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Much of the criticism of Education Secretary Arne Duncan's recent remarks -- that "white suburban moms" dislike Common Core because the new standards are revealing their kids as academic laggards -- has focused on the "white suburban moms" part. It's true that, if a Republican uttered anything along those lines about any group of females, the words would be lumped into the faux "war on women" Democrats dreamed up last year. And Duncan's non-apology apology simply indicated he wished he'd found a less controversial way to ding the same group of people. But I've not seen anyone point out that,...

<p>Children at Park Elementary School went home with a letter today explaining there was a disruption in school. Seven year old Josh Welch, and his father, say the disruption lead to a two day suspension for the second grader in Brooklyn Park.</p>

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis has come under fire of late for comments made during her keynote speech at the 4th Annual NW Conference on Teaching for Social Justice in Seattle last month. The speech posted on YouTube shows Lewis mocking U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s speech impediment, and telling a crowd, which included children, that she spent college “self-medicating“ at Dartmouth by ”smoking lots of Weed.”