Common Core Takes Over

The proponents of Common Core—at least those in my state of Utah—have been emphatic about the program not being a federal program. It is a state-led and state-directed initiative, they say. The federal government isn’t involved!

 Yeah, right!

The following is a quote from Oak Norton’s November 24, 2014 daily email on all things Common Core. (Oak is the daily public voice against Common Core in Utah.)

“White House regulations released last Friday declare that Secretary Arne Duncan will amend ESEA [Elementary and Secondary Education Act] to “phase out the authority of States to define modified academic achievement standards and develop alternate assessments based on those modified academic achievement standards in order to satisfy ESEA accountability requirements. These amendments will permit, as a transitional measure, States that meet certain criteria to continue to administer alternate assessments… for a limited period of time.”  (underlining is mine)

Oh, but there’s no federal takeover of education conspiracy... That’s just silly talk...

Uh-huh.”

In plain English, this means that the federal government lied about not controlling education. It means all the protections the states have (thought they were) putting in place to hold back federal control are as puffs of smoke to a federal megalomaniac that intends to control everything, including your children’s education.

When are people going to learn that when you play with liars, you get lied to? How many times has the federal government, under the current administration, lied to the public? Yet there are some so gullible they thought federal promises would be honored, and federal money would not taint the process?

It’s hard to know which is more infuriating—the government illegalities and dishonesty, or the seemingly deliberate ignorance of those who will not see. At least one of those two is predictable—the federal government always lies. 

For more info, Oak recommends http://www.utahnsagainstcommoncore.com/arne-duncan-phase-out-the-authority-of-the-states/

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