Common Core Must Go

My contention with Common Core is not in its supposed standardization; in fact I think standardization is important in elevating our national educational outcomes.  What I object to is having the federal government involved in education in any way.  With few exceptions, anything the federal government tries to control soon becomes a fiasco.  Educating the next generations of our children is something too important to allow to be screwed up.  Fortunately, many states are beginning to see the light.

http://blog.heritage.org/2014/04/16/pushback-continues-states-grow-increasingly-wary-common-core/?utm_source=heritagefoundation&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=morningbell

As to Common Core content, the continual subliminal and insidious indoctrination into a progressive mindset is – and will continue to be – the government’s primary concern.  Educating kids in history, civics, math and science, and actually producing well educated, well rounded, and most importantly, critical thinking young adults is secondary.  Consider these actual reading comprehension problems in Texas:

http://www.ktsm.com/news/school-yard/pasodale-elementary-parents-question-bizarre-homework-assignment

Both of my local Tampa daily newspapers - one centrist and one flat out Marxist - today had several articles decrying the advent of private and charter schools.  But because of heavy handed governmental intervention into states’ sovereign education programs, what are parents to do in the face of government continuing to govern against the will of the people?  Many parents seek to circumvent the whole pubic education process by sending their kids to private schools, or by home schooling.  Either way, these options are either more expensive or certainly less convenient than sending the little ones to public schools.  However,  many parents put their money where their kids' futures lie.

That’s telling.