DeVos is being dishonest. She was not some anonymous member of an organization that happened to support Common Core, she sat for three and a half years on the Board of an organization whose sole purpose is implementation of Common Core. She is still on that Board today.
“DeVos is being dishonest.”
Maybe. Maybe not. That ISN’T the only explanation, and her membership on that implementation board doesn’t stand as proof, either.
It ever occur to you that maybe it’s GOOD thing to have an OPPONENT of Common Core participating in how it gets implemented? What if the only people in charge of the implementation were the dyed-in-the-wool Kool-aide swillers on the educrat left? Seeing as that freight train was coming on with no Legislature willing to stop it, what better option was there for a well-positioned opponent, but to get as hands-on as possible and work to soften the blow?
I’m not saying you’re absolutely wrong, but you might be.
And don’t forget that Common Core wasn’t supposed to end up like it did. Back in 2010 when they took the wraps off of Common Core, there was a chorus of dismay, and one quarter where that chorus was loudest was among educators who had heard it was in the works, and thought it would be TOTALLY different from what finally emerged. People in the know had high hopes that Common Core would be, truly, a POSITIVE thing. But the development team wrecked it thoroughly, and the hobbling quasimodo of social engineering that they produced resembled NOTHING that had been hoped for by serious educators. At that point, what were you to do if you’d been getting positioned to implement something really good, and then see it come out horrible? If it doesn’t get stopped at The State House, it’s coming to the classrooms with or without your influence. Seems to me if you’re already in position, having some influence as to how it gets implemented is better than having none.
So, I’m not ready to say DeVos is lying about her stance on Common Core, and her position on that Board could as easily be a blessing or a curse depending upon particulars. I’ll wait ‘til I learn more.