Posted on 12/29/2015 4:47:09 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Speaking with Fox News host Chris Wallace this weekend, 2016 GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump made a remarkable statement about what he planned for the Department of Education, if and when he becomes president.
"I may cut Department of Education," Trump said. "I believe Common Core is a very bad thing. I believe that we should be -- you know, educating our children from Iowa, from New Hampshire, from South Carolina, from California, from New York. I think that it should be local education."
Many Americans agree, especially as the Department of Education has grown into a massive bureaucracy more focused on indoctrinating students in the Islamic faith and "white privilege" than in actually teaching them things that matter, like, say, literature and math.
Plus, getting rid of the Department of Education would give parents much more power over what their children learn.
However, whether Trump could get actually rid of Common Core, which is his apparent goal, remains to be seen.
As The Daily Caller reporter Blake Neff explained, "While Common Core is promoted indirectly by the Department of Education, it is still adopted individually by state governments, and the federal government does not control it."
Still, it's a very worthwhile goal to consider since many parents are fed-up with Common Core's "one-size-fits-all" approach to education.
Frankly, education is much too important to be mass produced ... and thankfully, most Americans, including Donald Trump, get this.
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No I will just take someone who doesn't need a whole lot of forgiveness. Cruz seems to be that guy. Trump seems to need a whole lot more. If Obama and Hitler need a whole lot of forgiveness would you vote for them?
Sure it did . You are on this site daily. You are a liar.
Then you tell me what it meant to you.
That first sentence didn’t mean anything to me. One word in there is a word I’d never heard before.
Duh!
I have never met a single person liberal or conservative that liked common core or testing in general.
You know he's a lawyer, right?
Wait a second.
You post a Trump-did-it-first post and I respond with a Cruz-did-it-before-Trump post, and you get mad at me?
So when you do it, it's okay, but when I do it in response, to correct the record, then it's not okay.
Look in the mirror. You really aren't doing your candidate any favors. Many of us Cruz supporters are tired of some Trump supporters falsly claiming that Trump did something first.
Cruz supporters wont get to see “Little Teddy” balk on all his promises - Good for them, really.
Since Trump is going to WIN, Teddy can promise the Moon, he will never have to perform the promises.
I pray for all. Good night.
And the poster got made at me and claimed that I think Cruz is a "saint". LOL.
I like it
You know he's a constitutionalist, right?
That's the ONLY reason I give him the time of day.
You've never heard of the word desperation? You think that is a term from the South? LOL
Never heard it before. Liar. I can find more if you want.
Schluck...
You really are a dim bulb.
Without federal grants (and the threat of losing them if Common Core is not adopted) Common Core would whither and die.
Yeah I've got your number. About 15 watt. Not too bright.
You’ve got your head up your posterior.
That’s all you’ve got on this topic.
My original comment stands and your an idiot.
Now call me a bigger one you original you...
You are still a proven liar. Go with it.
Anyone who wants can follow this conversation and will see that you are one clueless fool.
Call me a liar until the end of time.
A post or two back I revealed the word I didn’t know, and you spent all your time on the other one everyone knows.
Look, I know you’re trying. I know you can’t help it.
Sorry about your case...
That's the ONLY reason I give him the time of day.
I don't care if you give Cruz the time of day or not.
My point is that Cruz wasn't giving a lawyerly answer. Cruz was giving a constitutional answer.
He only describes what he as president would have the constitutional power to accomplish.
Cruz:
He will press Congress to eliminate the departments.
He will appoint head of agencies to wind down the departments.
There is no uncertainly from Cruz about what he as president is constitutionally able to do and WILL do.
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