Posted on 02/21/2014 1:38:51 PM PST by Lucky9teen
Though former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee told his Fox News Channel audience in early December he was no longer supporting the Common Core standards for which he had avidly campaigned, his message to one of the groups that created the standards was different.
According to The Washington Post, at a recent meeting of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), one of the organizations that created the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), Huckabee urged state education officials to get rid of the “Common Core” name because it has become “toxic.”
As the Post indicates, however, Huckabee still intends to support the standards.
“Rebrand it, refocus it, but don’t retreat,” Huckabee reportedly told CCSSO members.
As Breitbart News reported in December, Huckabee, who is considered to be a Republican presidential hopeful in 2016, opened one of his shows by telling his audience that people have been posting on his Facebook page that they will never watch his show again because he supports the Common Core standards. Others, he said, have told him they could not trust him because of his support of the standards, and some said he needed to learn the truth about Common Core.
“I don’t support what Common Core has become in many states or school districts,” Huckabee said. “Look, I’m dead set against the federal government creating a uniform curriculum for any subject. I oppose the collection of personal data on students that would identify them and then track them, and certainly any effort to give that personal information to the federal government.”
“I am steadfast in my belief that parents – parents – should ultimately decide the best venue for their children’s education, whether it’s public schools, private schools, religious schools, or home schools,” Huckabee added.
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Anyone who supports Commie Core, whatever its called, is not on our side
A lost worse? You have to be kidding?
Huck-a-phony is as much a Statist as Romney, McCain, Christie, etc. He is a hard-care Statist who happens to be religious.
Huck-a-phony is NOT a Conservative.
Huckabee supports Commie Core....which will kill any Pres aspirations....Commie Core is quite anti-christian
Me to Huckabee, “Shut up and go home to Little Rock!”
“Look, I’m dead set against the federal government creating a uniform curriculum for any subject. I oppose the collection of personal data on students that would identify them and then track them, and certainly any effort to give that personal information to the federal government.”
I kinda thought that that is what “Common Core” is. Am I missing something here or is jus Huckster bloviating?
He is the one who released a murder who promptly killed 2 police officers at a diner. Did not even phase this piece of....
A pitchman for the GOPe along with Ann Coulter and a host of others seen regularly on the Fox News Channel.
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Well said!
This is what Liars do.
Re-package it just means change the PR, but keep the program the same.
This should scare any thinking Christian to death and sicken each and every one of us where Huckabee is concerned.
He is a Lying Pretender of a Christian.
Christians don’t try and decieve.
True. Hadn't thought of that. What can I say? Men are pigs.
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