Posted on 03/14/2014 1:15:51 PM PDT by C19fan
I’ll wait with you.
The reasons are complex, but big business interests certainly are the driving force behind Common Core. You might find interesting my short column here:
Good column. Thanks for sharing.
Who gets the contracts for the common core materials?
“Now, in a coordinated show of muscle, Big Business is fighting back...”
Pure, unadulterated propaganda from the Nazis at Politico. What will it take to ban the Nazis at Politico from FR? We don’t allow Stormfront on FR, and Politico is no different than Stormfront.
Ban these Nazis now!
From George Carlin:
Theres a reason that education sucks, and its the same reason it will never ever ever be fixed. Its never going to get any better, dont look for it. Be happy with what youve got. Because the owners of this country dont want that. Im talking about the real owners now, the big, wealthy, business interests that control all things and make the big decisions. They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying to get what they want. Well, we know what they want; they want more for themselves and less for everybody else. But Ill tell you what they dont wantthey dont want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They dont want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. Theyre not interested in that. That doesnt help them. Thats against their interest.
I have no idea what it is. That’s why I asked for a definition.
Well, for starters, without even looking into the actual content of the curriculum, Common Core is abhorrent just based on the fact that it is a national curriculum imposed on the states by the Soros Administration. This is a clear violation of states’ rights; educational standards should be developed at the local level, and the federal government does not have the legislative authority to override that.
The actual curriculum was developed by a progressive “non-profit” organization called Achieve, Incorporated, and is full of rewrites of history that indoctrinate students.
There are quite a few blog posts here:
http://blog.heritage.org/?s=Common+Core
Ccore sounds like bureaucracy's wet dream: for Obama, Teacher unions, Democrats and socialists of all stripes.
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