[Will88]

Bush said in a pleading tone. He described Common Core as a “clear and straightforward” strategy ...

I thought Jeb's daddy solved our education and curriculum problems during the late eighties with the adoption of "Goals 2000". 2000 has come and gone so I assume the problems have been solved since that year.

And then Jeb's brother W solved our education problems again a few years after 2000 with "No Child Left Behind". Two Bushes have already solved our education problems at the national level two different times, so why the need for "Common Core" and another solving of the problems?

Maybe because these politicians don't have even the first clue what they are doing?

[Will88]

This looks like a pretty good summary of Goals 2000 and NCLB, the previous two Bush supported national programs that solved our education problems.