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Another Federal Government Takeover: Common Core Curriculum
Z3news.com ^ | Feb 11, 2013 | James Bailey

Posted on 02/12/2013 2:17:16 PM PST by kanooga

In recent years, the federal government has succeeded in expanding their control over health care, financial markets, the auto industry, the coal industry, and more. Now they have gained greater control over our nation’s public school systems with a program that one Georgia lawmaker calls “No Child Left Behind on steroids.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Georgia; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: commoncore; education; pimpmyblog; publicschools; schools

1 posted on 02/12/2013 2:17:24 PM PST by kanooga
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To: kanooga

Sad that this article was posted over 90 minutes ago and I’m the first to post on it.

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That people care so little about the education of the next generation is WHY the left is the dominant force in American politics and culture today.


2 posted on 02/12/2013 3:57:48 PM PST by MeganC (Liberals fool people by walking upright.)
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To: MeganC

So this is why Zero is going to ask for more money for education! The DimWads can blame Bush for No Child Left Behind, but it was Ted Kennedy’s brain fart.


3 posted on 02/12/2013 4:17:54 PM PST by elephant
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To: MeganC

So this is why Zero is going to ask for more money for education! The DimWads can blame Bush for No Child Left Behind, but it was Ted Kennedy’s brain fart.


4 posted on 02/12/2013 4:17:54 PM PST by elephant
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To: MeganC

I just sent an excerpt from this article to my daughter in law who is a teacher.


5 posted on 02/12/2013 4:30:32 PM PST by WVNan
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To: kanooga

ping


6 posted on 02/12/2013 4:32:01 PM PST by alrea
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To: MeganC

‘That people care so little about the education of the next generation is WHY the left is the dominant force in American politics and culture today.”

I’m not sure they don’t care, I think it’s that they are worn down by The Blob (as Thomas Sowell calls them). Also, I don’t think many parents on this site even bother with the public schools anymore, knowing that there is simply NO WAY to control, or much reform, them. Most FReeper parents either home school or use private schools.


7 posted on 02/12/2013 5:42:30 PM PST by BobL
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