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Tag Archives: Common Core
Public Service As An Expression of an Authentic Self
This article, which focuses on NYS Senate candidate Leslie Banks Burke (Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Yates & part of Tompkins Counties) was submitted by Lee Marcus, friend of the New NY 23rd. Lee is a writer who lives in Arkport. … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, NYS Government
Tagged Common Core, Education, environment, Ethics, Leslie Danks Burke, SAFE Act
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Rep. Reed’s Survey Questions Analyzed
I recently received the 2015 Official U.S. Government Survey from Rep. Reed’s office. We were told that “your responses are necessary to help guide federal policy.” These issues are complex; many questions give simplified descriptions that do not inform the … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, Constituents, Constitution, Data, Defense, Economics, Education, Environmental, fracking, Gun Violence, Health Care, Hydrofracking/Gas& Oil Industry, Immigration, Racism, Reed's Views, Rights, Social Security, Supreme Court, Treaties
Tagged Common Core, Fracking, Gun violence, lowering taxes, Obamacare, Regulations, spies
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Tom Reed’s latest effort to instruct his constituents
With a recent e-mail to constituents, Tom Reed offers us another slanted poll. Do you believe universities receiving public funding should be required to spend a portion of their non-taxed financial assets and donations (endowment) to assist students from middle … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, Education, Political, Reed's Views
Tagged Common Core, educator's salaries, sex offenders, university endowments
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Two views on H.R. 5 “Student Success Act”
On H.R. 5 “Student Success Act,” Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) wrote: On Wednesday, I was honored to stand up for parental rights by voting no on #HR5, the bill to reauthorize #NoChildLeftBehind. The bill increases federal control of education. Here are … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, Education, Political, Reed's Views
Tagged Common Core, H.R. 5, No child left behind, Rep. Amash, Rep. Capuano, Student Success Act
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Standardized Testing
Tom Reed claims the EMPOWER (Enable More Parents to Opt-Out Without Endangering Resources) Act would allow parents to opt-out of annual standardized testing required for their children by No Child Left Behind, such as the assessments aligned with Common Core. … Continue reading
Tom Reed on Student Success
I support the right of parents to make decisions regarding the education of their children. Parents should play an active role in determining what standardized tests their children take. I want to make sure this decision is clear in that … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, Education, Political, Reed's Views
Tagged Common Core, HR-5, Student Success Act
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Running against Washington
Join with us to defeat the Washington machine & unleash the American dream.–Sen. Rand Paul Most Americans’ foreign policy judgments are sound and realistic; it’s Washington that tends toward extremism in one direction or another.–Rep. Justin Amash 5-19-15 We stand … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, Political, Reed's Views
Tagged Common Core, Justin Amash, Kevin McCarthy, Rand Paul, Second Amendment
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Safe Act, Fracking Ban, and now Common Core
Remember the SAFE Act? In one context it can be seen as the controversial New York State law that unified many Upstaters to protect their rights to own a firearm. Many angry New Yorkers were convinced that the State Government overstepped … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Constituents, Economics, Education, Environmental, Ethics, fracking, Gun Violence, Hydrofracking/Gas& Oil Industry, NYS Government, Protests, Reed's Views
Tagged Common Core, Fracking, property rights, Reed vs Cuomo, Reed's Political Base, REPEAL the SAFE Act, States' rights
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Stop it!
A compromise between us is Impossible–“Under which Lyre,” Auden What do these have in common? Stop Fast Track For one thing, they all urge action without clearly explaining why. Too often such advertising promotes only one side of an issue, … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, Media, Political, Treaties
Tagged Common Core, Fast Track, Political advertising, TPP
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Tom Reed loses his cool
Rather, King Cuomo caved to downstate special interests and closed any possibility of New York leading the nation…–Rep. Tom Reed King Cuomo? Really Tom, isn’t that an exaggeration? (In case you missed it, Tom used that phrase twice.) Andrew Cuomo … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Congress, Constituents, Economics, Education, Environmental, EPA, Gun Violence, Hydrofracking/Gas& Oil Industry, Political, Reed's Views, Rights
Tagged Casino, Common Core, farmers, Fracking, SAFE Act
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