Get Ready for the (well-funded) advertising campaign defending the Common Core
April 5, 2014
Parents, grandparents, and citizens in general have been flooding the internet, hearing rooms, school board meetings, and radio and TV shows with their horror stories about the Common Core State Standards. Recently the Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) released a movie, Building the Machine, explaining the problems of Common Core. Common Core supporters such as the US Chamber of Commerce and the Fordham Foundation, with the help of Gates Foundation funding, are now scrambling to defend the Common Core.
Read the humorous comments by Jay P. Greene about the creation of the standards. He tells us to be prepared for the US Chamber of Commerce’s steps to placate the public. This commentary comes via the Missouri Education Watchdog blog.
Parents, grandparents, and citizens in general have been flooding the internet, hearing rooms, school board meetings, and radio and TV shows with their horror stories about the Common Core State Standards. Recently the Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) released a movie, Building the Machine, explaining the problems of Common Core. Common Core supporters such as the US Chamber of Commerce and the Fordham Foundation, with the help of Gates Foundation funding, are now scrambling to defend the Common Core.
Read the humorous comments by Jay P. Greene about the creation of the standards. He tells us to be prepared for the US Chamber of Commerce’s steps to placate the public. This commentary comes via the Missouri Education Watchdog blog.