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Our education system should prepare students for tomorrow’s workplace regardless of race, wealth or geographical location. It must build a foundation of fundamental skills while emphasizing core values including strong work ethic, sound judgment, competitiveness and advancement through knowledge. Teachers, administration and students must be held accountable for competent performance. The system should be free from undue bias, which can distort students' perspectives on the world they must interact with. Programs for vocational career development must be restored so all students can employ their talents and become self-sufficient.
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Reclaim EducationLumberton ISD Reponds to CSCOPE & Muslim Burqa Lesson - Blames Texas, Starr/EOC Tests, School Choice
Superintendent Valastro responds to angry parents who packed the meeting demanding answers to many questions. Some parents were upset that the School uses CSCOPE, which has recently been exposed as a flawed lesson plan that lacks transparency, was designed by liberals, and contains pro Islam lessons and lessons that have students draw a communist flag. Some parents were upset about the situation in which Lumberton Students put on Muslim Burqas at the school without being informed that Burqas are oppressive objects Posted under:
School Choice – A proven way to improve your children’s education
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Changes Coming in Education
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CSCOPE – A rogue program hidden within the Texas Education Agency that should be shut down
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Expert at West Point Think Tank Warns of the “Violent Far-Right”
The same Thomas Jefferson who often repeated the John Bradshaw quote: Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. And the same Thomas Jefferson who wrote: When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty. West Point created the Combating Terrorism Center after the events of 9/11, in an effort to prepare cadets for the new and dangerous environment Posted under:
Tom Pauken's Farewell as Texas Workforce Commissioner
As I leave TWC, I am particularly proud of the rediscovery of the importance of vocational education in providing good job opportunities for young Texans and in meeting the demand for skilled workers in our state. Posted under:
Update: After Muslim Burqa Lesson, Student Pulled From Lumberton School - Not CSCOPE
Here are the updates: Although Texas CSCOPE has had major issues because of Islam lessons in schools, this Muslim Burqa lesson was NOT part of CSCOPE, and it a lesson that Lumberton ISD has been doing for years. Read more » Posted under:
Lumberton ISD (Texas) Students Told to Wear Muslim Burqas in CSCOPE High School Lesson
Update: After Muslim Burqa Lesson, Student Pulled From Lumberton School - minor students cried today after being forced to sign incident report about what happened without parent notified or allowed to be at the meeting, parents furious - the school says this lesson seems to be a Lumberton lesson and not CSCOPE lesson, but CSCOPE Experts say it was CSCOPE influenced - Senator Dan Patrick Investigating read more updates here: http://www.texasgopvote.com/issues/reclaim-education/update-after-muslim-burqa-lesson-student-pulled-lumberton-school-not-cscope-005175Posted under:
Prominent House public ed reform bill receives boost from Commissioner Tom Pauken
HB 5 replaces the STAAR test system with one that focuses on real learning and opportunities by: A) Reducing the number of required tests from 15 to five; B) Preserving accountability in our public education system by rating schools; Posted under:
Tom Pauken: A Plan to Re-emphasize The Skilled Trades in High School Should Pass Texas House
Workforce Commissioner Tom Pauken, who has been sounding the alarm about the need for more skilled workers, says the plan "is clearly going to pass the House. There's a recognition in the importance of multiple pathways to a high school diploma and the value of career and technical education." Read more » Posted under:
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Lumberton ISD School Board Meeting 3/7/2013
Senator Dan Patrick (SD7), chair of the powerful Senate Education Committee, has recently introduced legislation that would open up the strangle-hold government-sponsored monopoly that the education establishment enjoys in public education. His reasoning is simple and time-honored—“competition is good.” It doesn’t matter much what the competing items are—widgets, services, commodities, or even education—the very existence of competition improves the quality of all competitors. 
Last year, I took two courses from Hillsdale College on the Constitution. This course is similar to what many Hillsdale students take, but what intrigued me was not just the course itself, as excellent as it was, but the concept. Hundreds of thousands have taken this course, and Hillsdale showed how they can easily extend their reach while providing an inexpensive education to millions. 
If you have not heard, a rogue group hidden within one-and-then-more regional service centers (RSC) of the Texas Education Agency (TEA) called CSCOPE (no particular acronym meaning, except that software possibly started from a progressive leaning company with similar initials). It has been hidden from public view due in part to some questionable 501c3 filings that seem to have only one purpose—to keep their operations as secretive as possible. 
West Point has a fine and storied tradition: President Thomas Jefferson signed legislation establishing the military academy in 1802.
For the past five years, I’ve had the honor of representing you as Commissioner Representing Employers at the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). As many of you know, I’m leaving the Workforce Commission this month, but I will still remain involved in public affairs and support policies to encourage employment opportunities and private sector job creation.
There have been lots of updates after I posted this article this morning: 
I submitted written testimony today on Texas House Bill 5. The bill, authored by House Public Education Committee Chairman Rep. Jimmie Don Aycock of Killeen, is being discussed in committee this afternoon.
One of the trends we've been watching closely is the 
