Dec. 28, 2014
Even columnist George Will thinks Florida's Jeb Bush is in trouble by always supporting Common Core.
Thus his chances at a 2016 Presidential election effort may be limited.
There sure a lot of angry moms out there that agree.
Click HERE to read the his Washingtong Post opinion article - he doesn't talk about many problems with Common Core but focuses on it being a starting tentacle by the Federal Government to control US Education and Will questions Bush's capability to lead if he does not recognize that danger:
"Bush’s support of Common Core is much less nuanced and persuasive, and there seems to be condescension in his impatience with the burden he bears of taking seriously the most important reason for rejecting Common Core. It is not about the content of the standards, which would be objectionable even if written by Aristotle and refined by Shakespeare. Rather, the point is that, unless stopped now, the federal government will not stop short of finding in Common Core a pretext for becoming a national school board.
Bush says “standards are different than curriculum” and: “I would be concerned if we had a national curriculum influenced by the federal government. My God, I’d break out in a rash.” But standards will shape what is tested, and textbooks will be “aligned” with the tests. Furthermore, has he not noticed what the federal government is doing, using Title IX as a pretext?
It simply states that no person “shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.” Based on those 31 words, the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights has stripped colleges and universities of a crucial component of self-government. Using ludicrous statistics based on flimsy social science to manufacture hysteria about a “rape epidemic” on campuses, the federal government is mandating the overthrow of due process in adjudicating accusations of sexual assault. Title IX’s 31 words beget hundreds of pages of minute stipulations and mandates.
This crusade against a chimerical “epidemic” is rapidly collapsing under the weight of its absurdities and of the frauds (hello, Rolling Stone) that moralistic frenzy begets. But if Bush does not see the pertinence of this episode to Common Core, which is the thin end of a potentially enormous federal wedge, he should not be put in charge of the executive branch. And this talented man will not get the consideration he has earned unless he can credit the intelligence and goodwill of critics who might reciprocate, joyfully."
Read my updated Factsheet on Common Core at www.tinyurl.com/HaltCommonCoreNow - it now includes links to several large anti-Common Core Facebook pages established this year after moms and teachers saw the negative effects of Common Core on their kids.
Common Core opposition has grown from just experts warning about it using logical arguments to thousands of moms and teachers now emotionally arguing against it. Have a crying kid who now hates learning due to Common Core teaching methods and failure to be “developmentally appropriate” for K-6 is an emotional argument and not all officials are paying attention.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-will-immigration-and-common-core-stand-in-jeb-bushs-way/2014/12/26/622035a8-8ba6-11e4-8ff4-fb93129c9c8b_story.html
