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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Article on Common Core by David Craig

When someone hears bureaucratic terms like “compliance, mandates and penalties,” they might think of the EPA, the IRS, or these days, the Department of Health and Human Services. But another federal government department is fast adopting the language of strict and onerous regulation. Annoyed that Indiana wants to extricate themselves from the Common Core education standards, the U.S. Department of Education is erecting procedural obstacles to make this as difficult possible.

At stake for Hoosiers is $200 million in federal education funds. The Obama Administration is using “No Child Left Behind” waivers to warn Indiana officials of the penalties they face for non-compliance with Common Core. In a political scheme that could only be hatched in Washington, one federal program enacted under George W. Bush and widely derided for undermining local school authority, is pitted against another federal program even more derided for the same reasons.

Horror stories about Common Core are increasing by the day. Police are ejecting or arresting parents from public venues for voicing opposition to Common Core. Social media depicts test questions that make young pupils burst into tears, because they are impossible to answer and make them feel like failures. Meanwhile, elected officials like me are concerned about yet another federal government mandate that dangles $4 billion in federal Race to the Top education grants for local schools under the condition of adherence to Common Core.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Another reason why the XVII Amendments to the Constitution need to be repealed.

By doing so the states would be in a better position to use their representatives in the Senate to stop the federal government form placing mandates on the states.

Sand Box John

Anonymous said...

Don't you realize the goal of the federal government is to totally control its population from cradle to grave.

Obamacare, gun control, brainwashing our children through education, and much more.

WAKE UP!!! get your precious children out of government (public) schools NOW before it's too late for you and them.

Anonymous said...

it's blackmail "obama style" when they hold back federal funds if they do not obey. king obammy"

Anonymous said...

Craig has my vote--I have met him, studied his record--if anybody can bring some common sense to the formerly free state of Maryland, it is him.

Anonymous said...

It is about control. We need to take our country back! While I will vote for Craig.. he needs to pay attention to his target audience. A very conservative position does not stand a chance in the Socialist Republic of Maryland. He is better off moving towards the middle so he can get elected and have a chance to implement change.