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The Free Patriot : Oregon : Prenatal Education and Baby Common Core
November 17, 2013 by FWebb | News, Videos
Sometimes, you come across a story that sounds like a parody written by the Onion. Sadly, this story is real and the government bureaucrat involved was not elected by anyone in Oregon.
Many of the critics of the Common Core movement have expressed repeated concerns over the P-20W data system. One aspect that many have been concerned about is the “P” which stands for prenatal. The very notion that a government entity could, or should, lay out an education program that begins in the womb may seem absurd, but it is indeed what the state of Oregon is rolling out in their “supercharged” version of the Common Core initiative. Looking at instruction as K-12 is no longer enough; one must now consider the prenatal environment through the Department of Education.
John Saxton, Deputy Superintendent of Instruction, described the P-20W data base as a plan that would encompass a child from their time in the womb through graduate school. He stated,
“We should be thinking about education from the time that a woman enters, you know, is pregnant, so prenatal, and just like: what their nutrition looks like, what their exercise looks like, what kind of education we can provide working around the child.”
According to Saxton, there are new educational initiatives involve pre-natal education. For example, in evaluating the goal that every child should be able to read by the end of 3rd grade, Saxton now regards the prenatal years as part of time that and be used by the Department of Education to help meet that goal. Now instead of simply working with a child from Kindergarten onward, they can begin working with the child in the womb.
Another component of Oregonian prenatal education will involve the use of the Kindergarten assessment to evaluate what kind of experiences make a student Kindergarten ready. I just can’t help but be a bit curious about how this tool will facilitate the government plans successfully terraform the womb into a prenatal academy.
Robert Saxton isn’t just out there selling this plan, he is being fairly hard-core about it. He claims the legislature in Oregon doesn’t have a choice in the matter, which seems like a rather odd statement. One of his recent talks on “collectively pulling together” discussed the P-20W plan, and how rolling it required teachers to be “kindly S.O.Bs.” and how there was no room for independent contractors.
“We have the P-20 initiative. It makes so much sense to me. It isn’t just that we’ve removed some of the barriers, we actually make it easier for the children in this state to move from really the point of birth all the way through graduate school.”
Well, it is nice to know all the barriers are removed. I assume that he means the social barriers on attainment? Some barriers are biological and actually serve to protect a person, like the blood brain barrier. I wonder if barriers like the mother-child relationship have been removed?
“The legislature doesn’t have a choice to say we are not going to do this really well. So, we kind of have them where we want them. We also need convince them that our plan is correct and that they want to bring those funds to us because they know we will use them to the very best effect.”
This is a rather chilling statement. How is it that an appointed government official can stand there and say that the legislature has no choice in the matter? I am sort of curious exactly what changes were made by the Oregon legislature in 2011* that would preclude them from having a say in the matter of a P-20W program. Do the people of Oregon and the legislature know this?
“I guarantee you that if a kid cannot read by the end of 3rd grade, that kid is toast. That is an ‘oh, shit’ moment for them if they cannot read by the end of third grade.”
Well, it may be true that a failure to read at the end of 3rd grade is a signal of a problem, but to say that a person is “toast?”
“And in places where we have folks who are not executing the plan as intended, you need to find a way to get them on board. It is not acceptable.”
“On the day of delivery, there is not room for discussion or debate, there is not room for someone not carrying out the plan as intended. Your job is to ensure that is happening. If it is happening, I believe you will absolutely be successful, especially if your plan is evidence based. But to attempt to carry out anything that is not, or to have any teacher in your school, to have any counselor, to have any person in that program not carrying out the plan as intended is completely unacceptable.”
“…I kind of am an S.O.B. when it comes to the expectation about what people are going to do, that we are going to have a plan and that they’re are going to do what we have agreed to do. When they leave and shut the classroom door there is no room for them to change their mind about that. I have to know that a true S.O.B. is going to check on it, and know it, and enforce it. That means I am going to be in the classroom a bunch, and I am going to know precisely what is happening in every classroom, and I am going to be demanding about the kind of instruction that takes place in that classroom, and that every single person is going to run our plan.”
“But the S.O.B. is extremely important. Because if you are not kind of an S.O.B. about it underneath that kindly manner, you cannot get it done. Because a lot of people want to be independent contractors, and when we have independent contractors what we really do is confuse kids like crazy. So you have to be an S.O.B. in a kindly manner. ”
“This is everybody collectively pulling in the same direction.”
Well, now you know. In the state of Oregon, your unborn child is already part of the collective. The highlights of his talk are below. Hearing the teachers laugh at some of his statements suggests that they are not taking him as serious as he is.
It sort of makes you wonder if the government is serving the people or is the role now reversed?
*In 2011, Oregon eliminated the position of Superintendent of Instruction and delegated that authority to the Governor, John Kitzhaber. Oregon Deputy Superintendent Rob Saxton was appointed to his job by Governor Kitzhaber. In the last session House Bill 3234 created a division of early childhood education inside the Oregon Department of Education. It is unclear if the legislature intended this to include prenatal education in the way envisioned by Saxton, but it appears that the State of Oregon has allocated a budget of $10 million for the program.
H/T Watchdog Wire.
freepatriot.org/2013/11/17/oregon-prenatal-education-and-baby-common-core/
November 17, 2013 by FWebb | News, Videos
Sometimes, you come across a story that sounds like a parody written by the Onion. Sadly, this story is real and the government bureaucrat involved was not elected by anyone in Oregon.
Many of the critics of the Common Core movement have expressed repeated concerns over the P-20W data system. One aspect that many have been concerned about is the “P” which stands for prenatal. The very notion that a government entity could, or should, lay out an education program that begins in the womb may seem absurd, but it is indeed what the state of Oregon is rolling out in their “supercharged” version of the Common Core initiative. Looking at instruction as K-12 is no longer enough; one must now consider the prenatal environment through the Department of Education.
John Saxton, Deputy Superintendent of Instruction, described the P-20W data base as a plan that would encompass a child from their time in the womb through graduate school. He stated,
“We should be thinking about education from the time that a woman enters, you know, is pregnant, so prenatal, and just like: what their nutrition looks like, what their exercise looks like, what kind of education we can provide working around the child.”
According to Saxton, there are new educational initiatives involve pre-natal education. For example, in evaluating the goal that every child should be able to read by the end of 3rd grade, Saxton now regards the prenatal years as part of time that and be used by the Department of Education to help meet that goal. Now instead of simply working with a child from Kindergarten onward, they can begin working with the child in the womb.
Another component of Oregonian prenatal education will involve the use of the Kindergarten assessment to evaluate what kind of experiences make a student Kindergarten ready. I just can’t help but be a bit curious about how this tool will facilitate the government plans successfully terraform the womb into a prenatal academy.
Robert Saxton isn’t just out there selling this plan, he is being fairly hard-core about it. He claims the legislature in Oregon doesn’t have a choice in the matter, which seems like a rather odd statement. One of his recent talks on “collectively pulling together” discussed the P-20W plan, and how rolling it required teachers to be “kindly S.O.Bs.” and how there was no room for independent contractors.
“We have the P-20 initiative. It makes so much sense to me. It isn’t just that we’ve removed some of the barriers, we actually make it easier for the children in this state to move from really the point of birth all the way through graduate school.”
Well, it is nice to know all the barriers are removed. I assume that he means the social barriers on attainment? Some barriers are biological and actually serve to protect a person, like the blood brain barrier. I wonder if barriers like the mother-child relationship have been removed?
“The legislature doesn’t have a choice to say we are not going to do this really well. So, we kind of have them where we want them. We also need convince them that our plan is correct and that they want to bring those funds to us because they know we will use them to the very best effect.”
This is a rather chilling statement. How is it that an appointed government official can stand there and say that the legislature has no choice in the matter? I am sort of curious exactly what changes were made by the Oregon legislature in 2011* that would preclude them from having a say in the matter of a P-20W program. Do the people of Oregon and the legislature know this?
“I guarantee you that if a kid cannot read by the end of 3rd grade, that kid is toast. That is an ‘oh, shit’ moment for them if they cannot read by the end of third grade.”
Well, it may be true that a failure to read at the end of 3rd grade is a signal of a problem, but to say that a person is “toast?”
“And in places where we have folks who are not executing the plan as intended, you need to find a way to get them on board. It is not acceptable.”
“On the day of delivery, there is not room for discussion or debate, there is not room for someone not carrying out the plan as intended. Your job is to ensure that is happening. If it is happening, I believe you will absolutely be successful, especially if your plan is evidence based. But to attempt to carry out anything that is not, or to have any teacher in your school, to have any counselor, to have any person in that program not carrying out the plan as intended is completely unacceptable.”
“…I kind of am an S.O.B. when it comes to the expectation about what people are going to do, that we are going to have a plan and that they’re are going to do what we have agreed to do. When they leave and shut the classroom door there is no room for them to change their mind about that. I have to know that a true S.O.B. is going to check on it, and know it, and enforce it. That means I am going to be in the classroom a bunch, and I am going to know precisely what is happening in every classroom, and I am going to be demanding about the kind of instruction that takes place in that classroom, and that every single person is going to run our plan.”
“But the S.O.B. is extremely important. Because if you are not kind of an S.O.B. about it underneath that kindly manner, you cannot get it done. Because a lot of people want to be independent contractors, and when we have independent contractors what we really do is confuse kids like crazy. So you have to be an S.O.B. in a kindly manner. ”
“This is everybody collectively pulling in the same direction.”
Well, now you know. In the state of Oregon, your unborn child is already part of the collective. The highlights of his talk are below. Hearing the teachers laugh at some of his statements suggests that they are not taking him as serious as he is.
It sort of makes you wonder if the government is serving the people or is the role now reversed?
*In 2011, Oregon eliminated the position of Superintendent of Instruction and delegated that authority to the Governor, John Kitzhaber. Oregon Deputy Superintendent Rob Saxton was appointed to his job by Governor Kitzhaber. In the last session House Bill 3234 created a division of early childhood education inside the Oregon Department of Education. It is unclear if the legislature intended this to include prenatal education in the way envisioned by Saxton, but it appears that the State of Oregon has allocated a budget of $10 million for the program.
H/T Watchdog Wire.
freepatriot.org/2013/11/17/oregon-prenatal-education-and-baby-common-core/
