Source links to facts in Common Core presentation

BCCEO website:

www.bcceo.blogspot.com

BCCEO letter of support to BCPS teachers:

http://www.examiner.com/article/citizens-letter-to-our-teachers

Common Core standards:

http://www.corestandards.org/read-the-standards/

Fed Ed meets Corp Ed meets Non-Profit Ed:

http://www.examiner.com/article/menage-a-trois-fed-ed-reform-may-backfire-on-the-architects-of-common-core

Gates Foundation funding of Common Core:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/11/27/gates-foundation-pours-millions-into-common-core-in-2013/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/05/12/gates-gives-150-million-in-grants-for-common-core-standards/

http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database#q/k=Common%20Core

How did CCSS come about in MD?

http://www.examiner.com/article/timeline-how-did-common-core-come-about-maryland

(see links referenced in article.)

Grants that funded CCSS:

http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/implementation.html

http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/NR/rdonlyres/167F463A-3628-47B7-8720-353C3216AD1A/26169/RT3Update_September2010_LTRrev1021.pdf

ESEA waivers used as incentive to sign-on to CCSS:

http://www.ed.gov/sites/default/files/esea-flexibility-request.doc

Title I funding as incentive to sign-on to CCSS:

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/state_edwatch/2010/02/as_part_of_the_obama.html

RTTT reforms:

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=mds3+program+schools&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/programs/race_to_the_top/

Enabling legislation:

http://dbm.maryland.gov/agencies/operbudget/Documents/2015/BudgetHighlightsFY2015.pdf

States signed on before standards released:

http://www2.ed.gov/programs/racetothetop/phase2-applications/maryland.pdf

http://www.nga.org/cms/home/news-room/news-releases/page_2010/col2-content/main-content-list/title_national-governors-association-and-state-education-chiefs-launch-common-state-academic-standards.html

MSDE sets education policy and LEAs must comply:

http://www.lawlib.state.md.us/researchtools/sourcesmdlaw.html 

(see COMAR articles referenced in next source link below.)

https://www.facebook.com/notes/cindy-sharretts/current-md-education-law-puts-state-board-policies-over-local-boards/10151996515305672

MSDE budget:

http://dbm.maryland.gov/agencies/operbudget/Documents/2015/BudgetHighlightsFY2015.pdf (pages 14-17)

http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/pubs/budgetfiscal/2014fy-budget-docs-operating-R00A01-MSDE-Headquarters.pdf

(page 25)

BCPS curriculum issues:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/sun-investigates/bs-md-co-curriculum-contract-20140426,0,586197.story?page=1&track=rss

SUPES Academy:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/blog/bs-md-dance-coaching-contract-20131213,0,1762346.story

PARCC technology upgrades:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/01/17/maryland-schools-need-100-million-for-online-common-core-tests-says-report/

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-01-16/news/bs-md-technology-schools-20140116_1_tests-technology-upgrades-districts

FERPA: 

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-12-02/pdf/2011-30683.pdf

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2011/2011602.pdf

http://www.acenet.edu/news-room/Documents/Comments-on-the-NPRM-for-the-Family-Educational-Rights-and-Privacy-Act.pdf

MDGA:

http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmLegislation.aspx?pid=legisnpage&tab=subject3

Gates Foundation funds PTA, NEA, AFT to push CCSS:

http://neatoday.org/2014/02/19/nea-president-we-need-a-course-correction-on-common-core/

http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database

http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2009/12/National-PTA-to-Mobilize-Parents-for-Common-Core-Standards

STAT program (electronic devices):

https://www.bcps.org/academics/stat/IDC-FAQs.pdf

http://mdk12.org/process/course/module4.html

Legislation limits liability in event of data breach of MLDS:  HB1342 and SB945 of 2013

http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmLegislation.aspx?pid=legisnpage&tab=subject3

Data collected birth to late twenties:

http://www.ecs.org/html/meetingsEvents/NF2013/resources/Ratliff%20ECS%20June%2026%202013.pdf

http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/pubs/budgetfiscal/2014fy-budget-docs-operating-R00A01-MSDE-Headquarters.pdf (page 16)

http://cte.ed.gov/Docs/DQI/SLDS_PPT_v12_Keynote_Gould.pdf

TABCO warns of teacher exodus:

http://tabco.org/images/uploads/bulletins/Jan%20Feb%20Bulletin.pdf

Cloud computing:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-digital-privacy-schools-20140220,0,4601355.story

http://mdk12.org/data/examining/index.html

Contractors profiling students:

http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/fnotes/bil_0007/hb0607.pdf

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-02-20/news/bs-ed-digital-privacy-schools-20140220_1_student-data-student-privacy-cloud-services

MDS3 survey and passive consent:

http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/divisions/studentschoolsvcs/student_services_alt/mds3/cp/

http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-awards-388-million-safe-and-supportive-school-grants

RTTT funding vs. CCSS Implementation Costs:

http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2014RS/fnotes/bil_0006/hb0076.pdf

(see page 3 paragraph 5)

PPRA:

http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ppra/index.html

COPPA:

http://www.coppa.org/coppa.htm

PIA:

http://www.oag.state.md.us/Opengov/pia.htm

http://www.examiner.com/article/politics-101-how-to-request-public-documents

COMAR education article:

http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/subtitle_chapters/13A_Chapters.aspx

Parental rights:

http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/divisions/earlyinterv/docs/MarylandProceduralSafeguardsNotice_July2013.pdf

Assessment opt out:

http://www.bcceo.blogspot.com/2014/03/msde-response-to-msa-opt-out.html

http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/getfile.aspx?file=13a.03.04.06.htm

http://www.examiner.com/article/parents-can-opt-out-of-maryland-standardized-assessments

http://www.bcps.org/offices/sss/pdf/Parental_Opt_Out_Form.pdf

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