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Common Core is in the news. Democrats call it Race to the Top while Republicans know its Sink to the Bottom. Find out whats going on with your local School Board concerning this and other issues at the next NSRF meeting on Saturday, April 5th. Note that due to the Colorado State GOP Assembly on April 12th, we moved our meeting up one week. The doors open at 8:30am for our 9:00am-10:30am meeting at the Grill at Legacy Ridge Golf Course, 10801 Legacy Ridge Parkway in Westminster. Admission is $7 per person and you can pay your 2014 NSRF dues of $20. Coffee, orange juice, fruit & pastries are included with your admission.

NSRF upcoming calendar in 2014: April 12 Colorado State GOP Assembly at Coors Events Center in Boulder May 10 2014 Colorado Legislative Recap with your State members June 14 Local City Council members update us on their communities July 12 County government officials will answer your questions August 9 -- Transportation issues and FasTraks with RTDs District J director, Larry Hoy September 13 Candidates on the November 4th ballot October 11 Discussion on the November ballot issues November 8 Celebration of the November 4th election results

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Official Call Colorado GOP State Assembly & Convention on Saturday, April 12, 2014 Adams County Republican 2014 Assembly Rules 2014 Adams County Republican Delegates and Alternates List Boulder County GOP Events 2014 Governor/U.S. Senate Candidate Forum on Saturday Morning May 3, 2014 Study: Statewide Fracking Ban would cost $12 Billion & 93,000 jobs by 2040 Hitler finds out Obamacare will not let him keep his doctor Adams County Republicans 2014 PCP list Campaign and Political Finance Training Internships Available Save the Dates! Colorado Governor candidate Mike Kopp Meet and Greet Angry Mother Destroys Common Core by writing this on her sons test Choice Words That Win Candidate signs, banners, tables, & literature information at the AdCo GOP Assembly Suspending My Campaign 2

Colorado Republican Congressional District 7 Committee Official Call Jefferson County School District Open Contract Negotiations Official Call 2014 Sixth Congressional District Republican Assembly Hydraulic Fracturing Speakers Bureau Training Choose the color for the next GOP bumper sticker Henninger: Republican Roulette. The GOP presidential slate looks like a chaotic casino of ideas Dinesh DSouzas New Move America asks an Amazing Question 100 Fifth-graders to quiz patrons, read Declaration of Independence on State House Floor Youre all invited to a celebration of freedom here in Colorado Adams County Delegate/Alternate list for the March 29, 2014 County Assembly listed by last name Campaign and Political Finance Training Colorado Straw Poll Results suggest Republicans may not nominate weak candidates Ronald Reagan addresses Young Americans for Freedom Adams County Sheriffs Candidates Roundtable Because of Fracking. Brighton suspends oil and gas drilling applications Preliminary Straw Poll Results for Adams County Republicans Oil producers undaunted as Colorado mulls fracking restrictions Demcratic Operatives give away the game plan Aurora releases 6 prisoners early: Police Chief blames Adams County Sheriff Darrs policies Whats that, Joe Biden?

Table of Contents: Monthly topic & upcoming NSRF calendar NSRF $20 yearly Membership Application Whats been posted on our website: www.NorthSuburbanRepublicanForum.com The Reagan Club of Colorado April 3th Meeting 2014 Governor/U.S. Senate Candidate Forum on May 3rd What is Common Core? Local outcry raised against Common Core suggested reading material Protest Common Core on April 5th Delay on common core standards rejected Adams County Voter Information

The Reagan Club of Colorado April 3, 2014 Meeting

Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. @ C.B. & Potts
Welcomes to our April Members Event with Mr. Steve Laffey Author, Filmmaker, Businessman, and CD-4 Republican Candidate Steve Laffey is an insightful and motivational "idea man" with real-world experience in business and the "business of politics". A graduate of Harvard Business School and a father of 6, he brings an uplifting message of insight and confidence for all conservatives. He successfully campaigned to become the Mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island (population 80,387) leading the effort "to help dig the city out of a massive financial crisis." from 2003-2007. He ran unsuccessfully against Lincoln Chaffee for US Senate in the Republican Primary and lived to write about it in the book titled "Primary Mistake" 2012. Plan on an outstanding evening of entertainment and ideas for the grassroots to make things happen in the coming state elections. CB Potts Restaurant Brewery 1257 W. 120th Avenue, 3 blocks west of I-25 on 120th Ave.

The 2014 Reagan Club of Colorado gets things started in this important year with a new Board of Directors To serve, educate, and inspire in the tradition of Ronald W. Reagan 40th President of the United State. 1. NEW LOCATION: C.B. & Potts Brewing Company 1257 W 120th Avenue, Westminster Features a private room for The Reagan Club. A special menu offers selections youll enjoy. The room will open at 5:30 p.m. and Happy Hour runs from 4:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 2. EVENT & DINNER PRICE: Members $20 Non-Members $25 (Includes Dinner and Program) Select from the Special Menu that includes your entre, a tasty side and your iced tea, coffee, or lemonade. A full bar service is available at additional cost. 3. EVENING SCHEDULE: Doors Open Introductions and Opening Dinner Served Monthly Program Begins Wrap Up & Goodbyes at 5:30 p.m. at 6:05 p.m. at 6:25 p.m. at 6:45 p.m. at 8:10 p.m. (970) 222-7502 (303) 280-0243 (303) 475-0413 (720) 737-6761 (303) 280-1411

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WHAT IS COMMON CORE?

Common Core is the National Education Standard's Initiative that 46 States, the Department of Defense Education Activity, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the American Samoa Islands have all adopted, sight unseen. Puerto Rico has not adopted the standards. National Standards: National Standards focus on effort and empty skill sets and not on ability . Science and Social Studies standards are on the round table for approval right now. Common Core approved literature is full of sexually inappropriate content and political indoctrination. Data mining: Data mining is sourced from school registration information and the national assessment's test data. They source over 400 data points on our children and the data is kept for life and shared with Government entities. Next Generation Assessment Tests: PARCC - Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers. (PARCC will be assessed several time a year and will replace TCAP) and/or SBAC - Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium These assessments are very costly to implement and maintain and are time consuming. They also force our teachers to teach to the test. College Entrance Exam Reform: ACT/GED are currently being aligned with Common Core, which means that private schools, charter schools, parochial schools and home schools will be affected by this alignment with Common Core. SAT/PSAT are pending alignment. Who Does Common Core Affect? Public, parochial, private, home schools and IB programs. This will also have a drastic effect on the tax payer. Who Developed Common Core? Two private trade organizations/D.C. lobby groups developed the Common Core Standards. 1. National Governors Association (NGA) 2. The Chief Council of State School Officers (CCSSO) Standards are owned and copyrighted by these groups and changes to standards cannot be made except through these organizations. Why Did Colorado Adopt Common Core? Colorado adopted CCSS in order to receive a portion of the "Race to the Top" stimulus money offered by the Federal Government. 7

Colorado received $17.9 million and also received a "No Child Left Behind" waiver as part of the bribe. What Is So Bad About Common Core? It is unconstitutional education without representation. Governors and the State Department of Education made the decision without the voice of "we the people". This creates a lack of local control in our education system. Common Core in effect gives total control of our children to the US Government and the United Nations through centralized education. It is a move towards Agenda 21's "Global Education for All" (Chapter 36) which reads as: "...changing the world economics to a more sustainable global economic society." Common Core is very costly to implement at approximately $16 billion.
http://stopcommoncorecolorado.webs.com/what-is-common-core

Local outcry raised against Common Core suggested reading material

By Complete Colorado More pressure is mounting locally on national curriculum guidelines known as Common Core. 710 KNUS is airing senate testimony given by a mother, Sarah Colburn, with students in the Adams 12 school district. Coburn reads from a book, The Bluest Eye, which she says is included in the suggested reading list from Common Core guides. Below is the second hour of the Dan Caplis Show on 710 KNUS. Colburns interview with Caplis begins at 6:25, and the recording of her testimony can be heard starting at the 14:30 mark (with a small introduction of the audio). Warning: The recorded testimony from Colburn includes adult language of a frank sexual nature. http://dancaplis.podbean.com/2014/02/19/the-dan-caplis-show-feb-19-2014-hr-2/ Last week, the Colorado Senate rejected a bill that aimed to slow the implementation of Common Core on a party line vote.
http://completecolorado.com/pagetwo/2014/02/19/local-outcry-raised-against-common-core-suggested-reading-material/

Protest Common Core on April 5th

National rally on the west steps of the capitol building downtown Denver on Saturday, April 5, noon to 3 p.m. Take a stand against Common Core and join this revolutionary event taking place across the country. We are inviting all citizens, elected representatives and candidates to speak out against Common Core and the Federal intrusion on education. The rallys across the U.S. will start at the same time and begin with the Pledge of Allegiance at noon MDT. Activities will include food booths, face painting, informational booths and ways to connect with other grassroots groups across Colorado that are working to Stop Common Core. www.stopcommoncorecolorado.webs.com

Delay on common core standards rejected

By Vic Vela Posted 2/14/14

A Republican-sponsored effort to delay implementation of controversial new standardized school testing mandates failed in a legislative committee on Feb. 13. The federal Common Core State Standards Initiative sets guidelines for what every K-12 student should know about math and language arts at each grade level, in hopes that the kids will be better prepared for college. During a Feb. 13 Senate Education Committee hearing, supporters of the initiative which the state adopted into the Colorado Academic Standards in 2010 lauded the assessment as an optimum way to set minimum standards that give kids the knowledge and skills they need to be successful in life. But opponents insisted that the standards are expensive, burdensome on districts to implement, and also argued that students are drowning in assessment tests already. That polarization was the motivation behind Senate Bill 136, which would have delayed all new, statewide assessments for a year. It also would have set up a task force designed to look into the adoption and implementation of the Colorado Academic Standards in an effort to determine whether the state's participation in the Common Core initiative is worth it. "All it's asking for is nothing special; no changes, just a time out," said Sen. Vicky Marble, R-Fort Collins, the bill's sponsor. 9

Marble told the committee that implementation costs associated with the standardized tests are "enormous" and that the state would benefit from the delay. But the majority of committee members didn't agree. The Democrat-led committee rejected Marble's bill on a 4-3 party-line vote, following a lengthy and often emotional hearing that even resulted in a couple of lawmakers trying to hold back tears. Although he heard testimony that "will give him a lot of things to think about going home," Sen. Mike Johnston, D-Denver, said he is supportive of the standards. "I am still a believer that we can build a set of rigorous standards," he said. "I don't think the answer is to pause on this." States can voluntarily adopt Common Core standards and 45 states and the District of Columbia have done so. Colorado's State Board of Education decided to adopt the standards after a study determined that the federal math and English standards were closely aligned with those that the state was already using. Colorado schools adopted the standards through its participation of the PARCC multi-state consortia - Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers. Through PARCC, Common Core testing is set to begin next year. Testimony on Marble's bill lasted several hours inside the Old Supreme Court Chambers, the Capitol's largest committee hearing room. Supporters of the bill cited several reasons as to why committee members should put the standards on hold. Sandra Stotsky, a longtime educator and national opponent of Common Core standards, began her testimony by telling the committee that New York lawmakers had voted the day before to delay its Common Core implementation for three years. She said that New York has it right because Common Core's math standards don't prepare them for the next instructional levels and that the ability of local school boards to dictate their own curriculum "was wiped out overnight" by the 2010 State Board of Education decision. "(Common Core) is a sticky jar of molasses that was voted on by a State Board of Education that didn't know what it was doing," she said. Others were critical of the demands that assessments place on school districts' technology. Stephanie Pico of the Cherry Creek School District said that lack of human and technological resources cause 10

stress "and a sense of helplessness" among teachers who are already overwhelmed by technology issues. Others testified that the federal standards dictate curriculum, which undermines local control of how schools should operate. Monument Academy Principal Lis Richard told the committee that the connection between assessment standards and curriculum is "inseparable." "I believe the intentions have been good, but ill advised," she said. "Adopting a national form of standards has never been proven to reform education. Our footprint for the instructional time we're going to miss (leaves us) very concerned." Others said that students are buried under assessment tests to begin with. George Sader, a former educator, testified that assessment standards like Common Core force a child who is slow to develop in school "to run faster than he can run." "We're reaching the point where we test more than we teach," Sader said. But Common Core supporters said the standards help students develop critical thinking across all instructional areas and that it helps develop equity in the learning system. Elizabeth Miner, a physical education teacher who was named the 2014 Colorado Teacher of the Year, said the uniform standards provide students "a consistent and clear understanding of what students are required to learn." And Jessica Keigan, a teacher at Thornton's Horizon High School, said the standards "help kids grasp complex ideas." Kerrie Dallman, president of the Colorado Education Association, said her organization strongly supports Colorado Academic Standards, which she said affords equal footing for students without placing a ceiling on what they can learn. Dallman said the problem isn't with assessment testing, but with teachers' lack of resources in the classroom. "A lack of resources negatively impact implementation of those standards," she said. "It's the perfect storm of implementation and lack of resources." The hearing, which lasted more than six hours, became emotional toward the end with one witness offering tearful testimony in support of the bill. And Marble and Sen. Nancy Todd, D-Aurora, each had to compose themselves prior to the committee wrapping up the hearing.
http://adamscountysentinel.com/stories/Delay-on-common-core-standards-rejected,145763

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