Thursday, August 23, 2012

Voucher Programs Need to Be Cut Off From the Common Core | Truth in American Education

Voucher Programs Need to Be Cut Off From the Common Core | Truth in American Education:


Voucher Programs Need to Be Cut Off From the Common Core

I’m a school choice advocate, and full disclosure – my wife and I (mostly my wife) homeschool our three children.  That said I’m concerned by how current voucher programs are structured with more and more strings attached.  A friend of ours, Melissa Smith wrote a letter-to-the-editor that was published in the Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel that speaks to this matter succinctly so I wanted to share it here for our readers:
Indiana needs to opt out of Common Core
The Aug. 1 article about Dick Morris’ appearance in Fort Wayne failed to mention one of the most interesting moments in the evening. It occurred when a member of the audience asked him about the Common Core, and he admitted he really didn’t know much about it and was going to look into it.
Morris and other organizations, such as Americans for Prosperity, who are actively promoting