket science to know 'climate change' is a HUGE topic. We also know (as it was featured in my "The Prudence Files" series) that 'greening up the US' ('climate change') is a BIG issue for all 20 Candidates, including our current President. If you look at their platforms, each of those seeking the Oval Office have a plan for their ideas. Take the time to read those ideas and they are ALL the same!
What Does S 729 Do?
Warriors, beside from prohibiting use of taxpayer funds to study the validity and course of action based off results, S 729 ties back to 2 other federal laws.
A) The Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965, amended 2018.
B) The United Global Change Research Act of 1990
What did "A" set out? A plan for the US to find ways to reduce waste, especially dumping sites. By being amended, that 'innovation' shift was added. This means that not only do we need to reduce waste, we need to re-purpose the waste. It also put the EPA in charge as the ONE agency which would administer any programs, initiatives, or activities for solid waste.
In S 729, Sect. 1004 of The Solid Waste law is cited. That section is the definitions for every conceivable way in which waste disposal and all that connects to it can be adjusted to fit an agenda.
What did "B" set out? This law created 4 year reviews of the effects on global changes. What would be reviewed? Agriculture, the natural environment of America, our energy production and use, our land and water resources, our transportation system, Americans health and welfare, American social systems and our bio-diversity. Here's the 2014 (latest available) of the US Assessments by region.
IF you are curious how much the research for global change has cost We the People, this is the latest set of figures.
In S 729, Sect. 106 of the Global Change law is cited. That section is described directly above. What's troubling, is the 1990 Act required research to be conducted, yet S 729 is prohibiting federal funds. Does this mean corporate or private funds CAN be used? If so, how will the objectivity be assured for the nation?
If you'd like to see the Climate Science Watch's 2017 Report showing the (then) latest information from the 4 year review, go here.
Sen. Schumer's Globalism Roots:
Warriors, it's no secret that Sen. Schumer supports global citizenship. Back in 2017, I showed you the party outside the G20 meeting. That party featured singer Shakira as a global citizen 'ambassador'. In my follow up article to that, I showed you Sen. Schumer's big tent outside that same G20 meeting. In both those articles, the ties to our students was very obvious.
From Open Secrets, you can find that before the President became the President, he regularly financially supported Sen. Schumer.
Also from Open Secrets, Sen. Schumer's biggest campaign donors included: Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Big Insurance, Big Lobbyists, Big Law, Big Investors, and, Big Pharma
If you'd like to see how the SDGs are becoming the 'new' social contract, watch this video. You'll see a representative of Goldman Sachs, actor Forest Whitaker, a representative from Unilever, and, Shakira.
If you'd like to see Sen. Schumer's full support and advocacy of the New Green Deal, go here.
For how Unilever is in on the SDGs and mental health overreaches (inside and outside education), go here.
How the Green Deal, new or not, has and is impacting education.
Lastly, from the Earth Day website, this about Next Gen Science Standards (oh, and they love CCSS, too.)
Warriors, I'm all for reducing our taxpayer abuse, however, I do not feel Congress should prohibit study funds in this instance. If we're going to skew our laws to only fit one side of the coin, how is that liberty? How is it exercising truth and justice? Where is our freedom to know and decide for ourselves?
When truth is one sided, how does this help our students?
So, if you or someone you know wants to accept the global warming truth, that's your choice, but it is NOT the government job to dictate it to us.
"The Prudence Files, Part Four"
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Anti Fed Ed Warriors, thanks for hanging in with me during this tough series. As hard as it is for you to read, it's been even tougher choosing to share the evidence and truth. It's not for fame or glory, though.
As I've stated repeatedly throughout this Prudence series, it's about our kids. It's about our freedoms being preserved. It's about being sick of being lied to about how caring these politicians are where our education is concerned.
Well, we've made it through the Senate candidates (Part One), the Representatives and former administration leaders (Part Two), we've reviewed President Trump/VP Pence's actions (Part Three). Today's (Part Four) will take on the state level and local level politicians. Tomorrow's (Part Five) will round out the 2020 Presidential candidates with the private citizens and general election information we all need to know.
Those Who've Declared Running: Former Gov. John Hickenlooper (CO), Gov. Jay Inslee (WA), Former Gov. William Weld (MA), Mayor Wayne Messam (FL), Mayor Pete Buttigieg (IN), Former Mayor/Obama's Sec. for HUD (Housing and Urban Development) Julian Castro (TX)
Those Who May Run: Former Gov. Steve Bullock (CO); Gov. Larry Hogan (MD); Former Gov. John Kasich (OH); Former GA Representative Stacey Abrams; NYC Mayor, Bill deBlasio; and, former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu.
Before I share the chart concerning these people's views on education, let me remind you of the image I shared about them from Part One's Prudence Files:
Here's the short version of their education stances:
Here's information about Hickenlooper from "On the Issues". As Denver's mayor he expanded early childhood education and increases CTE (Career Tech Ed), as CO's Governor, skill based apprenticeships, and P3s (Public private partnerships) between businesses and schools are the only way to improve the economy.
Inslee's plans for the nation will mirror what he's done in WA State. More career pathways. I've written about the cradle to grave WA program, and, their mental health overreaches in education.
Weld's stance can be heard from his own lips: he's a fan of high stakes assessments; wants 'school choice', to close US Dept. of Ed, to have skill based workforce education, and to have the federal government take student debt. Now, the irony of this is Weld stands staunchly on the importance of honoring the law. HOW can you support education reform that is illegally based? Sure, close the US Dept. of Ed AFTER you repeal ESSA!
Messam's campaign would have the US government forgive ALL student debt (in the trillions), assume that debt and thus, kick-start the national economy. Green schools filled with STEM, P3s, as far as economics/jobs? Career paths. His website can be found here.
Castro's design is to make education an issue in the election. As President, he'd have Universal Pre-K for all, free tuition for public colleges, have Medicaid for All (remember Medicaid funds are part of ESSA mandates), and likely raise taxes to pay for it all. One other tidbit, he's got a brother in Congress (House). Joaquin Castro is the co-founding member of the PreK Congressional Caucus. His attempt for PreK for USA Act sought to totally bypass the State level of government to gain access to federal dollars for universal PreK. In 2019 even without the passage of (brother) Castro's bill, PreK Development Block Grants under ESSA are directly related.
Buttigieg's overreaches include school vouchers (willingness to allow 'new things' to be tried in education, as well) and climate change/Green New Deal (already in education), according to the On the Issues website. According to Elle Magazine's article Buttigieg wants to include Big Unions in labor for the economy's sake. From McKinsey, Buttigieg (as mayor) supported government Big Data (think about how disastrous Big Data/Tech is in education). Where would he most use Big Data? Jobs and economic development! One of Buttigieg's 'best buddies'? Mr. Facebook himself, Mark Zuckerberg (CNN) As we know, Warriors, Facebook is a huge CCSS Machine member group!!
If these items weren't bad enough, some of my fellow Anti Fed Ed Warriors have shared some other very disturbing education related ties to Buttigieg:
To see the OECD's document on global lifelong learning cities, visit here.
To learn about Drucker's Social architect concepts, go here.
To see the IMS (International Gamsci Society) and Buttigieg's father, that's here.
Visit Google for their information from above (be sure to find Mayor Pete's picture with the children).
If you'd like to see what a Lifelong Learning Systems City will look like, go here.
As far as Pearson's Gender Intelligence, I wrote about it in 2016.
To see the Drucker/Tavistock Inst./Freud information (from Warren Bennis' book where he reveals his relationship to all this), go here. (*Note: Bennis is also featured in an article tying him with Peter Drucker. That article is on the Clemmer Group's website.) Here's another book Drucker/Tavistock were featured as consultants.)
To see the Tavistock/Columbia ties, that's available here. (*Note: the other Ivy League schools involved as well, especially Harvard. Warriors, look for another article on this messed up educratic debacle in the near future.)
Warriors, for those candidates who may run, I've given you a good lead on how they would impact education.
But do any of these candidates, running or considering have CCSS Machine funding? Let's see.
CCSS Funding Buys Politicians:
In this series about prudence, Warriors, you've seen the big bucks the CCSS Machine has used to basically buy these leaders to accomplish the global alignment of our nation, especially through education. So, like the previous articles, we'll use Open Secrets (Center for Responsible Politics) for most of our campaign donation information.
Warriors, I'll admit, finding campaign donation information on most of this particular group of candidates has turned up little. However, I'll share what I did find:
Inslee's last campaign found Microsoft as its top donor; then there was Big Law/Big Unions/Univ. of WA/Big Pharma, and the People for Patty Murray.
Kasich's last campaign had massive amounts of money given by Big Investors/Big Finance, and Big Law.
Abram's last campaign had many donors. Of them, these are the most noticeable CCSS Machine members: Planned Parenthood, Nancy Pelosi's Campaign, Big Unions, Sun Trust Bank of GA, and Sen. Cory Booker's Campaign.
So, there you have it, Warriors, all the politicians, current and former; from the State House to the White House and Capitol Hill. In the final 'Prudence Files' article, we'll look at the 2 private citizens seeking the Oval Office and wrap up with citizen action steps and other election information.
I hope you will use this article and the previous 3 to arm your family, friends, and neighbors. These Presidential hopefuls are not the best America has to give back to her people, at least as far as education.
When you consider the UN uses education in America as its change agent, think back over all I've exposed that these candidates WANT to embed (or further embed).
That's a very scary future for our nation, isn't it? Our American freedoms are in sure dire risk of 100% removal. We don't need to think all the 'isms' besides patriotism aren't already here. They are, in living, breathing, and powerful ways.
We don't need to be reassured there's no way those 'isms' will over take us, they already have.
If you look back at the ties to Buttigieg, look closely, our churches have been overtaken in all this, AS well as education. However, Buttigieg isn't the only one candidate we've got to contend with.
Could this answer WHY so many churches and pastors have stayed away from protecting their flocks where education is concerned? I do know from research, a number of churches have opened their doors to STEM quite happily while not really warning anyone about the CCSS Machine.
"The Prudence Files: Part One"
"The Prudence Files: Part Two"
"The Prudence Files: Part Three"
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Anti Fed Ed Warriors, for the third article in my series exposing the 2020 Presidential hopefuls, we'll be reviewing the current President and his Vice President, as far as education activities. We know that federally led education has NOT gone away, in fact, we're further down the road to global conformity than ever! As I said in Part One, this is about our children, not demagogue worship.
If you missed Part One, I gave you the set-up for how the series would run, as well as look at the Senators running for the Oval Office. In Part Two, the House of Representative's candidates as well as former federal leaders. Still to come, in Part 4 are the State level candidates. Part 5 will close us out with private citizens seeking the President's job and some general election information.
It's important we exercise our voices (prudently) in shaping which candidates move to the next round in the election cycle.
President-elect Trump/Vice-President-elect Pence On Education:
Warriors, I'm beginning with the President/Vice from post election (2016) to present. Why? I want to lay out, for you, the truth.
Something main stream media and even the CCSS Machine have neglected to do thus far. As I stated in Part One, my purpose is NOT tell you whom to vote for, nor am I 'picking' on any one candidate moreso than the other. I cannot, in good prudence, exempt our sitting President and Vice President from this series.
We deserve to know exactly how deep the CCSS Machine ties go with each of these candidates. Our votes are precious. We've been lied to and put off time and time again.
November 9th:
From my article, "Does It Really Matter?", I posed some pretty tough questions for all of us to share with those newly (or re-elected) leaders. We knew the promises to end Common Core were handed out liberally, the pledge to stop the obsessive data rape, assessments, and, all that connected (which STILL connects) them. How? Mainly ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) and WIOA (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act). Don't forget the HEA (Higher Education Act), it's part of the birth to death alignment foundation (which is almost 100% complete).
November 29th:
I gave you an in-depth look at the CCSS Machine alignment of the Vice President.
Also included in this article was Pence's love and promotion the cradle to grave workforce prep (CTE) education has become; Congress, EdChoice, and more about the CCSS Machine.
Jan. 7th (just before the Inauguration):
From my "Lessons Learned" article, Betsy DeVos's hearing to lead to her appointment as the U.S. Sec. of Education.
Feb's "CCSS/CTE BS Alert!", shared this truth nugget. Sure, previous Administrations BEFORE the Trump/Pence led one were responsible for also violating our Constitution. However, THIS Administration promised and pledged to halt it. (2019 note: they haven't).
(*Note: in the original article there is a spelling error in the screen shot. That has been corrected in the above image. I point this out so that if you choose to share it, you'll have the correct image.)
From 2018, my article explaining how damaging the President/Vice President/Congressional expansion of 'school choice' via education savings accounts to promote school choice.
In August 2018, I showed you the Trump 26 Step plan to implement a national workforce council. This will intersect education and jobs in some serious ways. (*Note: The 2019 article I wrote detailing the Council's first meeting is below. Look for the '*knowing'.)
Below is a screen shot of my October 2018 article showing the Trump Administration's National Security Plan and its' inclusion of the UN's SDGs. (*Note:This article also discusses the 12/31/18 exit from UNESCO.)
Enter STEM:
Warriors, as you know, I've shown you how STEM/STEAM are change agents tools of the United Nations. Both our President and Vice President fully support these tools and have done everything possible to increase their presence in our nation. Add to this that the Administration promotes STEM without a hesitation.
I hope this disturbs everyone who reads this. Why? Because to support the UN in this manner is un-American. To support the UN like this directly embeds the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) into our schools, our homes, our communities.
From my article, "Operation Alignment", I shared the grave concern and warning bell of President Trump's support for STEM. Remember, he's made headlines by removing the US from some UN entities. I urge you to look at the evidence. It speaks otherwise. Even what portions we've been spared, the UN presence is still there. How? Because ANY funding or participation in ANY UN (or related) group ensnares us 100%.
Warriors, if this doesn't concern you, then maybe *knowing the current pick for the new US Ambassador to the UN is tied to the CCSS Machine in some scary ways.
Advancing both STEM and CTE via Executive Orders has unwittingly set America up for more indoctrination and academic-less 'education' (aka: workforce prep). Using Executive Orders also bypasses 'We The People'. Especially where education is concerned. However, this abuse of power isn't exclusive to one Administration.
When the President released his Proposed FY 2020 Budget, I broke it down for you to expose the numerous federal agencies and programs apprenticeships, STEM, and, CTE were embedded in. Add to that, the U.S. Dept. of Education's Proposed FY 2020 Budget, you'll find CTE and STEM (thus, apprenticeships) united. (*Note: see pages 7, 11, 26, 27, and, 42. Page 7 shows federal funds for STEM research and development; Page 11 shows the huge increase requested for FY 2020 ($300 billion), in FY 2019 was $130 billion. Page 11 also shows the STEM Teacher Incentives are set at $200 billion. Pages 26 & 27, show the CTE/STEM total cost will be about $1.3 billion; lastly, Page 42 shows mandatory STEM for Hispanic serving institutions.)
The one thing both STEM and CTE survive on is 'competency'. The Trump Administration chooses to use a lesser evil sounding word, 'skill based'. If you think that simple word choice won't mean much in the 2020 Presidential election, then I offer this article.
The Trump/Pence 2020 Campaign Claims:
(Source, emphasis added is mine)
1) Warriors, I covered the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in Parts One and Two of the "Prudence Files".
2) To see how education is negatively impacted by the USMCA (US/Mexico/Canada) Agreement (New NAFTA), I covered that during the mid-term elections and updated it earlier this year.(*Note: in the updated article, look just above the cow picture.)
3) If you didn't know it SNAP and CHIP federal funding goes to the States to use in healthcare, education, and welfare. SNAP and CHIP are even in ESSA. How will they 'show up' in use? SEL (social emotional learning), mental health, behavior interventions, food, and, more. Speaking of SEL, the President's re-election said zero about First Lady Trump's "Be BEST" campaign. Major portions of that are SEL overreaches.
Show Us The Money:
Warriors, in my "The Prudence Files" series, I've shown you the education stances, the legislation, and, the CCSS Machine funding. Will the Trump/Pence 2020 team find themselves among the many Senators and Representatives (current or former) who I've already exposed?
Here's a screen shot about Gov. Pence as a candidate for Vice President:
To see the Chase Bank/Prince evidence, go here. To see the JP Morgan Chase evidence, that's here. Then, go back to Parts One and Two to see the others receiving campaign dollars from Chase.
From Open Secrets, the Great America Committee 2018 donations. The tie? VP Pence. From the same website the Great America information about PAC to PAC donations. Again, the tie is VP Pence. The CCSS Machine groups are many. Some are AT & T, MetLife, Ford Motors, Big Pharma, Big Biz, Big Law/Lobbyists, and, Big Insurance.
For the inauguration, some top donors for (President) Trump (of the CCSS Machine members were Home Depot's CEO and the Crafts, as in Kelly Craft who has been tabbed as next US Ambassador to the UN.)
As far as the 2016 election and Candidate Trump, Disney Corp. was among his contributors (as we know Disney is a big CCSS Machine member).
InvestOPedia listed that Renaissance Technologies (Make America Number 1 PAC) was the top donor in 2016.
As far as the 2020 Trump/Pence campaign, the tab is at $67.5 million according to Publicintergrity.org
The Federal Election Commission has thousands of campaign donation records for the Trump/Pence ticket from the previous and current campaigns.
Of concern to most parents is the massive amount of 'student data rape' in education. We know that Facebook, Google, Microsoft, IBM, Dell, Apple, and, others are involved in this. We know the ending data collection was an empty 2016 promise. So, will it be different this time? It doesn't look good when you consider ex-Cambridge Analytical employees are managing the 2020 Trump/Pence team. How will this connect to education? My fellow Warriors at Missouri Education Watchdog covered that in this article.
We should also need to note that the SBA (Small Business Administration) is a CCSS Machine member. The Director of the SBA (McMahon) has stepped down to serve on the Trump/Pence ticket for 2020.
If you're seething, I hope it's because the truth has woken you up. As you can see, I don't make this stuff up. Am I disappointed in our candidates running so far? You bet. Will the candidates from State government and the private sector be ANY better? Join me for Parts 4 and 5. If there's ever a time we need a real Anti Fed Ed Warrior, not a CCSS Machine sellout, it's now!
"The Prudence Files, Part One"
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Greetings, Anti Fed Ed Warriors, welcome to my latest series. All this week, we'll look at the 2020 Presidential race.
"Prudent decision making" is key when exercising our right to vote. Being prudent is also associated with the roots of wisdom.
A Starting Point:
Warriors, let's face it, the 2020 Presidential race is already crowded. By looking at the candidates NOW, we have a great opportunity to use our voices to SHAPE the race.
What I will NOT be doing in this series: telling you whom to choose. That is not my business nor place. I simply want to give you information no one else will dare. I will spare no candidate.
Why? Information, in our case, Warriors, is teamwork.
It's teamwork we need and teamwork is how we work best when arming Warriors against federal education intrusions.***
We should use our prudence to back up our feelings we felt right after ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) was passed.
The Issues:
Warriors, according to the website called the "Top Tens", the 2020 key issues are:
1) Nuclear Weapons, 2) the Middle Class, 3) War, 4) Health Care, 5) the Environment, 6) Education, 7) the National Debt, 8) Gun Violence, 9) Immigration, and, 10) Abortion.
The Top Tens author did boldly point out that education should be the #1 issue, but as I've learned in researching the candidates, for many, it isn't even on their 'radars'. So, they lack prudence in education, right off the bat.
Warriors, in fact, many have placed the Green Deal and/or Climate Change as their #1 issue. As we know, I've shown you how the Climate Change and Green Deal overreach into education.
As I stated in my last article, the series will be broken down in the following ways:
1) Current federal politicians (Senators first, then Representatives and former leaders), any current legislation related to education, the candidates & their stances on education, and, are they connected to the CCSS Machine in any way.
2) Pres. Trump's review on education.
3) State politicians and their education stances/activities.
4) Private citizens running for President.
The Race Begins:
The 20 candidates are (in no particular order/highlighted names will link to my previous research on them):
Rep. Tom Ryan, businesswoman Marianne Williamson, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Rep. Beto O'Rourke, Pres. Donald Trump, Sen. Cory Booker, Mayor Julian Castro, Rep. John Delaney, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Sen. Kamala Harris, Gov. John Hickenlooper,
Gov. Jay Inslee, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Mayor Wayne Messam, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Gov. William F. Weld, businessman Andrew Yang, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and Rep. Justin Amash (source).
The 2 who voted "NO" on ESSA? Sen. Kamala Harris (CA) and Rep. Justin Amash (MI).
Warriors, don't rush to their sides just yet. Let me show you what I've found out about their education issue stances.
Warriors, as you see the very Anti Fed Ed action of voting 'no' is at the center of the knot. Very prudent, but notice the outlying points. These are what detract from the prudence.
*(Note: We'll look at Rep. Amash's information more in-depth in Part 2.)
Harris:
Other non-prudent moves by Sen. Harris include Medicaid for All (funds used in education are included), expanding early childhood education, embedding 21st Century Skills, keeping national testing, and expanding Higher Education. (*Note: other education stances can be found here.)
As far as the other Congress members who voted 'yes' on ESSA? I've put together a chart below:
The Other Federal Candidates Who May Join The Race:
Warriors, here are the other federal (current or former) leaders from DC, VP Joe Biden, Rep. Eric Swalwell, Sen. Michael Bennet, Rep. Seth Moulton, and former Sec. of State, John Kerry.
What ties to the CCSS Machine do these people have? Biden (LGBTQ education for all, Big Labor/Unions, CTE); Swalwell said 'yes' to ESSA; Bennet also said 'yes'; Moulton said 'yes' and has added green jobs, STEM, and CTE to his stance; Kerry is tied to the Clintons and received campaign donations at one time from (then, citizen) Donald Trump.
Current Legislation From Those In Office Which Impact Education:
Warriors, be sure to use www.congress.gov to look up the Bills by number. I've included a brief statement of how these connect to education. If I've already written about any of these, they will be highlighted.
Sen. Warren currently has co-sponsored a dozen education related Bills.
If you've not seen Sen. Warren's universal ECE (Early Childhood Education) and Universal Child Care Plan as President, I urge to read this article she wrote.
Sens. Harris, Booker, and, Gillibrand share co-sponsorship of S 672 (see description above).
Sens. Gillibrand, Booker, Klobuchar, and, Harris share co-sponsorship of S 477 (see above).
Sens. Harris and Klobuchar share co-sponsorship of S 720 (see above).
Sens. Harris, Gillibrand and Booker share co-sponsorship of S 579 (see above).
Sen. Booker and Klobuchar share co-sponsorship of S 461 (see above).
Senator Harris currently is associated with 7 other Senate bills. (*Note: her education plans as President are near the bottom of the page when you visit the link above.)
Sens. Warren, Sanders, Klobuchar, Gillibrand, and Booker share co-sponsorship of S 610 (see description above).
Sen. Booker shares co-sponsorship of S 166 (Sen. Gillibrand is the sponsor), see above.
Sen. Gillibrand has 14 education related bills. See below:
Sens. Harris, Klobuchar, Booker, and Bennet share co-sponsorship of S 791 (see above description).
Sens. Warren and Harris share co-sponsorship of S 851 (see above).
Sens. Harris, Klobuchar, and, Bennet share co-sponsorship of S 358 (see above).
Sens. Harris and Klobucar share co-sponsorship of S 758 (see above).
Sen. Klobuchar shares co-sponsorship of S 137 (see above).
Sens. Booker, Bennet, Harris, Sanders, and, Klobuchar share co-sponsorship of S 768; Sen. Warren is the sponsor (see above).
Sen. Harris shares co-sponsorship of S 260 (see above).
Senator Klobuchar has 15 bills and 3 Senate Resolutions which are education related.
Sens. Harris, Bennet, and, Sanders share co-sponsorship of S Res. 79 (see description above).
Sens. Warren, Harris, Bennet, and, Booker share co-sponsorship of S Res. 127 (see above).
Sens. Warren, Harris, Gillibrand, Booker, and, Sanders share co-sponsorship of S 266 (see above).
Sens. Gillibrand, Harris, Sanders, and, Warren share co-sponsorship of S 627 (see above).
Sens. Harris and Booker share co-sponsorship of S 729 (see above).
Senator Bennet shares co-sponsorship of S 759 (see above).
Senator Gillibrand shares co-sponsorship of S 839 (see above).
Senator Harris shares co-sponsorship of S 943 (see above).
Senator Booker shares co-sponsorship of S 625 (see above).
Senator Booker has 4 education related bills. If you've not read this article, you'll find out Sen. Booker is a DeVos supporter on school vouchers and charter schools.
Sens. Harris and Klobuchar share co-sponsorship of S 981. Senator Bennet is the sponsor (see above).
Sens. Sanders, Klobuchar, Warren, Booker, and, Harris were among the Senate co-sponsors of S 461 which seeks to improve education outcomes for HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities). The Bill has passed the entire Senate and is now in the House's Education and Labor Committee. In 2017, I showed you how HBCUs were being targeted by the Ford Foundation (CCSS Machine member) for STEM.
Senator Bennet is the co-sponsor of S 381 which would amend the HEA for NASA (STEM) based resources. He also is a co-sponsor of S 876 which will provide STEM jobs for our military veterans. Bennet is also a co-sponsor of S 317 and S 468. S 317 will amend the Social Security Act to increase children's mental health in wrap around services. S 468 will require schools to partner with mental health services.
The CCSS Machine's Money:
Below, is a chart of the most recent campaign information from Open Secrets:
Warriors, in Part 2, we'll look at the House of Representative Presidential Candidates as well as the former public servants.
When Agenda Means Dirt
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To all you Anti Fed Ed Warriors, out there, did you know that way back in 1893 Emmett Culligan was born? Who was he? The founder of what would become the world's largest water treatment company. We'll find out more about Culligan in 2019, later on. But, first…
Water is one of the most basic elements of our lives. Water is connected to dirt or soil. Soil and water grow what we eat, as well as what we feed our animals. Without proper care of water and dirt, we will not survive. Period.
So, what do you do with a global agenda which 'monkeys' with BOTH? You find it in education, you see it in modernized farming, and, you taste it in modified foods.
In 2016, I showed you how some of this was inserted into a FL PTA (Parent Teacher Association) project.
Back in Dec. 2018, I showed you not only federal legislation using agenda to redefine farming, but the Utah food standards, which aligned to Common Core. The 'unseen' agenda via these lessons (used nation-wide): usurping parental rights!
Warriors, have you noticed the increased amount of foods being grown without soil or grown completely indoors with artificial light? Somehow our students in all agriculture related fields are being swayed that this is more practical and 'earth friendly' than actually using nature! The connection from education to agenda? STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and, Math.
The website to access the data for STEM from pre-K to Workforce. http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/sei/edTool/explore.html
In today's article, I'll show some new evidence connecting our food and water to STEM and the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) of the UN, United Nations.
National Ag Day/Week
Warriors, March 14th, 2019 has been declared National Agriculture Day. Held annually, the National Ag Week (March 10-16, 2019) is a big deal in D.C. What group is behind National Ag Week? The ACA (Agriculture Council of America). Among the ACA Board Members, FFA (Future Farmers of America) is represented. (*Note: see Related Resources, below.)
If you'd like to see the many groups sponsoring National Ag Week, go here.
ACA is a non-profit group, but I haven't been successful in tracking down what groups fund it. However, it is tied to 'agribusiness'.
(OpenSecrets.org source. To access the 'contributors', you can click on their tab.)
How else is DC involved in agriculture? USDA (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture) Farm to School grants. By the way, Warriors, the USDA is a huge CCSS/STEM supporting agency. (*Note: I'm embedded all my articles where USDA is tagged. The 2017 "OtherColleague" letter is a huge piece of evidence.)
If you missed it, the President has not only embraced STEM, he is helping promote it, big time. I must point out that our 116th Congress is also promoting STEM with many federal legislative bills.
NSAC, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition:
This national grassroots based group has significant power in DC. According to one of their latest blog entries, the FY 2019 Dept. of Ag budget hasn't been voted on yet. It's a 'minibus' bill with tons of agenda. I've given you a screenshot below of a few of the priorities NSAC is pushing:
(To see the numbers for the participating States)
Warriors, to illustrate how the SDGs are woven into the USDA and groups like the NSAC, look below:
If that's not eye opening enough, look at the SDGs from the UN's FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization):
(To view the entire 'road map')
Warriors, to see the FAO's "Transforming Food and Agriculture to Achieve the SDGs", go here. Note that much of what you read will look exactly like what DC is doing in agricultural legislation and programs, as well as your States.
From President Trump's Desk:
Warriors, in Dec. 2018, the President released a statement on all sorts of positive appearing plans for agriculture. Did he really? Look below:
As far as the repealing the Obama Era Waters of the United States, I found this on the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). Clarification of federal authority under the Clean Water Act. This 'clarification' will redefine the federal footprint on our water. We the People have until April 15, 2019 to leave public comments. I urge you to learn more and comment!
As far as the EPA's stance on Sustainability, there's an entire section on 'Going Green'.
To see the EPA's participation with the UN Environmental Program, visit here.
To see the EPA's 'membership' among the UN's Economic and Social Council, read from here.
Did you know there's a MOU (Memo of Understanding) from 2016 between the EPA and the UN? To the best of my knowledge, this MOU still stands.
To see my article about the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, go here.
To see my article on the Import/Export Act, go here.
To see how ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) ties to Smart Cities, go here.
"Socially Responsible":
Warriors, this website was one of those which popped up on social media. Simply by the picture and words, I knew this was a group to look into.
While I couldn't find out very much about SRAP, I did discover many colleges and universities, along with private investment groups flock to projects like this to fulfill education and social justice motives.
Messing With Our Water:
Along the lines of social justice and education, I've had one Mom from PA contact me about the recent assignment her son had in his high school class on environmental science. While she couldn't supply pictures to share, she did tell me that
'His project was based on water consumption. He had to list everything he drank or ate that needed water. Then he had to create a plan to reduce that water intake. Then, he screamed at me about how much water it takes to feed a cow, so we don't need to eat meat, we need to eat plants.' As a side note, Mom did point out that plants, too, need water. Moms and Dads also know that meat and meat by-products are needed for healthy children.
We shouldn't all be herbivores. We were designed to be omnivores!
The GRACE Communications Foundation is the group which has the Water Consumption Calculator the PA Student probably took. GRACE is all about increasing public awareness of critical environmental issues. I took the quiz, Warriors.
You should do, just to see some of the questions. I was asked how much I feed my pets, who in my family eats meat, how often we flush a toilet (called 'letting it mellow'), and so on. Included also were questions like do I recycle? Do I drive a car? How often do I drive? Do I want to learn about 'virtual water'? Based on my family of 5 and the type of answers you were constricted to give, the results were skewed.
As far as 'virtual' water? That's gasoline and anything used indirectly, like electricity, etc. GRACE is a partner with the Global Alliance for the Future of Food (ie: SDGs in action).
STEM In 4-H:
Warriors, you read above how I'd found the CCSS Machine in 4-H. So now we can add STEM to that list.
Google is a big supporter of STEM in 4-H. The main goal for Google? Career Pathways for kids via 4-H. Warriors, Career Pathways are also a part of the nebulous SDGs.
Here you'll find all kinds of STEM/agriculture activities and resources. There's even a Coding Day for 4-H which ties to agriculture. It's called the "National Youth Sciences Day". This targets 8-14 year old students.
Many of us have fond memories of participating in the a 4-H Club. But STEM has taken over both the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, so why not 4-H? STEM has even ensnared the National PTA.
**Warriors, do you see the march to globalism in America is mere steps away from completion?**
1) Back before I had my own blog (mid 2014), but, had been researching CCSS/STEM for quite a while, I exposed how FFA (Future Farmers of America), 4-H Clubs, and, other leadership extra-curricular activity groups were being aligned to the CCSS Machine. As we know, extra-curricular activities are available to ALL school choices.
2) As a follow up, here was the one showing Beta Clubs and Honor Societies. In 2019, the CCSS/STEM agenda is even more visible.
3) Farming and agriculture not only impact our food, but the entire American insurance and credit industries. If you'd like to see the billions of dollars going toward this, read this 2017 Annual Report about Farmer Mac. (Think Sallie Mae for rural America)
4) AFA (Agriculture Future of America) partners include many CCSS and/or UN/STEM aligned public universities, as well as some big businesses.
5) To learn about biomass crops, community food development grants, and biotechnology in agriculture, this 2014 Sustainable Ag Research & Ed Grants document will help you see some connections. Note, the underlying support of private foundations in the USDA branch of government.
Warriors, what about Culligan Water Treatment? After all it is the day Mr. Culligan was born. Has the company also embraced STEM or the SDGs? See for yourselves.
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**Fifth in my series on the 116th Congressional Bills
Anti Fed Ed Warriors, imagine, if you will that you are the blue person in the featured picture above. Who are all those people behind you?
Increasingly, we're finding those 'people' behind us are in fact, the federal government.
If the blue person represented our federal government, all the 'people' in the back would be the global powers, P3s (public private partnerships), and corporate giants steering the government.
Why would I say that? Based on all the educational research I've done, is exactly why.
So far, in this series, detailing the 116th Congress, we've seen 4 educratic bills which seem to continue the following us via data rape. If you've not seen my chart of why I call the intrusive data collection by 'data rape', here it is:
Warriors, I am in NO way trying to water down the horribleness of a physical attack, I am simply trying to point out how BAD the data collection has become.
Based on evidence, it's only going to get WORSE.
***For the rest of this article we'll look at two Congressional Bills, one from the House and our first from the Senate. How do these tie to education? Let's find out.***
Sponsor and Co-Sponsors of HR 260:
(Warriors, from the past. A visual on Medicaid funding in schools.)
I'll share more of the Medicaid in schools visuals in a bit, but let's look at HR 260.
HR 260 isn't just for schools, it's for everyone. The Bill is 17 pages long. Rep. Frank Pallone (NJ) is the sponsor. There are 2 co-sponsors, Reps. Walden (OR) and Neal (MA).
Pallone's stance on education is that students need to be ready with 21st Century skills as well as free college for everyone (He voted "Yes" to HR 5, the Student Success Act which went on to be combined with the S117 to become, ESSA: Every Student Succeeds Act). On healthcare, he was one of the main authors of the Affordable Health Care Act, according to his website. (*Note: Walden and Neal voted against HR 5.)
Rep. Walden did sponsor a comprehensive health bill which became law in 2018. See below:
Walden's Bill, HR 6 (115th Session) not only addressed opioids, but expanded telemedicine and involved Medicaid funds for youth.
(*Note: Rep. Neal's got a current bill (HR 860) we'll need to watch. It ties to our youth via Social Security and has 202 co-sponsors.)
HR 260, Medicaid Provisions and TANF Extenders Act of 2019:
To read the entire Bill, go here.
*TANF is short for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and ties into ESSA.
*Medicaid ties to ESSA (as seen above). However, it can be seen here:
Warriors, notice the middle column, Phase II, "Medicaid has now been expanded to include Mental health wrap around services which extend the definition of related services beyond medical care to include emotional disturbances."
Have you noticed the increased amount of (Social Emotional Learning) SEL in schools?
So what is the purpose of HR 260? "To extend the Medicaid Money Follows the Person Rebalancing demonstration, to extend protection for Medicaid recipients of home and community-based services against spousal impoverishment, to extend the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, and for other purposes."
Back in 2017, I showed you this about TANF and ESSA:
MFP (Money Follow the Person) can be tied to the ACA (Affordable Care Act).
**HR 260 will extend grants only to States (43 & the District of Columbia) which have an existing MFP plan. If your State is found to be non-compliant with their MFP Plan, federal funds will disappear (Page 6). On Page 7, you'll find the federal PAYGO (pay-as-you-go) ties. On Pages 9 & 10, TANF grants for those with healthy marriages, responsible fathers, Native Americans, and childcare. Beginning on page 10, data tracking and 'outcome measurements' for job placement/employment are described. Finally, beginning on page 14, the national data standards streamlining shows up. I just wrote about HR 150 and HR 50 in relation to creating national data standards.
Warriors, are you noticing this is eerily like ESSA and the State's Plans? Also, think about the massive power increase ESSA gave the U.S. Dept. of HHS (Health and Human Services). Much of it is to go to those 'community wide services'. How does THAT impact education? Two ways: a) school are the hubs and b) schools can access the Medicaid funding. Those hubs have a name, 21st Century Community Learning Centers. The hubs are supported by PNs (Promise Neighborhoods). Both of these WERE White House Initiatives, but became codified via ESSA.
How is the "Community School" makeover thriving? "Promise Neighborhoods".
Meet the MOMS Bill:
Warriors, this is the first Senate Bill from the 116th I've looked at. As far as education goes, there's one big way in which S116 will intersect: behavioral health and mental health. Massive data tracking (called surveillance in this Bill) are also part on the 'package'.
MOMS stands for ''Modernizing Obstetric Medicine Standards Act of 2019″
It's currently in the Senate HELP Committee.
1) Nationally driven data collection to ensure optimum outcomes for mothers.
(Does anyone remember Sen. Alexander's chilling quote about one day going into hospitals and grabbing not only the babies, but the mothers, as well?)
2) Best practices and multi-state interventions, especially for low-income families.
Again, the biggest intersection to education? SEL (social emotional learning). How? Young mothers aka: teen mothers.
3) Contracts for State based collaborative teams (known as 'maternal safety bundles') will be enforced and encouraged. (Really, must it sound so devoid of all feeling?)
4) Grants for maternity and morbidity prevention. All focus of the MOMS Bill is on the care and results of the mother. (How will this Bill, should it become law, gel with the recent States passing controversial laws related?)
5) This Bill also ties to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control), if you missed it, I've already exposed how this federal government entity is in partnership with major SEL players, not only in education, but entire communities.
6) Price tag? Forty million dollars for EACH fiscal year between 2020 and 2024.
**Knowing ESSA used Medicaid funding to turn schools into quasi-hospitals (see the wheel above), how would a law like this also otherwise impact education?
Finally, look at who has sponsored or co-sponsored this Bill and then factor in recent events as well as present presidential kick-off campaigns:
Sen. Gillibrand (NY) (See the screen shot above)
Her views on education are included here.
Sen. Booker (NJ) (See the screen shot above)
His views on supporting ESSA can be accessed in 2 places.
Sen. Harris (CA) (See the screen shot above)
Her ties to education, are all here.
**How will the data tracking and SEL of S 116 overlap into Sex Education or Health Education?***
Are the days of your family being yours, gone?
Warriors, if ever we needed an example of the wickedness of Congress overreaching not only into education, but our families, these two Bills should be a massive wake up call!
Don't forget, the CCSS Machine has already claimed it can help marriages, why not birthing babies and micromanaging rural and low-income citizens?!
In my next article of this series, HR 280 will have us look at sports teams and national data collection. How will THAT impact education?
I Do Declare…
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Anti Fed Ed Warriors, as promised this is the follow up article to last week's Women on the Wall Conference call, as well was stated in my last article.
In the article I showed you how NASBE (National Assoc. of State Boards of Education) is doing more to align State Boards of Education to a global agenda than keeping American education ours. On the call, we tied that back to the United Nations (UN), The WHO (World Health Organization), and more.
Basically, the biggest connections between the UN/NASBE and Congress? HIPPA and FERPA! ( Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and Family Educational Privacy Rights Act)
(If you cannot read the highlighted portion, it says "That Congress is discussing combining FERPA with HIPPA. Meaning FERPA will no longer trump HIPPA , but that all data will be combined and shared with the Dept of Labor and Workforce Services, all in the name of social emotional learning and mental health.")
Warriors, the Congressional 'discussion', I do believe (and declare), is S 3337. As far as the data being shared with the U. S. Dept. of Labor? That already happens between U.S. Dept. of Education, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, U. S. Dept. of Labor, and every other U.S. federal agency, plus any group they work with. HOW? The 'marriage of the SLDS and WQDI'. (Student Longitudinal Data System/Workforce Quality Data Initiative)
Why I Am Declaring:
Why do I believe S 3337 is THE bill?
1) I read it. All 21 pages. Then I looked closer into NASBE as well as the legislators behind S 3337. Think of it as a puzzle. The pieces are coming together.
2) This August 2018 bill fits the timeline for NASBE, as well as the FERPA/HIPPA combination. How? Well, first off NASBE has two conferences each year. One is held early in the calendar year and select State Board of Education members go to Washington D.C. to meet with legislators and talk education policy and reform.
The photo above from the NASBE conference last week, was for everyone to meet and learn about education policy and reform. So, NASBE meets early 2018, by mid August S 3337 is introduced. By October 2018, NASBE is talking about Congressional discussions. While to the best of my knowledge no bill was mentioned look at what I found in S 3337, which is very clear (I found these in the Technical Amendments for S 3337):
**All school based/community based mental health programs must comply with HIPPA. (as awarded as a grantee, your group or partnership is deemed as covered by Section 264 of HIPPA with respect to any patients records developed through the grant.)
**All school based/community based mental health programs must comply with FERPA. In the same way FERPA applies to education, these mental health partnerships are covered in the same fashion.
As was shared on the Call, HOW FERPA and HIPPA could be combined is through 'school safety'. "School safety" is linked the P-20W (PreK to College Graduation or Workforce) data system.
Also, tons of data is harvested at the doctor's office. Add to that 'experts' who testify to powerful committees WHY it would be great to see FERPA and HIPPA merge, and before you know it, there's a bill for that. Warriors, by already having SLDS and WQDI merge (which already impacts all education choices and ages of students), the merging of FERPA and HIPPA will help CLOSE any other 'gaps'.
Other Items Contained Within S 3337:
Warriors, I'm not listing everything in the Bill. Trust me, there is a TON you need to see for yourselves.
1) The title is Mental Health Services for Students Act. It amends the U.S. Public Health Services Act, as well as revises and extends federally directed projects which relate to our students and creates access to school based mental health programs. This bill also revises and expands Project AWARE State Education Grants.
2) These education grants must be used for school based mental health; mental health professional development which must be comprehensive and extended to the community; improving outcomes in academics and mental health for the entire family, especially those deemed 'at risk' or concerned community members; universal screening to identify students with potential mental health disorders or unmet emotional needs.
*****The HIPPA/FERPA link will show up in the formal working relationships S 3337 establishes between HHS and Ed entities in school settings.*****
3) Technical amendments to S 3337 include:
amending mental health services provided by religious organizations; re-designating portions of the U.S. Public Health Services Act, especially for school based activities.
a) HHS Secretary and Ed Secretary control where the grants, contracts, co-operative agreements for school based mental health go.
b) Among the services they must include provide positive behavior intervention supports (PBIS).
c) School based mental health facilities must use community partnerships (there's a huge list in the bill) such as law enforcement, primary and specialty doctors, and welfare; must include faith based organizations and higher education; determined by the Secretaries, and clearly state how families will be engaged. Funds used for comprehensive school based mental health must address universal prevention via SEL (social emotional learning), which blends into their learning and environment, as well as selective prevention to reduce risks of suicide and/or violence, or any developing mental health problems, as well as substance abuse. These involve screenings for early ID for mental health and behavior health problems.
d) Curriculum will be developed and implemented as well as (PD) professional development for all school staff and volunteers. Part of the PD includes being able to identify behavior or mental health issues and being able to use mechanisms (data system?) to link students, school based strategies to SEL.
Not surprisingly, all the school based mental health programs and services must be measured, evaluated, assessed, and reported. These 'measures' must include Title 9 of Medicaid or waivers under State Social Security plans as laid out in the Social Security Act, Part B or E of Title 4.
e) Co-ordination for early intervention activities addressing mental or behavioral health must match IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act) or Title 4, Part A of ESEA (now ESSA, Every Student Succeeds Act).
f) Student can self refer or self consent to mental health programs, or in crisis, as the Federal and State laws allow. (*Concern: Could Canada's hospital suicide assistance for minors without parental consent be coming to the US? This type of law may allow it.)
4) Under the "Measurements" mandated for reporting to the Secretaries (who in turn report to Congress), you'll find proficiency assessments which will align to SEL and ESSA. Also look for how the clinical assessments will be measured and referrals. All these are heavily depending on one thing: personal data.
5) Under the "Information and Education" section, Secretaries establish a comprehensive data system which feeds the harvested data to doctors and the public. All of the S 3337 costs will total about $2 million for FY 2018-2022 and impact all Americans 21 years and under in the areas served by the grants. All of Part G of the Public Health Services Act will be renamed "School Based Mental Health". One last thing, since most of this fall under the U.S. Dept. of HHS, HHS partners with NASBE!
The Legislators and Ties to NASBE:
The main sponsor for S 3337, is Sen. Tina Smith from MN. While not directly tied to that I could find, she was appointed as a Senator to fill Sen. Al Franken's spot. Sen. Franken is no educator, not is he a health professional, yet if you look at what he left Sen. Smith with, you might think she picked up where he left off. (Franken was a key legislator in a Career Tech Education Health Care bill.)
Sen. Smith is a huge STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) supporter, as well as a pusher of all day kindergarten and expanding early childhood education. She wants America to invest more in CTE (Career Tech Education). Smith also sponsored the "Real Education for Healthy Youth", S 1653. That bill is a huge push for comprehensive sex education.
If you look at her Open Secrets campaign donations and Big Pharma is behind her. So are health services and hospitals.
To see Sen. Smith's press release on S 3337, go here. In the release, Sen. Smith reveals at least 50 national and global groups are backing this Bill. While NASBE isn't on this list, which of those listed does the group work with?
Also sponsoring S 3337, are Sen. Murphy from CT, Sen. Whitehouse from RI, and Sen. Wyden from OR.
Warriors, Sen. Murphy supports/ed not only ESSA, but believes the Affordable Health Care Act is worth keeping. On Murphy's website, you'll see his claim that by supporting ESSA he was helping repeal NCLB (No Child Left Behind). If the Senator has actually read ESSA, he would know what we do, that NCLB was CODIFIED, not repealed! Sen. Murpy also (in 2016) worked on the Mental Health Reform Act. His ties to NASBE involved the 2017 NASBE Legislative Conference where the CT Senator spoke along side U.S. Dept. of Education's Secretary DeVos.
Sen. Whitehouse supports the Affordable Health Care Act and has received $45,000 from CVS Health in campaign donations.
Sen. Wyden sits on the Senate Finance Committee. He's also helping oversee Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program), and individual health insurance activities. I found him tied to NASBE in a 2004 federal government document impacting IDEA funds. Wyden's Big Health campaign donations are extensive.
SO How Did NASBE Get A Bill, If S 3337 IS The Bill It Appears To Be?
Simple: They are among the top lobby groups in the nation.
(Source for screen shot)
From 2014, this screen shot about NASBE micromanaging Oklahoma:
1) Wrench in the Gears blog, as mentioned on the Call. Alison's work on BitCoins and the digital tracking like China's social credit system are best explained here. Alison's latest also exposed the global financing going on right now. The biggest connecting dot for you? The SIBs (social impact bonds).
2) Missouri Education Watchdog's recent article is a huge connecting dot for you, as a Warrior. How? As Cheri (the author) puts it 'the hypocrisy of Congress'. On one hand Congress is hosting dog and pony hearings about the importance of privacy when it comes to the 'data rape', yet, has bill after bill promoting more ways in which to gather the data!
3) The trio of articles of mine from October 15-18, 2018 which all were mentioned on the Call.
Warriors, William Lambdin's Doublespeak Dictionary defines lobbyists as 'stockbrokers of government who buy and sell freedom'. Do you see the problem with this? It totally strips 'We the People' of OUR power over Congress. We don't need our freedoms bought and sold for us, we need to push back against NASBE. After all, they are not God. Neither is Congress. We don't need MORE data rape! We don't need more globally directed mental health or how to run our country! Look at the candidates and what groups are funding their campaigns! What are WE going to do about this, my friends and followers?!
The AIM's The Same
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Anti Fed Ed Warriors, we've heard that beauty's skin deep, right? What Congress is doing to our education system (birth to adult) isn't beautiful. It's disgraceful.
Congress, I want MORE than just a shell of who my students used to be.
AIMing for Students:
Warriors, if you've not heard of HR 4029 (AIM Act of 2017), you are about to.
"AIM" stands for 'Accurate Income Measure'. The purpose? To direct Secretary Betsy DeVos where income data for cosmetology students is concerned. It ties the U.S. Dept. of Education to the IRS (Internal Revenue Service).
Currently, HR 4029 is in the House's Education and Workforce Committee (where it's been since October 2017). Introduced by Rep. Jackie Speier (CA), this Bill DOES limit DeVos's powers in some ways, but then allows her to use her power in some very concerning ways.
Any data, even 'income data' should be part of our privacy, not up for grabs to share. However, we know, that at least 9 different federal agencies freely share our private data.
What spurred HR 4029? It appears it's a reaction to a lawsuit where DeVos's use of student data was capricious. (*Note: the AACS, American Association of Cosmetology Schools not only brought the lawsuit about, but has a "Government Relations Committee" as members of the US Dept. of Education. Their Committee also is in the executive and legislative branches.)
Rather than punish DeVos, this Bill redirects her use of student data in the name of insuring students get good paying jobs. But, look closer at the lawsuit and contrast it with the Bill.
Speier's Stance:
Warriors, I wanted us to take a few moments to look at Rep. Speier's stance on education. While I searched her website, I didn't see any official statement, but I did find that she supports the technology bridge between the private sector and the federal government especially where education and jobs connect. I also found, where in 2009, she was seeking federal funds for expanding CBE (Competency Based Education) for students in college. The major? Early childhood education. (look below)
According to the Open Secrets website, the University of California is among Rep. Speier's top campaign contributors.
Where Cosmetology Is In the CBE (Competency Based Education)?
Warriors, according to the CTE (Career Tech Education) Clusters, 'cosmetology' is found in the 'human services' cluster. Since there are only 16 Career Clusters, and many types of jobs in human services, 'cosmetology' is listed in the personal care track.
So, Warriors, this begs the question: since HR 4029 unites Federal Education to the Tax Department, where will Labor Department fit in? Answer: the shared data!
Back in Dec. 2014, I revealed to you how Cengage (a huge CCSS Machine member) is the main publisher for CBE/CTE Common Core books, courses, assessments, and, resources.
Among them? The "Milady" resources used for training cosmetologists. (*Note: Cengage has a profile on Rep. Speier's votes. To access it, go here.)
Warriors, not only will we find cosmetology courses in K-12th grades and community colleges, there are several privately owned cosmetology companies/schools out there.
I showed you the dangers of privately owned companies using the same textbooks and resources of the CCSS Machine and how harmful this is. A big tactic for cosmetology schools used against students is 'free' technology upon registration.
From the AACS's website, this career-ready course can be found:
Since cosmetology courses are CCSS aligned and each school teaching it receives federal funds, where would find those funding streams? A huge one is the E-rate. I exposed that information in 2016.
Lastly, Warriors, HR 4029 will impact the HEA (Higher Education Act). Since that law is being re-written, watch for how 'gainfully employed' may be defined. Will the true definition remain, or, will that change to reflect the CCSS Machine's alignment? With the massive amounts of data needed, what new(er) student data raping algorithms will be inserted into the 'new' HEA?
So, Warriors, this Bill focusing on ONE career is troubling. Will this AIM legislation be attached to all careers? Will that AIM be embedded in the House and Senate versions of HEA (House's version is the PROSPER Act; Senate's is the Higher Education Innovation Act). Will this type of AIM be embedded in other HEA amendment bills? (There are tons of these, by the way.)
Why is a CA Representative who is usually championing for women and the military concerning herself with cosmetology students? I believe, Rep. Speiers, is like all the other sold out legislators who believe CBE is the only alignment needed to make education and jobs matter. How disgraceful.
Driving Us "Buggy"
October 10, 2017 From the Files Tuesday, Monday MusingsAcademics in a Box, AdvancED, After School All Stars, AL, anti CCSS warriors, Anti Fed Ed Warriors, Anti Global education, Baltimore Times, Brazil, career exploration, CCSS Machine, Common Core, Core Knowledge, CTE (Career Tech Education), CTE Caucus, CyberLearning, DeVos, education reform, educational materials, embedded, ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act), Ford Foundation, Ford Motors, funding, global, global IT, grants, Groovy Science in a Box, HBCUs, Henry Ford Learning Institute, Historically Black Colleges and Universitites, homeschool, Huffington Post, Informal Science, Ivanka Trum, libraries, museums, National Afterschool Assoc., National Science Foundation, NH, NSF, Open Secrets, Oregon, PA, Pintrest, Popular Mechanics, Prezi, principles, re-brand, Rep. Lagnevin, Rep. Susan Bonamici, resources, Rhode Island School of Design, Saxon Math, SEL (social emotional learning), STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Arts Math), STEAM Camp, STEAM Caucus, STEAM School, STEAMSpace, STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math), STEM to STEAM Act of 2017, STEMtoSTEAM, Strong Foundations Charter School, technology, U. S. Senate, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. State Dept., UK, UN, UNESCO, United Nations, US Science and Engineering Festival, warriorsmooregrits
My Fellow Anti CCSS Warriors, Anti Fed Ed Warriors, and, Anti UN Led Warriors:
It appears we've reached the time in American history when the CCSS Machine is no longer concerned with 'back door' moves in education reform. It does seem that since ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) became law, the moves by the CCSS Machine are out in the open, even flaunted before us.
This type of attitude can drive us all buggy, right? So, what are some of the 'in our faces' moves by the CCSS Machine lately?
1) Ford Foundation's FREEBIE!
Yes, Warriors, the CCSS Machine member, Ford Foundation will send you FREE of charge (and to your home) a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math) Kit! This type of in our faces move means lots of kids from all education choices will have access to this. It's fun, it's educational…it's also workforce based education alignment wrapped up in a 'nice' package. Where did I find this news? On a homeschooling Facebook page!
Ford teamed up with Academics in a Box to get this into as many student's hands as possible. Ford's media site tells us it not only has kids thinking like Ford engineers but instills STEAM's core principles. What are the 'core' principles of STEAM?
(*Note: if you are curious, the STEM "Core" principles appear more mandate-driven than guidance-driven.)
Below, is an unrelated site for home education and STEAM:
Now, Warriors, this article is not just for those who homeschool. We know STEAM is part of the STEM movement foisted on us by the UN. We know STEAM is in all education choices, too. Just like STEM, and Common Core. Don't think ESSA 'killed' Common Core, it cemented it into our nation like a stone marker.
(*Note, the picture below is one of my personal photos I took while in Savannah, GA a few years ago. It is also featured on Pintrest as one of the 38 Best images to depict the rottenness of Common Core from a UK person.)
2) Ford Foundation's "Drive2Greatness" Campaign for HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) made the news, too, recently. The Baltimore Times featured it in Sept. 2017. Cash prizes to bring more STEAM programs to higher education.
You can find the Henry Ford Learning Institute (Detroit, MI) is targeting 12-14 year olds for STEAM learning. The Institute has K-20 (means kindergarten through college) STEAM courses. (scroll down the page when you visit the website) Back in 2016, I exposed how the Ford Foundation and other CCSS Machine members were behind aligning your communities for all things Common Core aligned.
Ford Motor Company's targeting girls for STEM/STEAM. As we know from earlier this year DeVos and Trump (Ivanka) have been pushing this agenda as well. (*Note: look for points #3 and #4 in the embedded article.)
My three part series on STEM, STEAM and Common Core.
Part one shared how the nation's been set up for a STEM takeover.
Part two shared how STEAM/STEM will drive the US's economy.
Part three shared the true roots of STEAM are un-American.
The STEM to STEAM by Region pdf (5 pages). Gives you the profits, some of the CCSS Machine member groups, and more.
The STEAM book (seen below) has 10 references to STEAM core principles. Be sure to look at all 10 selections. You'll learn that federal funds for STEM come from various places, but the main source is the U.S. Dept. of Education.
If you'd like to learn about Academics in a Box, visit here. Notice the parental awards, the partnerships with Popular Mechanics and the US Science and Engineering Festival.
It's interesting that the company re-branded its STEM monthly subscription boxes. Seems a 'retro' look and name will hide the alignment and agenda.
If you'd like to see the video about how STEAM is to work in all types of education for all types of learners, you can view this one. It features the American who supposedly originated STEAM. Be sure to note in the final moments of the video how the elementary school in AL is the longest running official STEAM school.
To access the AdvancED Report, click here.
To view a 2015 video about how 'great' STEAM is for education:
Federal STEAM/STEM:
According to the U.S. Dept. of Education, STEM creates global leaders. The U.S. State Dept. hosted a Girls STEAM camp in partnership with Ed, the UN, and many others. In 2014, Informal Science published an article about the federal funding for STEAM. It's not coming from the U.S. Dept. of Ed, it's coming from the Museums and Library Grants and the National Science Foundation.
From Rep. Suzanne Bonamici of Oregon (one of the co-chairs of the Congressional STEAM Caucus), this excerpt, "The bipartisan Congressional STEAM Caucus advocates for the integration of the arts, broadly defined, with traditional Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math curriculum and activities. STEAM education helps to develop the creativity and critical thinking skills needed to drive our innovation economy forward. The group hosts briefings and advocates for policy changes that will encourage educators to adopt STEAM."
In 2015, Huffington Post published an article about Bonamici's part in STEAM for the nation. The House's Caucus was formed in 2013 under Bonamici's leadership. Here is the current (2017) STEAM Caucus list. Bonamici's campaign donations show CCSS Machine supporters!
Introduced in July 2017, is the STEM to STEAM Act. It's to update the STEM Act of 2015. I wrote about the 2015 Act here.
The newer Act is in the House's Committee on Science, Space, and, Technology. The newer Act also puts the NSF (National Science Foundation) in the driver's seat for implementing the Arts into STEM (which will make STEAM), as well as create the need for MORE educational design AND testing!
According to the Rhode Island School of Design (a huge STEAM backing post-secondary school), not only is STEAM being pushed, it's being pushed by one of the Congressional members (Langevin). Langevin also sits on the CTE Caucus (Career Tech Education which also embeds STEM and STEAM). The CTE Caucus includes both the House and the Senate.
STEM and SEL (social emotional learning), according to the National After School Association is a 'must' in the classroom. After School All-Stars agrees and adds that by combining STEM to SEL, a natural extension is Career Exploration (ESSA expands this exploring!) CyberLearning (2016 Conference) has a two part video about STEM and SEL for the Next Generation.
STEAM and SEL? Oh, Warriors, this website sounds like true out of this world science fiction when you see the spin they've put on why SEL and STEAM work in education!
If you'd like to see how a Brazilian Case Study using STEAM and SEL was brought to the US (2016), watch this video (about 1 hour). Related is a 2011 Global IT document you need to read. UNESCO driven! Also related, this 2016 Prezi for STEAM/SEL.
Warriors, remember, STEAM was stated as something which MAY work in education, but we're seeing the nation driven to insert it everywhere!!


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BREAKING: Russia was told about North Korean plans to launch nuclear strike against the US
Russia may have averted war between North Korea and the United States.
by Adam November 11, 2017 10.6k Views 58 Votes
Originally appeared on RussiaFeed
Valentina Matvienko, the Chairwoman of the Russian Federation Council, the upper house of Russia's Federal Assembly, has for the first time, confirmed to journalists that in early October of this year, the government of North Korea wrote a formal letter to Russia stating that Pyongyang was prepared to launch a nuclear strike on the United States.
Seeing as this statement came shortly after Donald Trump's infamous threat to "destroy" North Korea during an insulting UN speech where he referred to Kim Jong-un as "rocket man", it appears that North Korea's promise to "visit rockets to the US mainland" made days later at the UN, were serious.
It has also emerged that Russia informed the US of the North Korean position which caused the US to tone down its rhetoric on North Korea, upon learning that North Korea in fact meant what it said.
There are several implications to this:
1. Russia's channels of communication with both North Korea and the US allowed Moscow to be a kind of diplomatic envoy between the two countries which do not have formal relations. Russia's diplomatic lines of communication may well have averted a nuclear war.
2. On the 12th of October, North Korea and Russia celebrated 69 years of diplomatic relations. While subdued, the event was marked by North Korea issuing maps showing Crimea as returned to the Russian Federation, in line with the referendum of 2014. This small gesture of good well helped solidify Russia as one of the few countries which is able to speak to North Korea, in spite of Moscow's opposition to Pyongyang's weapons program. This could have played a large part in convincing North Korea to tone down its military preparations for a would-be strikes.
Russia takes centre-stage in Korean diplomacy
3. The most recent major weapons test in North Korea came on 15 September of this year, when North Korea tested a ballistic missile. Since then, there have been no missile tests or nuclear tests. It is entirely possible, given this new information that Russia has used its diplomatic channels to de-escalate the situation unilaterally as the US refuses to engage directly with Pyongyang and China's relations with the DPRK are incredibly strained at this time.
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