Keyword: davidpook https://freerepublic.com/tag/davidpook/ en-us Tue, 15 Sep 2015 15:29:26 GMT Focus Forum 15 Common Core Co-Author Admits He Wrote Curriculum to End “White Privilege” (written last year.....) https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3337075/posts According to (Onan Coca), "Dr. David Pook is a professor at Granite State College in Manchester, New Hampshire. He's also the chair of the History Department and one of the authors of the ( Common Core standards). He was a guest at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics when he opened up on his reasons for participating in the creation of the Common Core standards."[snip] No, it's not about uniform and effective educational standards that benefit our children. This is about (a leftist agenda) and yet another shining example of (the trainwreck called political correctness.) Dr. Pook's startling admission is... Freedom Outpost https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3337075/posts#comment Tue, 15 Sep 2015 15:29:26 GMT Privileged, White Male Writes Common Core Standards His Own School Won’t Use https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3161091/posts “The reason why I helped write the [Common Core] standards and the reason why I am here today is that, as a white male in society, I am given a lot of privilege that I didn’t earn,” said Dr. David Pook at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics. The irony here is that this self-professed “privileged white male” teaches at an expensive school for the white privileged and that the Common Core standards he helped design are not good enough for his students. … Cybercast News Service https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3161091/posts#comment Wed, 28 May 2014 21:55:52 GMT