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"Education Is the Big Issue"

Dave Chaffin — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:13:15 +0000

~~by Donna Garner~~ Alice Linahan of Women on the Wall and Voices Empower has been conducting communication teams across Texas and the United States through live conference calls. Then later on, those can also be accessed online for easy listening by the public on computer/iPhone/iPad whileperhaps traveling or experiencing wait times. [...]

"House of Horrors: Obama and Planned Parenthood Ignore It"

Dave Chaffin — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:34:25 +0000

by Donna Garner Most of the major media have refused to cover Kermit Gosnell’s trial in which his abortion “House of Horrors” has been revealed. Even though Planned Parenthood admitted at the trial that they knew about the atrocities, they refused to report them to elected officials and to the police. How can we expect [...]

"Homeschool, Private, Public School Students & National Database"

Dave Chaffin — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:36:01 +0000

~~~by Donna Garner~~

(Donna Garner is a retired educator turned education columnist and has frequently been a guest on KGAB's Morning Zone)

I hate to say that I told you so, but “I told you so.” (Please go to the World Net Daily link from 4.13.13 posted at the end of this e-mail – �

"America, We Better Think Twice About Same-Sex Marriage"

Dave Chaffin — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 23:39:55 +0000

~~by Donna Garner~~

~3.29.13~

For those Americans who think they are being so magnanimous, so open-minded, so non-judgmental by supporting same-sex marriage, what they are really supporting is the promotion of terribly unhealthy sexual activities.

I hate to be the one to have to tell the sad but rea

"Clarification of David Barton's Statements on The Glenn Beck Show"

Dave Chaffin — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:09:54 +0000

by Donna Garner

CSCOPE and Common Core Standards are both Type #2 (to see the definitions of Type #1 and Type #2 -- http://nocompromisepac.ning.com/profiles/blogs/type-1-and-type-2-two-completel

"Do Not Give in to Common Core Standards"

Dave Chaffin — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:34:21 +0000

~~By Donna Garner~~

~~2.20.13~~

The public is finally waking up to the dangers of Common Core Standards. People all over this country are no longer sitting back and blindly allowing the Obama administration to take over their children’s public schools with his social justice agenda.

Information is power. The better informed t

"Shame on Them"

Dave Chaffin — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:36:17 +0000

1.26.12 – U.S. Department of Education Announces 61 Applications as Finalists for $400 Million Race to the Top - District Competition – 7 Texas School Districts/Entities on the List

http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-

Commentary: "Stop It, America"

Dave Chaffin — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:49:08 +0000

by Donna Garner~~~

11.19.12~~

“Stop it, America.” I feel that a voice of reason must speak out and tell disappointed Americans that we must stop “eating our own,” blaming first this group and then another group for not having voted at all or for not having voted for Romney/Ryan.

As Richard A. Posner (Judge of the 7th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Bilingual Education Does Not Work: Replace with Sheltered English Immersion

Dave Chaffin — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:52:29 +0000

~~by Donna Garner~~ 11.17.12~~ First, please read the following excerpts from my article (12.14.11) about bilingual education. Then go to the Houston Chronicle link (posted further on down the page) in which Delia Pompa, senior vice president of the National Council of La Raza, testified yesterday before Judge Dietz in the huge Texas school funding lawsuit. [...]

RASMUSSEN OHIO POLL: NAT. SECURITY — ROMNEY 52%, OBAMA 42%

Dave Chaffin — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 14:16:27 +0000

By Donna Garner

Great News in Ohio: Rasmussen poll on national security – Romney 52%, Obama 42%

Entire Rasmussen Ohio poll: Romney 50%, Obama 48%

This Rasmussen telephone poll of likely voters was taken on Oct. 28, 2012, two days after Fox News broke the story that th

WARNING: PRIVATE VOUCHER SCHOOLS CAPTURED

Dave Chaffin — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:44:06 +0000

If you think school vouchers are a good idea, then you definitely want to read Donna Garner's latest column here. She is a long time educator, columnist and public advocate for education and often appears as a guest on KGAB's Morning Zone Program.

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Commentary: Common Core Standards are meant to indoctrinate children's minds into the social justice agenda

Dave Chaffin — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:34:53 +0000

(Donna Garner is a columnist, lecturer, lobbyist and longtime educator, teacher and advocate for better public education. She has often appeared as a guest on KGAB’s Morning Zone Program and is a regular columnist on kgab.com.) ~~~~~Donna Garner~~~~10.19.12~~~Bottom line: Jay Mathews of The Washington Post wrote a piece on 10.17.12 that delved into the opposition [...]

Garner:"A Heartbeat Away from the Presidency"

Dave Chaffin — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:09:15 +0000

by Donna Garner

10.11.12

Tonight is the big debate between Paul Ryan and Joe Biden. Any Vice-President is just a heartbeat away from the Presidency. As we watch this debate tonight, we need to consider:

“Which

"Private Schools, Please Be Wary of Vouchers"

Dave Chaffin — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:37:55 +0000

(Donna Garner is a retired teacher with over thirty years experience in hte classroom and working in the public education sector. She is a friend of The Morning Zone on KGAB and now spends her time tracking the issues with education across the country and writing education based columns for various outlets across the couintry, incl;uding kgab.com)

COMMENTARY: "Caring Parents, Where Are You?"

Dave Chaffin — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 12:07:14 +0000

(Donna Garner is a retired teacher, columnist, education specialist and frequent guest on KGAB’s Morning Zone Program.) by Donna Garner 8.5.12 I can almost guarantee you that the Big Bang History Project (by David Christian – Q&A posted below) is the model from which the Obama administration intends to develop its Common Core Standards for [...]

Commentary:"All We Need Is Four More Votes"

Dave Chaffin — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:10:52 +0000

~~~By Donna Garner~~~

~~7.3.12~~

The good news: All we need is four more votes in the U. S. Senate to repeal ObamaCare. If Romney wins and the House goes Republican, all it would take is a simple majority in the Senate (51) to repeal ObamaCare – not the supermajority (60) needed to overcome filibusters.

Ted Cruz early-on signed the pledge

Commentary: "Research: Risks from Same-Sex Parenting"

Dave Chaffin — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 16:40:09 +0000

~~~by Donna Garner~~~ ~~~6.11.12~~~ For busy readers, let me summarize two pieces of research presented in The Washington Times yesterday. First piece of research: Mr. Regnerus, a sociology professor in Social Science Research at the University of Texas [certainly not considered to be a conservative university], conducted “gold standard” research in which he used a [...]

Commentary:"Hogwash from Fordham Institute – Common Core Standards"

Dave Chaffin — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:04:23 +0000

~~~By Donna Garner~~~

~6.8.12~

Taxpayers of America: I hope that you are alert as you read this article from Florida entitled “Common Core Standards: Boon or Boondoggle for Schools” (posted below).

Some 45 states have signed on to implement the

Commentary: ARCHITECT OF COMMON CORE STANDARDS TO ALIGN SAT AND AP

Dave Chaffin — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:35:10 +0000

By Donna Garner~~~~5/18/2012~~~ David Coleman, architect of Common Core Standards, has been chosen as the next president of the College Board (producer of SAT and Advanced Placement tests). I am very concerned about this cozy relationship that Coleman means to create between the Common Core Standards and the SAT/AP. Even people who send their children [...]

Commentary: "ALEC Can't Seem To Make Decision on Common Core Standards"

Dave Chaffin — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:04:11 +0000

~~~~~~~By Donna Garner~~~~~~

~5.13.12~

====================http://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2012/05/alec-delays-vote-on-anti-common-core-model-resolution/ALEC Delays Vote on Anti-Com