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WHAT CAN YOU DO TO STOP COMMON CORE IN PA?

1. EDUCATE YOURSELF AND KNOW YOUR FACTS SOME SOURCES TO START DOING SO ARE

Pennsylvanians Against Common Core Web Site (nopacommoncore.com)

Pennsylvanians Against Common Core Facebook page

View five short, informative videos athttp://stopcommoncore.com/youtube-channel-dvd/

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EDUCATE OTHERS: Most Pennsylvanians have little or no idea about Common Core or its consequencesEducation is crucial! Talk to friends, send informative E-mails, attend legislators Townhalls and speak up,

post on Facebook, Tweet, voice your concerns on Talk Radio when Common Core is being discussed (and it

is, more and more often), write Letters to the Editor, set up booths at community events and flea markets

and be available to discuss and provide information on Common Core, pass out informative flyers at the

polls on Election Day. (Note that this is permitted. For information and digital copies of flyers, E-Mail:

nocommoncoreinpa@yahoo.com.) There are innumerable venues to get the word out, but you need to ac

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ATTEND SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS AND VOICE YOUR CONCERNS THERE. CONTACT YOUR

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF YOUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

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E-MAIL OR PHONE THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS, EXPRESSING YOUR INFORMED

CONCERNS. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WHAT YOU SAY IS KNOWLEDGEABLE, CREDIBLE AND

ACCURATE. IF POSSIBLE, CITE SPECIFICS OF HOW COMMON CORE IS AFFECTING YOUR

CHILD AND YOUR FAMILY.

Governor Tom Corbett: E-Mail (Governor@pa.gov); Phone: (717) 787-2500

Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley: E-Mail (JimCawley@pa.gov); Phone: (717) 787-330

Acting Sec. of Ed. Dr. Carolyn Dumaresq E-Mail (cdumaresq@pa.gov); Phone: (717) 783-978

Senator M. Folmer (Chr., Sen. Ed. Comm.) E-Mail (mfolmer@pasen.gov); Phone: (717) 787-570 Rep. Paul Clymer (Chr., House Ed. Comm.) E-Mail (pclymer@pahousegop.com);Phone: (717) 783-315

Your own State Rep. and State Senator: Follow instructions below to obtain their contact information:

Access the web site:

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/findyourlegislator/index.cfm

Type in your address and click on GO to find your Representative in the PA House and your State

Senator. You can then access their E-Mail and phone information.

A variety of additional information on various aspects of Common Core is available in digita

form, including: (1) informative flyers that can be photocopied and distributed in various

settings such as election polling places on Election Day, (2) various articles and writings that

can be forwarded and photocopied for educational purposes, (3) opt-out information for

PSSAs and Keystones, and (4) tabulated E-Mail addresses of all PA House and Senate

Education Committee members that can be cut and pasted for a group E-mail. E-Mail

requests for digital copies to:

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