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Sunday, November 24, 2013

'White Moms' Remark Fuels Common Core Clash

Education Secretary Arne Duncan realized fairly quickly that he had stumbled.

He had just told a gathering of state superintendents of education that “white suburban moms” were rebelling against the Common Core academic standards — new guidelines for math and language arts instruction — because their kids had done poorly on the tough new tests.

“All of a sudden, their child isn’t as brilliant as they thought they were and their school isn’t quite as good as they thought … and that’s pretty scary,” Duncan said at the event Friday.

Two hours later, with those comments sparking outrage on social media, Duncan told POLITICO that he “didn’t say it perfectly.”

And he formally apologized on an Education Department blog Monday.

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12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Common core is a joke. The way they teach the lessons are mind blowing. How about just sticking with common sense ways, and let the kids who fall behind, fall behind.

Anonymous said...

Is he apologizing for doing a poor job of disguising his hatred of white suburban moms?
Insert black and make national news.
What a joke.

Anonymous said...


He was head of failed Chicago schools before being given his present job by his pick-up hoops buddy OweBama. What a yo-yo!

What's next? ObamaSkool? "You can keep your private school if you want to".

Anonymous said...

ain't it funny how the left always gets a pass on its constant and everpresent racist comments, overtones and attitudes?

not really.

Anonymous said...

Seems to me when your changes have everyone pissed, you are probably doing something right.

Anonymous said...

I just got back from my boys school a few hours ago. I saw common core being used first hand and I thought it was great. making the kids understand how they came up with the answers. What's wrong with that? And no I'm not an Obama supporter by any means.

Anonymous said...

Imagine if the best and the brightest are now in charge of Gov, just think how much more they will know in a few years from the Common Core Control Education they receive!

Anonymous said...

304, you saw a "show" for American Education Week.

Read the whole book!

Anonymous said...

Commies among us..wake up sheeple....

Anonymous said...

These libtards always think they know what's best for you.

Anonymous said...

His apology was no apology, just an admission of stupidity for saying what he did.

The mothers and children he insulted are still insulted.

Anonymous said...

Education Week was invented by the NEA which is the largest UNION in the USA ..........